Schedule of Events

Welcome to W&L!

8:00 - 9:15 am
Welcome and Registration

• Registration, Graham-Lees Residence Hall Quad
• Breakfast, Cannan Green

Optional morning sessions:

• 8:30 am – Financial Aid Info Session, Stackhouse Theater, Elrod Commons
• 8:30 am – IQ Center Tour, Science Center
• 8:30 am – Special Collections Tour, Leyburn Library, 1st Floor
• 8:30 am – Harte Center for Teaching and Learning, Leyburn Library, 1st Floor
• 8:30 am – Lenfest Center for the Arts Tour, Lenfest Center

9:30 - 10:00 am
Welcome and Introduction, University Chapel
Sally Stone Richmond, Vice President for Admissions and Financial Aid
Lena Hill, Provost

10:15 - 11:00 am
Breakout Session #1

• First-Year Experience/FYE100 Preview (Students), University Chapel
• Course Registration and Advising (Students), Stackhouse Theater
• Student Affairs Mini-Presentations (Parents), Lenfest Center
  1. Dining Services
  2. Student Activities
  3. Health and Counseling
  4. Residence Life/Housing
  5. Office of Inclusion and Engagement
  6. Public Safety

11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Breakout Session #2

• Career & Professional Development, Stackhouse Theater
• Study Abroad, Wilson Concert Hall, Lenfest Center
• The Shepherd Program: Learning, Leadership, and Real Opportunity for All, Mattingly House
• Fellowships, Funding, and Research Opportunities, Northen Auditorium

12:00 - 1:30 pm
Lunchtime Activities, Cannan Green

• Games on the Lawn with Campus Recreation and Outing Club
• Get to Know the First-Year Orientation Committee (FYOC)
• Get to Know the Office of Inclusion and Engagement (OIE)
• Get to Know Hillel 
• Campus Tours departing every 30 minutes from Cannan Green
• Residence Hall Open House, Graham-Lees, 1st Floor

1:15 - 3:15 pm
Academic Department and Program Fair, Stemmons Plaza

• Concurrent lectures from W&L Faculty:
  • Howard Pickett, Poverty and Human Capability Studies
    Stackhouse Theater
    1:45 - 2:15 pm
  • Sybil Prince-Nelson, Math and Data Science
    Northen Auditorium
    1:45 - 2:15 pm
  • Katie Shester, Economics
    Stackhouse Theater
    2:30 - 3:00 pm
  • Elliott King, Art History
    Northen Auditorium
    2:30 - 3:00 pm

3:30 - 4:00 pm
Closing Remarks, University Chapel
Sally Stone Richmond, Vice President for Admissions and Financial Aid

4:00 - 4:30 pm
Ice Cream Social, Cannan Green