THE CLARKSON SCHOOL
2016 ORIENTATION SCHEDULE
Welcome to The Clarkson School! This schedule is provided for incoming Clarkson School students to supplement
the First Year Student Orientation schedule which begins on Friday, August 26. Any changes to The Clarkson
School Orientation schedule will be communicated to students through their Clarkson email and daily updates at
Orientation. All Mandatory Orientation events are in bold. While most Orientation events are mandatory,
some programs are optional or are only for specific student populations.
Before Arriving on Campus on Tuesday, August 23
 All items on your PeopleSoft “To Do” List must be completed in order for you to be cleared to move in.
 Ø – If you see this symbol in PeopleSoft, it means that you have a hold on your account. This could be a
financial hold or a health records hold. Clicking on ø will provide you with more information.
 Contact the Office of Information Technology (OIT) (315-268-4357) with questions or concerns about
computer set-up in your room. Newell & Ormsby are equipped with WiFi.
 Submit a photo for your Student ID and pre-register your vehicle online in PeopleSoft.
 Please feel free to contact Kathleen O’Leary, Associate Director of Student & Alumni Relations, with any
questions regarding Orientation: [email protected], (315) 268-4331.
Tuesday, August 23
8am-12:00pm
Registration and Move-In
Price Hall Main Entrance
You will receive your room key and Orientation materials. You’ll have the
remainder of your morning to move in. Coffee and refreshments available.
Questions regarding class schedules, advanced placement, and transfer credit
can be addressed with Brenda Kozsan, Associate Head of School, in the Price
Hall Clarkson School office. She will be available in the office on a walk-in
basis from 8:30am-11:30am.
1:30pm-2:00pm
Clarkson School Welcome
Student Center Forum
Welcome to the Clarkson School Class of 2017 from School staff with signing
of the Clarkson School Roll Book.
2:15-3:30pm
2:15-3:30pm
Parent & Family Orientation (optional)
Student Life Orientation
Bring your Orientation Schedule, pen.
3:30pm
4:00-5:30pm
Clarkson School Class of 2017 Photo
Free Time
Student Center Forum
Student Center
MultiPurpose Rooms (2nd
floor)
Student Center Forum
Pick up textbooks, ID card/mailbox key if you don’t have already, meal plan
verification, vehicle registration, get settled in your room, say goodbye to
family.
5:30-6:30pm
Clarkson School Dinner (students only)
Ross-Brooks
Meet your floor HA and Mentors and eat together. Sign-In Sheet at RoBro.
7:00-8:00pm
Oswegatchie Orientation & Ice Cream (students only)
Discussion of what to expect, last-minute packing reminders.
8:30pm
10:00pm
HA-Planned Event (students only)
Movie Night (students only)
Student Center
MultiPurpose Rooms (2nd
floor)
Price Hall
Price Hall Lounge &
Classroom
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The Clarkson School 2016 Orientation Schedule
Wednesday, August 24
7:00am
Departure to Camp Oswegatchie
Light breakfast provided on bus – poptarts, nutrigrain bars, water
9:00am
Buses at Cheel
Campus Center
Arrive at Camp Oswegatchie
Room assignments, welcome by camp staff, rules/regulations
9:30am
12:45pm
1:30pm
6:00pm
6:45pm-8:30pm
Ice Breakers, Team Activities, Low/High Ropes
Lunch
Team Activities, Low/High Ropes
Dinner
Free Time
Please stay on athletic fields, in our buildings, or at beach area.
8:30pm
Night Hike and Constellation Watch
Meet at Sutliff
10:00pm
Group campfire with s’mores
11:00pm
Quiet Hours
We will be staying overnight in bunk-style lodge accommodations at Camp Oswegatchie. Recommended items
to bring: sleeping bag, pillow, rain jacket, good walking shoes, shower shoes, toiletries, towel, pajamas,
clothing for physical activity, reusable water bottle, alarm clock/phone for alarm, swimsuit, sunscreen,
cards/board games. Please note that there is no cell phone service at Camp Oswegatchie (let your
family/friends know so they don’t worry about you if they can’t reach you!).
Thursday, August 25
8:00am
Breakfast
Followed by packing up and cleaning lodge
9:30am
12:00pm
12:30pm
2:30pm
3:00-3:45pm
3:45-4:30pm
4:30-5:30pm
5:30-6:30pm
Group Waterfall Hike
Lunch
Depart Oswegatchie and return to Clarkson
Approximate arrival back to Clarkson
Newell Residents Fire Safety Training (free time for Ormsby)
Ormsby Residents Fire Safety Training (free time for Newell)
Free Time
Dinner with HAs and Mentors
Price Hall Classroom
Price Hall Classroom
Ross-Brooks
Meet your floor HA and Mentors and eat together. Sign-In Sheet at RoBro.
