Orientation
Welcome to the Clarkson Family!
Save the date for Orientation and Move-in for Fall 2025!
First Year Students and Transfers: Friday, August 22, 2025
Students Returning to Campus: Saturday/Sunday, August 23-24, 2025
Classes Begin: Monday, August 25, 2025
It is very important that you check your Clarkson email and MyCU (username and password required) accounts, and check them often. This will be our primary way of communicating with you.
If you are unable to login to these accounts, please visit this link. Your username and password combination are the same for your PeopleSoft and email accounts.
If you are a varsity athlete or are attending a Pre-Orientation/Springboard Experience, you may have a different move in date.
If you are a member of the Honors Program, please learn more about your orientation schedule on the Honors webpage (Fall 2025 TBD).
Members of the incoming class of The Clarkson School can find their orientation schedule here (Fall 2025 TBD).
International students can find their schedule on this International Center intranet page.
Fall 2024 Move-in & Orientation Schedules
9am-12pm
Check In & Move Into your Residence Hall
Student Center Desk
12:30-1:30pm
Welcome Lunch
Student Center Dining Room
1:30-2pm
Springboard Program Overview and Q&A
Student Center Forum
2-3pm
Innovation Activity with TAs (students) /
Fill out Postcards from Home and Lifecycle of your FYS (parents)
Student Center MPRs & Student Center Forum
3-4pm
Campus Tour
Depart from Student Center Desk
4-7pm
Dinner with Families / Set Up Your Room
Various Locations
7-7:30pm
Say Goodbye to Family
Various Locations
7:30-9pm
Group meeting/icebreakers
Cheel Lawn (Rain Location: Student Center Forum)
9am-12pm
Check In & Move Into your Residence Hall
Student Center Desk
12-1:15pm
Welcome Lunch
Student Center Dining Room
1:15-2:15pm
Team building with Leaders (students) /
Lifecycle of your FYS, Fill out Postcards from Home, Trip Intros & FAQ's (parents)
Cheel Lawn & Student Center Forum
2:15-2:30pm
Say Goodbye to Family / CUOC Gear Distribution
Student Center Forum
2:30-3:30pm
Optional Campus Tour (parents)
Depart from Student Center Desk
9am-12pm
Check In & Move Into your Residence Hall
Student Center Desk
12-1:15pm
Welcome Lunch
Student Center Dining Room
1:15-2:15pm
Team building with Leaders (students) /
Lifecycle of your FYS, Fill out Postcards from Home, Trip Intros & FAQ's (parents)
Cheel Lawn & Student Center Forum
2:15-3:45pm
Downtime with Groups & Families
Various Locations
2:30-3:30pm
Optional Campus Tour
Depart from Student Center Desk
8am-1pm
Move-In
Price Hall, Quad (Ross-Brooks, Hamlin-Powers), Donohue Hall
12-2pm
Student Resource Fair
Quad Lawn (Rain Location: Cheel Concourse)
2-2:15pm
Meet your RA
Your Residence Hall
2:15-2:30pm
Line up for Convocation Procession
Cheel Lawn (Rain Location: Cheel Concourse)
2:30-3:45pm
Convocation and Van Sickle Endowed Lecture
Cheel Arena
4-4:15pm
Family Goodbyes
Cheel Lawn
4-4:45pm
Meet and Greet with Ellen Petosa, '13
Cheel Commons
4-5:30pm
Parent and Family Association Meet and Greet
Cheel Barben Rooms
5-7pm
Dinner with RAs
Various Locations
7-7:45pm
Floor Meeting
Your Residence Hall
8:45-9pm
Holcroft Knight of Fire
Cheel Lawn
9-11pm
CUB Glowfest
Cheel Lawn
9am-12pm
Rotations
Student Center Forum / Science Center 360
11am-1pm
Lunch
Various Locations
1-2pm
Building a Shared Community Training
Cheel Arena
2-3pm
Ultimate Frisbee / Ice Breakers / Wall Climbing
Cheel Lawn / Cheel Arena
3-4pm
Buddies & Boundaries Training
Cheel Arena
4-4:30pm
Thriving, Not Just Surviving College
Cheel Arena
5-7pm
Dinner
Various Locations
6:30-8:30pm
Dessert Reception
Foster House (President's House)
9-10pm
Mentalist Brian Ledbetter
Student Center Forum
10pm-12am
Firepit and S'mores Night
Student Center Firepit
10am-12pm
Meet your Peer Mentor for an Informal Tour to Find Your Classes & Moodle Intro
Various Locations
10am-12pm
International Student Orientation
Student Center MPRs
12-1pm
Transfer and International Student Lunch
Student Center MPRs
11am-1pm
Lunch
Various Locations
12-4pm
CUSA Carnival
Cheel Lawn
4-6pm
Service Opportunities, High Dive Game & Wall Climbing
Meet at Student Center Desk
5-7pm
Dinner
Various Locations
6:30-8pm
Activities Fair
Cheel Concourse
7-10:30pm
Open Skate
Cheel Arena
First-Year Student and Transfer Orientation - Spring 2025
Our Fall 2025 Orientation schedule will be available starting in May 2025! Check back for details and take a look at what an example of our Orientation looks like below!
