Schedule of Events

Welcome to W&L!

8:00 - 9:15 am
Check-In and Morning Activities

• Registration/Check-In, Graham-Lees Residence Hall Courtyard
• 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, 1st Floor, Leyburn Library
• 8:30 am – Harte Center for Teaching and Learning, 1st Floor, Leyburn Library
• 8:30 am – Lenfest Center for the Arts Tour, Lenfest Center for the Arts

9:30 - 10:00 am
Welcome and Introduction, Keller Theater, Lenfest Center for the Arts
Sally Stone Richmond, Vice President for Admissions and Financial Aid
Lena Hill, Provost

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

• First-Year Experience Preview (Students), Stackhouse Theater
• Course Registration & Advising (Students), Wilson Concert Hall (Lenfest)
• Student Affairs Mini-Presentations (Parents), Keller Theater (Lenfest)
  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 and Professional Development, Stackhouse Theater
• Study Abroad, Wilson Concert Hall (Lenfest)
• 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, 1st Floor, Graham-Lees

1:15 - 2:45 pm
Academic Department and Program Fair, Main and 1st Floors, Leyburn Library

• Concurrent lectures from W&L Faculty:
  • Dan Johnson, Cognitive and Behavioral Science/Data Science
    Stackhouse Theater
    1:45 - 2:15 pm
  • Mikki Brock, History
    "Things that go bump in the night: Histories of the Supernatural"
    Northen Auditorium
    1:45 - 2:15 pm
  • Chantal Smith, Economics
    Stackhouse Theater
    2:30 - 3:00 pm
  • Nadia Ayoub, Biology
    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