Orientation
Welcome to the Clarkson Family!
Save the date for Orientation and Move-in for Fall 2024!
The Clarkson School Student Orientation and Move-in: Tuesday, August 20, 2024
New Student Move-in: August 23, 2024
Returning Student Move-in: August 24-25, 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 here.
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, Price Hall, Ross, Brooks, Cubley and Reynolds Halls, Donahue 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
Family Goodbyes
4-4:15pm, Cheel Lawn
Meet and Great with Convocation Speaker Ellen Petosa, '13
4-4:45pm
Parent & Family Association Meet & Greet
4-5:30pm, Cheel 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 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.
- Students will be directed to take a left behind Cheel Campus Center and drive around to the front of Cheel Campus Center. Students will remain in their vehicle to collect their residence hall room key, student ID card, and orientation schedule outside of Price Hall.
- Students who have a hold on their account due to incomplete health or financial requirements will be directed to a designated parking spot to resolve the hold prior to receiving their room key. To expedite the process, students are encouraged to resolve these requirements prior to move-in day.
- Signs will be placed at the intersection of Goldenrod Drive to direct students to first-year buildings. Transfer students will receive individualized directions when obtaining their room key.
- First-year students will be greeted by a move-in crew volunteer, a fellow member of the Clarkson community, upon arrival to their residence hall.
- For traffic safety, it is required that a driver remains with each vehicle during the unloading process. Once a vehicle has been unloaded, it must immediately be moved to a regular parking spot.
- Residential Advisors (RAs) will be walking around the residence halls 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 and Security 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 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
New Student Orientation: Saturday, August 24, 2024
Getting Involved Panel
10:30am, Student Center Forum
Student Resources Panel
10:30am, Science Center 360
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 at Foster House
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
Mandatory International Student Orientation
10am-12pm, Student Center MPRs
International and Transfer Student Lunch
12-1pm, Student Center MPRs
Lunch
11am-1pm, Various Locations
CUSA Carnival
12-4pm, Cheel Lawn
Service Opportunities
4-6pm, Meet at the Student Center Desk
High Dive Game
4-6pm, Refer to location from club leadership
Wall Climbing
4-6pm, Cheel Fitness Center
Dinner
5-7pm, Various Locations
Activities Fair
6:30-8pm, Cheel Campus Center Concourse
Open Skate
7-10:30pm, 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.