Thursday, August 24

Goal for today: Be curious and thoughtful in your approach to all decisions and actions.

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Floy Lewis Bakes Center
(FLB)

Resident Student Check-In

Arrive at the 9^th Ave entrance of the College. From there, you will head into the FLB to officially check-in!

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Floy Lewis Bakes Center
(FLB)

Commuter Student Check-In

Arrive at the 9^th Ave entrance of the College. From there, you will head into the FLB to officially check-in!

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Wismer Dining Hall

Complimentary Lunch for All New Students and Families

New addition for 2023-24:  Wismer Center is serving WAWA Coffee!

1:00 – 1:30 PM

Faculty/Staff Dining Room in Wismer

First-Generation College Student/Family Dessert Reception

Families are encouraged to join their student to celebrate this milestone!

1:00 PM -1:30 PM

Across Campus

Family & Student Farewell

Snap a photo with the Bear, Love Statue, or on Olin Plaza to commemorate your first day as a UC Bear!

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Olin Plaza

Family Reception

A send-off reception for families of the Class of 2027 as students begin their Orientation experience.

1:30 PM – 2:15 PM

Residence Halls
Mandatory

Connecting with the Residence Hall Community

Residential Students! Get to know your classmates & RAs! Mix & mingle in your new community!

1:30 PM – 2:15 PM

Commons 105
Mandatory

Connecting with the Commuter Student Community

Commuter Students! Get to know your classmates & Leannie Jusino Assistant Director for Student Engagement and Commuter Central! Mix & mingle in your new community!

2:30 PM

Bomberger Auditorium
Mandatory

Welcome to Ursinus, Class of 2027! Let’s Make Connections

Marion McKinney – Director for Student Engagement

Leannie Jusino – Assistant Director for Student Engagement and Commuter Central

3:00 PM

Bomberger Auditorium
Mandatory

Welcome to Ursinus, Class of 2027!

Robyn Hannigan, President

Missy Bryant, Vice-President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students

3:15 PM – 4:00 PM

Bomberger Auditorium
Mandatory

Be a Respectful Bear

Dan Kelly, Associate Dean of Students and Title IX Coordinator

4:05 PM – 4:30 PM

Bomberger Auditorium
Mandatory

Get Your Bearings: Campus Safety Overview

Gabby Wright, Executive Director of Campus Safety and Emergency Preparedness

4:30 PM – 5:15 PM

Bomberger Auditorium
Mandatory

Bear Expectations

Lauren Martin, Executive Director Counseling and Wellness

Katie Bean, Director of Health Promotion

5:15 PM - 7:00 PM

Wismer Dining Hall

Dinner

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Residence Halls
Mandatory

First Hall Meeting

9:30 - 11:30 PM

Wismer Dining Hall

Late Night Breakfast: A preview of our end of the fall semester tradition!

Join us for karaoke and prize give-a-ways!

Friday, August 25

Goal for today: Engage across worldviews to formulate opinions and appreciate different truths

7:30 – 8:30 AM

Wismer Dining Hall

Breakfast

9:00 AM

Facilities Practice Field
Mandatory

Class of 2027 Photo & Line-up for Convocation

9:30 AM – 10:15 AM

Berman Lawn Tent
Mandatory

Academic Convocation

The official start of the academic year and welcome for the Class of 2027!

10:15 AM – 11:50 AM

Free time

12:00 PM – 12:45 PM

Check Personal Schedule**
Mandatory

Lunch with your First Year Advising Cohort

1:00 – 2:15 PM

Check Personal Schedule**
Mandatory

First CIE Class

Your first Ursinus College class! “Allegory of the Cave” and Dear Ijeawele will be discussed

2:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Bomberger Auditorium
Mandatory

Learn about your Strengths!

Please note: The Office of the Chaplain, Religion & Spiritual Life invites all Islamic, Buddhist, and Hindu students to a time of prayer and meditation in the Meditation Room located in lower Bomberger in the Office of the Chaplain. Available all day.

