Schedule of Events
Admitted Students Day 4/24
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 in 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
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/Wilson
- Dining Services
- Student Activities
- Health and Counseling
- Residence Life/Housing
- Office of Inclusion and Engagement
- Public Safety
11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Breakout Session #2
- Career and Professional Development, Stackhouse Theater
- Study Abroad, Wilson Concert Hall in Lenfest Center/Wilson
- 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
1:45 - 3:15 pm
Academic Department and Program Fair, Stemmons Plaza
- 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
- Dan Johnson, Cognitive and Behavioral Science/Data Science
3:30 - 4:00 pm
Closing Remarks, University Chapel
Will Dudley, President
Sally Stone Richmond, Vice President for Admissions and Financial Aid
4:00 - 4:30 pm
Ice Cream Social, Cannan Green