7:00-10:00pm
10:00pm
Mentors-Planned Event
Movie Night
Price Hall
Price Hall Lounge &
Classroom
Save the Date:
Family/Homecoming Weekend - October 28 & 29!
Held each fall, Clarkson's Family/Homecoming Weekend provides an opportunity for parents and other family
members to visit students on campus and participate in a variety of events: student performances, meetings with
faculty and staff, theater productions, and athletic competitions. We invite you and your family to join us in this
tradition this year and the years to come!
For more information, please see the Family/Homecoming Weekend website at:
http://www.clarkson.edu/parents_family/family_weekend.html
Please tell your families to make hotel reservations early!
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The Clarkson School 2016 Orientation Schedule
Orientation for all new incoming First-Year students at Clarkson University begins with the 7:00pm Welcome
by President Tony Collins on Friday, August 26. Clarkson School students are considered members of the
incoming First-Year class and must attend First-Year Orientation sessions on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Friday, August 26
7:00-8:30am
Breakfast
Ross-Brooks
Sign-In Sheet at RoBro.
9:00am-10:30am
Personal Development Activity
CAMP 176
Led by Professor Gary Kelly (“PK”).
11:00am12:30pm
12:45pm-4:00pm
Lunch
Meal plans begin; use your ID.
Ability to Benefit Test
Ross-Brooks, Student
Center Servery
Snell 239, 241
Mandatory for all Clarkson School students. Please arrive by 12:45pm.
See the handout in your check-in folder for more details about the ATB
Test.
1:00-3:30pm
English Placement Test
Snell 177
Required for students for whom English is a Second Language.
4:00pm-5:30pm
5:30-6:30pm
Free Time
 Visit campus offices if you have questions or need
to turn in paperwork
 Walk to Bookstore to buy any supplies
Dinner
Use your ID.
7:00pm
Welcome by President Tony Collins
Ross-Brooks, Student
Center Servery
Cheel Arena
Receive a warm welcome to the campus community. Mandatory for
all incoming new students.
8:00-9:15pm
Floor Meeting with your HA
Your residence hall floor
Meet your HA in floor lounge.
9:30-10:30pm
Adrenaline Comedy of Brian Rudo
Sponsored by CUB & OSL
10:30pm12:00am
Movie on the Lawn: The Jungle Book
Sponsored by CUB & OSL
Student Center Patio (rain
location: Student Center
Forum)
Cheel Lawn (rain location:
Student Center Forum)
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Saturday, August 27
9:00am
Breakfast
Ross-Brooks
Use your ID.
10:00-11:00am
11:15-11:45am
Academic Department Orientations for First-Year
Students
Pre-Professional Orientations
Mandatory for students who have been admitted with special
advising.
11:00am-1:00pm
Lunch
See Page 6 for locations
Pre-Health Sciences/PreMed: Snell 214
Pre-Physical Therapy:
Science Center 356
Ross-Brooks, Servery
Use your ID.
1:00-1:50pm
Book Discussion: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
See Page 7 for location
Discuss the common book with peers and a faculty or staff member.
2:00-2:45pm
Your Rights & Responsibilities Under Title IX
3:00-3:45pm
The Amazing Race
4:00-4:45pm
5:00-5:45pm
6:00-6:45pm
Beyond the Classroom
CIA Discussion
Session for Students Expecting to Use Testing
Accommodations with Office of AccessABILITY Services
Dinner
6:00-7:00pm
Cheel Barben Rooms (2nd
floor)
Meet at Portside statue
outside Cheel
Student Center Forum
Cheel Arena
ERC Presidents’
Conference Room
Ross-Brooks, Servery
Use your ID.
8:00-8:30pm
Relationships 101: From Friends to Facebook Official
8:30-9:30pm
Comedian Steve Hofstetter
Price Hall (see your HA for
info)
Student Center Forum
Sponsored by CUB.
9:30-10:30pm
Welcome Carnival: Free Food & Games!
Student Center
Enjoy free pizza and popcorn and of course a warm welcome to
Clarkson student life with games, activities, tournaments, and more!
Sponsored by Student Organizations.
10:30pm12:00am
Movie on the Lawn: Zootopia
Sponsored by CUB & OSL
Cheel Lawn (rain location:
Student Center Forum)
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Sunday, August 28
Morning
Breakfast
10:00-11:30am
Playfair: The Ultimate Icebreaker
Ross-Brooks
Cheel Arena
Playfair is totally unlike anything else you have ever experienced. It’s
entertainment! It’s fun! It’s the perfect way to make new campus
friendships! Wear athletic/comfortable clothing and sneakers.
