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Skidmore College

New Student Welcome


Class of 2027 Schedule (program times may change)

Sunday, September 3

Time
Event
Place

8:30am–12pm

New Student Check-in

Zankel Music Center and Residence Halls

9am–12pm

Resource Walkway

Outside Murray-Aikins Dining Hall

11am–1:15pm

Complimentary Lunch

South Park Tent

1:30pm–4:15pm

First-Year Orientation and Class Picture

Case Green (Meet Scribner Seminar at Case Walkway)

1:30pm–2:30pm

Parent, Family & Friends Orientation

Zankel Music Center

2:30pm–4:00pm

Transfer Student Orientation

Emerson Auditorium, Palamoutain Hall

4:15pm–5:30pm

New Student Convocation

Williamson Sports Center

5:30pm–7pm

First-Year Orientation Dinner

Murray-Aikins Dining Hall

5:30pm–7pm

Transfer Student Orientation Dinner

Murray-Aikins Dining Hall, 2nd floor

5:30pm–7pm

President’s Meet and Greet for Families

Scribner House (families only)

7:00pm–8:00pm

Residential Life Meet and Greet: New Student Floor Meetings

Residence Halls

8:00pm–10:00 pm

New Student Ice Cream Social and DJ

Case Green

Rain Location: Case Walkway

 

Settling In

Monday, September 4

Time
Event
Place

7:30 AM (open)

Breakfast

Dining Hall

A: 9:00am-10:30am (Seminar section 001-011)

B: 11:00am - 12:30pm (Seminar sections 012-023 and Class of 2025 transfers)

C: 2:00pm-3:30pm (Scribner Seminar sections 024-035)

D: 4:00pm-5:30pm(Scribner Seminars 036- 046 and Class if 2026 transfers)

 

Factuality 

Dining Hall, 2nd Floor

10:00am–1:00pm

Exploremore Skidmore

(Lunch included)

Campus (meet Peer Mentor)

C &D: 11:00am-12:30pm (Seminar sections 024-046 and Class of 2026 Transfers)

A&B: 2:00pm-3:30pm (Seminar sections 001-023 and Class of 2025 Transfers)

Hot Topics/Sex Discussed Here 

  

Ladd Hall, Zankel Music Center 

 

12:00-3:00pm

Drop-in Mindfulness Drawing with Nourish Designs

Outside Scribner Library (look for tables)

8:30pm–10:30pm

Laser Tag and Tie Dyes

Case Green

(Rain Location: Intermural Gym)

 

Preparing for Class

Tuesday, September 5

Time
Event
Place

7:30am (opens)

Breakfast 

Dining Hall

10am–12pm

Faculty and Peer Mentors meet their Scribner Seminar Groups

Assigned Rooms

10am–12pm

Individual Advising for Transfers

Starbuck 201

12pm–1pm

Lunch

Murray-Aikins Dining Hall

1pm–3pm

Individual Advising for Transfers

Starbuck 201

1pm–4pm

Advising

Assigned Rooms/Faculty Offices

1:30pm–2:30pm

Dining Hall Training

Gannet Auditorium, Palamountain Hall

2:30 pm- 4:30pm

QR Re-Test
(QR diagnostic re-test to students who placed into MA100) 

Davis Auditorium

3:30pm–4:15pm

Special Advising

Art, Arts Administration, Asian Studies, Chinese,
Education Studies, Engineering,
Japanese, Off-Campus Study and Exchange, Pre-Health (HPAC), Social Work, Media and Film Studies

4:30pm–6:30pm

Founder’s Day BBQ

South Park Green (tent)

8pm–9pm

Community Standards Meetings

Residence Halls, Floor Lounge

 

Classes Begin on Wednesday, September 6th

Friday, September 8

Time
Event
Place

3:30pm–5pm

SGA Club Fair

Case Green

 

Upcoming Events

Date/Time
Event
Place

September 12th or 13th
4:30pm-5:30pm/5:30pm-6:30pm

(Students will be assigned to a reception day/time by Scribner Seminar)

FYE President's Receptions
Scribner House

Monday, September 18 at 7:30 pm.

Summer Reading Event
Zankel Music Center