Schedule of Events

Admitted Students Day 3/31

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

Office of Admissions

Gilliam House
19 Letcher Avenue
Lexington, Virginia 24450