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Upper Wismer

Dinner – When you are finished eating, please make your way to Olin for the showing of CIE “The Matrix”: The movie you will need to see for your CIE class

5:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Olin Auditorium
Mandatory

Showing of CIE “The Matrix”

8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Free Time

10:00 – 1:00 AM

Lower Wismer

Late Night Lower: Black Light Glow Party

Saturday, August 26

Goal for today: Act as a life-long provider of service for the global community

7:30 AM– 9:00 AM

Wismer Dining Hall

Breakfast

9:00 AM – 1:30 PM

Meet in Upper Wismer*

Be the Change: Ursinus Day of Service

Engage with the surrounding community through the Ursinus Center for Advocacy, Responsibility, and Engagement (UCARE).
View details and register below

1:30 PM – 2:45 PM

Wismer Dining Hall

Lunch

2:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Open Activity: Lawn Games, Board Games, and Grocery Store Bingo in Lower Wismer

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Wismer Dining Hall

Dinner

6:00 PM– 7:15 PM

Bomberger Auditorium
Mandatory

Domenick Scudera, Professor of Theater

7:15 PM – 9:00 PM

Free Time: Finish unpacking and setting up you room! Commuters, come check out Commuter Central

9:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Gravel Lot

Fireside Chats
Make connections with your classmates and enjoy food trucks, live DJ, and another Ursinus tradition-the first-year bonfire! (Your next bonfire is the night before graduation!)

Time

Activity

Location

9:30-10:15am

• Gather in Service Groups
• FYI: Mayor Wright-Riggins speaking at 9:50!

Upper Wismer

10:15-10:40am

Travel to Service Sites
Read more about the service projects and sign-up here!

Various

11:00-1:00pm

Service at your “Be the Change” Service Site!

Various

1:00-1:30pm

Travel back to campus & Reflect with Your Group!

Various

Sunday, August 27

Goal for today: Utilize your resources to live ethically, responsibly, and sustainably.

Self–Care Sunday

You have participated in many programs these past days and we want you to take some time for yourself this morning. Consider mindfulness, gratitude, wellbeing.

Webster Definitions:

• Mindfulness - a mental state achieved by focusing one’s awareness on the present moment
• Gratitude - the state of being grateful: thankfulness
• Wellbeing – the state of being happy, healthy, or prosperous

Things for you to consider:

• Bask in the moment and be present
• Sleep in if you want
• Go for a walk on campus, Main Street, or the Perkiomen Trail
• Listen to Music on the lawn
• DO Whatever you need to become centered and focused for tomorrow

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Hillel House

Hillel Bagel Brunch

Come join the Hillel board members to learn about Jewish Life on campus while enjoying a delicious bagel spread at Hillel House! Hillel House is located at 33 6th Avenue, just behind Musser Hall!

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Bears Den

Interdenominational Worship Service

Reverend Betty Wright-Riggins, Chaplain

11:30 AM – 12:30

Wismer Dining Hall

Brunch

12:45 PM – 1:30 PM

Bomberger Hall
Mandatory

Building Your Toolkit for Well-being

Katie Bean, Director of Health Promotion

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Bomberger Hall
Mandatory

Co-creating a Culture of Belonging

Ashley Henderson, Director of the Institute for Inclusion and Equity

Jasmine Soriano Assistant Director of Inclusion and Equity, Intercultural and Community Engagement

2:40 PM – 4:00 PM

Bomberger Hall
Mandatory

The C-Word: Consent

Dan Kelly, Associate Dean of Students and Title IX Coordinator

4:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Berman Lawn

All Campus Fall Kick-Off Picnic meet more fellow bears! Enjoy dinner, games, music, and

Kandy Ices. Stop by Peer Advocate table to get consent t-shirts

8:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Residence Halls
Mandatory

Hall Meeting: First Year Living at Ursinus

Monday, August 28

First Day of School Photo

8:30 - 10 a.m.
Upper Wismer

Last stop on your UC passport to be eligible to win a JBL Flip 5 Bluetooth Speaker! Meet Dean Bryant and Student Affairs staff at the Student Affairs Suite! *Take the steps next to the C-Store! **Photos will be available online for your families.