Tuesday, January 7th, 2025
Check In/ Move In
9:00am - 4:00pm, Office of Residence Life 1st Floor Price Hall
After 4pm, Campus Safety and Security
Graduate International Students Orientation
10 - 11am, Science Center 360
Orientation Welcome
4 - 4:15pm, Student Center MPRS
Ice Breakers
4:15 - 5:15pm, Student Center MPRS
Dinner
5:15 - 6pm, Student Center MPRS
Games
6 - 8pm, Student Center MPRS
Wednesday, January 8th, 2025
Graduate Students Academic Integrity Session
10 - 11am, Science Center 362
Campus Tour
10 - 11am, Leave from Student Center Desk
Title IX/ Boundaries
11am - 12pm, Student Center MPRS
Lunch
12 - 1pm, Student Center MPRS
Building a Shared Community D&I Training
1 - 2pm, Student Center MPRS
Meeting Res Life & What You Need to Know About Life on Campus
2 - 2:30pm, Student Center MPRS
Getting Involved On Campus
2:30 - 3pm, Student Center MPRS
Jump Starting Your Career Readiness
3 - 3:30pm, Student Center MPRS
Sunday, January 12th, 2025
Undergraduate International & Exchange Student Orientation
11am - 12pm, CAMP 177
Snack Break
12 - 12:30pm, CAMP Atrium
Academic Integrity Session for Undergraduate International & Exchange Student Orientation
12:30 - 1pm, CAMP 177
Transitioning to College
Read about the resources and opportunities Clarkson offers incoming students who are transitioning to college.
January 2025 Additional Move In Information
Please refer to the Campus Map for locations of entrances and residence halls as outlined below. Students (and families/supporters, if applicable) arrive at Price Hall and check-in with Residence Life Staff to receive their keys. Incoming students will receive additional information before arriving on campus.
- All new students will enter campus from U.S. Route 11 at the Adirondack Trail entrance. There will be signs designating it as the entrance for move-in.
- Keys can be picked up anytime from 11am - 4pm in Residence Life located in the 1st floor of Price Hall. Outside of these hours keys must be picked up from Campus Safety and Security located 1st floor of ERC.
- Call Campus Safety and Security at 315-268-6666 for any problems moving in. Move-in assistance will no longer be available but, you will be able to receive your residence hall room key, student ID, and printed orientation schedule. If you have any questions, please contact Residence Life at reslife@clarkson.edu.
After you move in and set up your room
- Students pick up their mail key in the Student Center main floor.
- Students will receive their vehicle registration stickers, if applicable, in their student mailbox or can be picked up at Campus Safety and Security.
- Mailbox numbers and mailing address can be found on myCU
Community
Clarkson is a community of students, faculty and staff who all work together with the common goal of students leaving with a holistic education. Orientation is your first chance to get a sense of the community, build relationships and get comfortable with campus.
Building a Shared Community
Clarkson is a diverse community of learners. With international students from different countries, students from all over the united states, LGBTQ+ -identifying students, indigenous students, and students from various religious backgrounds, Clarkson is a place where diversity is not just a buzzword. It is a way of life.
*Buddies and Boundaries*
All students, faculty, and staff are protected under Title IX at Clarkson. This includes sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and retaliation. Title IX violations are taken very seriously at Clarkson, and we are committed to helping you navigate the many resources we have available to you.
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