11:30-12:00pm
12:00-1:00pm
1:00-3:00pm
1:00-4:00pm
Clarkson University Class of 2020 Photo
Lunch
Ultimate Frisbee Tournament
Service Opportunity: Trail Maintenance
2:00-4:00pm
5:30-6:45pm
Humans vs. Zombies Game
Dinner
Cheel Lawn
Ross-Brooks, Servery
Bagdad Field
Meet at Student Center Info
Desk
Woodstock Field
Ross-Brooks, Servery
Meet your floor HA and Mentors and eat together. Then head to
Cheel together for Convocation.
5:30-6:30pm
7:00-8:00pm
Book Signing with William Kamkwamba
Convocation: Van Sickle Endowed Lecture with William
Kamkwamba
Kodak Lounge in Cheel
Cheel Arena
In conjunction with this year’s Common Book, The Boy Who Harnessed
the Wind, the author, William Kamkwamba, will speak about his book.
8:00-9:00pm
Holcroft Knight of Fire
Holcroft House
A Clarkson tradition that welcomes you into the Golden Knight family.
Join us for a celebration of Golden Knight spirit, with music and
surprises!
Monday, August 29
8:00am
First Day of Classes!
5:15-6:15pm
Clarkson School First Family Dinner
Cheel Barben Rooms
We’ll then walk over to the Volunteer Fair together.
5:00-7:00pm
Volunteer Fair + 60 Seconds of Service
Student Center
Get involved in the Clarkson & Potsdam community! By reaching out &
offering your energy, talent & compassion, you can make a real
difference in people's lives. Through service to others, you will gain a
better understanding of yourself, demonstrate classroom learning, &
increase leadership, teambuilding & management skills. That's why
service is a core value of Clarkson; it benefits both you & the
community. Service helps develop a sense of social responsibility &
civic pride.
Tuesday, August 30
5:30-7:30pm
Voluntary Advanced Placement Exam for C/C++, Java
7:00-9:00pm
Activities Fair
Science Center 348
Cheel Arena
Sign-up to receive information or join a Clarkson club or organization.
Getting involved is one of the best ways to make friends and create
memorable experiences at Clarkson.
Wednesday, August 31
5:30-7:30pm
Voluntary Validation Exam for Calc 1 (MA 131)
Science Center 354
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Academic Orientation Sessions on Saturday, August 27, from 10:00am-11:00am
SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES
History, Humanities, Liberal Studies, Political Science, Social Documentation,
Social Sciences
Applied Mathematics & Statistics, Mathematics
Biology
Biomolecular Science
Chemistry
Communication
Computer Science
Digital Arts & Sciences
Physics
Psychology
Science Studies
Snell 177
Science Center 356
Science Center 166
Science Center 348
Science Center 348
Snell 130
Science Center 334
Snell Basement Room B10-K
Science Center 272
Science Center 346
Science Center 340
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
All majors
Snell 213
INSTITUTE FOR A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT (ISE)
Environmental Health Science/Environmental Science & Policy
TAC 208
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Chemical
Biomolecular
Civil & Environmental
Electrical & Computer
Engineering Studies
Mechanical & Aeronautical
Software
Science Center 160
Science Center 160
CAMP 176
CAMP 195
Science Center 362
CAMP 177
CAMP 195B
Engineering & Management (E&M)
Science Center 162
University Studies
Snell 112
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Book Discussion: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind on Saturday, August 27, from 1:001:50pm
Students are divided into group locations based on last name:
Abplanalp-Antoniou
Arguien-Beatty
Beaumier-Bornstein
Bouwens-Buser
Bush-Chapin
Charron-Collins, A.
Collins, B-D’Acchille
Damato-DiMarco
Dohring-Egle
Ellis-Frankowski
Fraser-Garneau
Garrett-Green
Greeno-Hayden
Hayle-Hull
Impastato-Kane
Kepes-Kochersperger
Kooy-LaRussa-Trott
LaScala-Lindemann
Lindsay-Madlangbayan
Madsen-Mason
Mason-Merrill
Merritt-Moscoso
Mossotti-Nicolella
Niehaus-Payne
Pearson-Purdy, A.
Purdy-Riccardi
Rice-Ruddick
Ruddy-Schaal
Scheer-Shi
Short-St.Croix
Starrantino-Thompson
Thomson-Wainwright
Wait-Will
Wilson-Zobrist
CAMP 163
CAMP 175
CAMP 176
CAMP 177
CAMP 178
CAMP 184
CAMP 194
TAC 206
TAC 208
Snell 3rd Floor Petersen Board Room
Snell 112
Snell 129
Snell 169
Snell 175
Snell 177
Snell 212
Snell 213
Snell214
Moore House Lounge 1st Floor
ERC Presidents’ Conference Room
ERC 102
Science Center 160
Science Center 162
Science Center 320
Science Center 166
Science Center 340
Science Center 342
Science Center 344
Science Center 346
Science Center 348
Science Center 354
Science Center 356
Science Center 362
Rowley 142
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