Orientation
Welcome to the Clarkson Family!
Save the date for Orientation and Move-in for Fall 2024!
New Student Move-in: August 23, 2024
Returning Student Move-in: August 25, 2024
Classes Begin: August 26, 2024
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 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.
Members of the incoming class of The Clarkson School can find their orientation schedule on the TCS webpage.
International students can find their schedule on this International Center intranet page.
Early Move ins: Springboard & Pre-Orientation Experiences
Check in & Move in to Your Residence Hall
9am-12:30pm, Student Center Desk
Welcome Lunch
12:30-1:30pm, Student Center Dining Room
Springboard Program Overview and Q&A
1:30-2pm, Student Center Forum
Innovation Activity with Student TAs
2-3pm, Student Center MPRs/Forum
On-campus Tour
3-4pm, Depart from Student Center Desk
Dinner with Families / Room Set Up
4-7pm, Various Locations
Goodbye Families
7-7:30pm, Downtown
Group Meetings & Icebreakers
7:30-9pm, Cheel Lawn (rain location: Student Center Forum)
Check in & Move in to Your Residence Hall
9am-12pm, Student Center Desk
Welcome Lunch
12-1:15pm, Student Center Dining Room
Team Building with Student Trip Leaders
1:15-2:15pm, Cheel Lawn / Student Center Forum
Goodbye Families & Gear Distribution
2:15-2:30pm, Student Center Forum
Optional On-campus Tour
2:30-3:30pm, Depart from Student Center Desk
Check in & Move in to Your Residence Hall
9am-12pm, Student Center Desk
Welcome Lunch
12-1:15pm, Student Center Dining Room & MPRs
Team Building with Student Trip Leaders
1:15-2:15pm, Cheel Lawn / Student Center Forum
Down Time with Groups & Families
2:15-3:45pm, Various
Optional On-campus Tour
2:30-3:30pm, Depart from Student Center Desk
Move-in Day - Friday, August 23, 2024
Check in & Move in to Your Residence Hall
8am-1pm, Prince Hall, Ross, Brooks, Cubley and Reynolds Halls, Donohue Hall
Student Services Fair
12-2pm, Quad Lawn (rain location: Cheel Campus Center Concourse)
Meet Your RA
2-2:15pm, Your Residence Hall
Line up for Convocation Procession
2:15-2:30pm, Cheel Lawn (rain location: Cheel Campus Center Concourse)
Convocation & Van Sickle Endowed Lecture
2:30-3:45pm, Cheel Arena
Goodbye Families
4-4:15pm, Cheel Lawn
Parent & Family Association Meet & Greet
4-5:30pm, Cheel Campus Center Concourse & Barben Rooms
Dinner with the RAs
5-7pm, Various Locations
Floor Meeting
7-7:45pm, Your Residence Hall
Holcroft Knight of Fire
8:45-9pm, Cheel Lawn
CUB Glowfest & Snow Cones with Security
9-11pm, Cheel Lawn
August 23 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 their designated campus entrance and check-in with move-in crew to receive directions. Incoming students will receive additional information before arriving on campus.
- First-year students living in Cubley or Reynolds Houses enter on Clarkson Avenue and then turn onto Foothills Lane.
- First-year students living in Ross or Brooks Houses enter on Goldenrod Drive at the main campus entrance.
- First-year students living in Donahue will enter on Goldenrod Drive at the main campus entrance and go to Graham Hall.
- Transfer students, regardless of housing assignment, check in at the Cheel Campus Center lobby. Pull right up to the loop in front of the main entrance and head inside to pick up your keys.
- The Clarkson School students will enter on Goldenrod Drive at the main campus entrance and go to the front of Price Hall (Ormsby House & Newell House).
- Students (and families/supporters, if applicable) drive to the check-in area outside of the residence hall (first-years) or Cheel Arena (transfers).
- Students retrieve their residence hall room key, student ID, and printed orientation schedule. Residential Advisors (RAs) will be walking around the residence halls and handing out keys, in order to get to know you and help answer questions or concerns!
- Should you arrive on campus outside of the designated move-in times, go to the Quad Center Core RA Office room 115. If you need help getting access into the Quad, call Campus Safety at 315-268-6666. 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 Res 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
New Student Orientation: Saturday, August 24, 2024
Three Rotations
9am-12pm, Student Center Forum and Cheel Arena
Lunch
11am-1pm, Various Locations
Building a Shared Community Training
1-2pm, Cheel Arena
Ultimate Frisbee, Ice Breakers, Wall Climbing
2-3pm, Cheel Lawn, Cheel Arena
Buddies & Boundaries Training
3-4pm, Cheel Arena
Thriving, Not Just Surviving College
4-4:30pm, Cheel Arena
Dinner
5-7pm, Various Locations
Dessert Reception with President Christensen
6:30-8:30pm, Foster House
Mentalist Brian Ledbetter
9-10pm, Student Center Forum
Fire Pit & S'mores Night
10pm-12am Student Center Fire Pit
Community Orientation: Sunday, August 25, 2024
Meet Your Peer Educator & Informal Tour
10am-12pm, Various Locations
International Student Orientation & Brunch with Transfer Students
10-11:30am, Student Center MPRs
Lunch
11am-1pm, Various Locations
CUSA Carnival
12-4pm, Cheel Lawn
Service Opportunities
4-6pm, Meet at the Student Center Desk
Dinner
5-7pm, Various Locations
Activities Fair
6:30-8pm, Cheel Campus Center Concourse
Open Skate
8-11pm, Cheel Arena
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.