Wednesday August 23 rd 8:00 am-2:00 pm Individual Residence Halls Residential Move-In 8:30 am-2:00 pm 11:00 am-2:00 pm International Registration *Residential s Check in at Residence Halls First Commuter Check-In 11:00 am-2:00 pm 921 Lunch 2:00 pm-2:45 pm La Cava Tent New Falcon Welcome Reception 3:00 pm-4:00 pm Library Tent Convocation 4:30 pm-5:00 pm Classrooms Orientation Group Welcome 5:00 pm-7:00pm Forest/Kresge BBQ Shopping Trip for Exchange s 6:30 pm-8 pm 7:15 pm-8:45 pm Library Tent First Year Building/Floor Meetings 7:30 pm- 8:30 pm Various Locations First Year Commuter Social Transfer Social 8:55 pm-9:20 pm Library Tent Orientation Official Welcome 9:30 pm-midnight Library Tent & Target Hypnotist/ Shopping Trip *Pick up bus at Collins Hall
Thursday August 24 th 7:00 am-9:00 am 921 Breakfast 7:00 am-8:45 am Various locations 9:00 am- 9:35 am Classrooms Orientation Group Meeting 9:50 am- 10:10 am Library Tent Bentley Beliefs 10:15 am-11:30 am Library Tent Dear World Introduction 11:45 am-2:00 pm 12:30 pm-4:30 pm Classrooms & 921 Orientation Group Session/Lunch Rotations Groups 1-20: (11:45-12:15 group meeting; Lunch 12:30-1:15) Groups 21-40: (12:30-1 group meeting; Lunch 1:15-2:00) Groups 41-60: (11:45-12:30 Lunch; 1:15-1:45 group meeting) Dear World Photos/ Open Houses Photo Session: Backbays Open Houses: Cultural Lounge, Equity & Sacred Space 5:00 pm-5:30 pm Classrooms Orientation Group Meeting (55-60 meet over dinner) 5:00 pm-7:45 pm 921 Groups 55-60, 5:00-5:45 pm Groups 1-27, 6:00 pm-6:45 pm Groups 28-54, 7:00 pm-7:45 pm 6:30 pm-7:45 pm Koumantzelis International Visa Session (Mandatory for F-1 students) 8:00 pm-9:00 pm Library Tent Dear World Celebration and Stories 9:00 pm-midnight Greenspace Bentley Block Party 9:00 pm Collins BBQ Area International Social
Friday August 25 th 7:00 am-8:45 am 921 Breakfast 7:00 am-8:45 am Various locations Yoga-Greenspace (7:30-8:30 am) 9:00 am- 9:30 am Classrooms Orientation Group Meeting 9:45 am-10:45 am Library Tent GB 110/112 Presentation 10:00 am-11:30 am Backbays Exchange Visa 11:00 am-3:00 pm 921 Lunch (Rotation with OL Groups) 11:00 am-5:15 pm Various Locations Academic Overview (Rotation with OL Groups) 11:15 am-7:15 pm Smith Classrooms Computer Distribution (Rotation with OL groups) 1:00 pm-4:00 pm AAC 161 Exchange Advising Hours (Optional) 1:30 pm-4:30 pm Various Locations Academic Resources (Rotation with OL groups) 4:30 pm-6:00 pm Backbays Healthy Relationships (Transfer & Exchange students ) 4:45 pm-8:00 pm 921 Groups 1-27, 4:45 pm-6:00 pm Groups 28-54, 6:00 pm-7:15 pm Groups 55-60, 7:15 pm-8:00 pm 6:00 pm-9:30 pm Koumentzalis Speak About It (Session for First Year s) Groups 1-27, 6:15 pm- 8:30 pm Groups 28-54, 7:45 pm-9:45 pm 9:00 pm-12:30 am Falcons After Dark /Breakfast By Moonlight 9:00 pm Equity Equity Social (Co-sponsored by ECEs, PRIDE, & SAGE)
Saturday August 26 th 7:00 am-10:00 am 921 Breakfast 8:00 am-9:00 am Various locations 10:00 am-11:00 am Library Tent Ed Gerety 11:15 am-12:30 pm Various Locations Rotations of Sessions StrengthsFinder: Groups 31-60 (Various) Playfair: Groups 1-30 (Greenspace) 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Various Locations Lunch 1:30 pm-6:00 pm Collins Hall Exchange Excursion *Pick up bus at Collins Hall 2:00 pm-3:15 pm Various locations Rotations of Sessions StrengthsFinder: Groups 1-30 (Various) Playfair: Groups 31-58 (Greenspace) 3:30 pm-4:15 pm Library Tent Community Meeting 4:15 pm-5:00 pm Various Locations Real Talk 5:15 pm-7:15 pm 921 Groups 55-58, 5:15-6:00 pm Groups 1-27, 5:45 pm-6:30 pm Groups 28-54 & 58-60, 6:30 pm-7:15 pm 7:30 pm-midnight Dana The Falcon Experience
Sunday August 27 th 7:00 am-9:00 am 921 Breakfast 9:00 am-10:00 am Various Locations Reflection: The Sacred Space 11:00 am- 1:00 pm 921 Lunch Explore our local community: 11:30 am-5:30 pm Various Locations Harvard Square (Miller Shuttle Stop) Moody Street Waltham (La Cava Shuttle Stop) 11:30 am-6:00 pm Various Locations Optional Activities Basketball: Copley North Basketball Court Volleyball: Forest/Kresge Volleyball Pit Pool Tournament:, Living Room Ping Pong Tournament:, Living Room Craft ernoon: Backbay Rooms ( ) 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Pub Multicultural Social 3:30 pm Backbay Rooms Service Project 4:00 pm Sacred Space Protestant Worship Service 5:00 pm-7:00 pm 921 6:30 pm Pub 1 st Gen Social 7:00 pm Sacred Space Catholic Mass 7:50 pm Lower Greenspace Orientation Closing Please note that the Spiritual Life Team will be hosting the following services throughout the week: Wednesday, 2:00 p.m. Buddhist Sitting Meditation Friday, 1:00 p.m. Muslim Jum'ah Prayer Saturday, 7:00 pm Orthodox Christian Vespers Friday, 9/8, 5:30 pm Jewish Shabbat Service &