Friday, August 28

Friday Morning
Friday Afternoon & Evening

Events

Friday Morning

9		Freshman dormitories open. Freshmen are expected to move into their rooms by 7 p.m. Those who cannot arrive by 7 p.m. should contact the office of their residential college dean for further instructions. Freshmen are not permitted to move into their dormitory rooms before August 28. Incoming students arriving before this date are responsible for making their own lodging arrangements off campus unless they have registered for a preorientation program. A listing of local hotels is posted at www.infonewhaven.com under “Travel Tips.”

8.30–4.30		Student Financial Services. Students and parents may make payments and obtain information about monthly account statements, financial aid, loans, and other billing and payment matters. First floor, 246 Church Street.

9–10.30		Complimentary Continental Breakfast on the Old Campus and in Silliman and Timothy Dwight colleges. Because freshman meal contracts do not begin until Tuesday, September 1, freshmen should be prepared to purchase meals on Friday. Sandwiches, beverages, and snacks will be sold at the food tent on the Old Campus during the day, and dinner will be served in Commons. About $30 should be sufficient to cover the cost of lunch and dinner on Friday.

9-4.30		Student Technology Collaborative will assist students with activating their NetIDs and other computer-related questions. First floor, Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Old Campus.

9-4		Pick up rental refrigerators and prepaid linen packages from trucks parked on High Street. Delivery services for refrigerators is available for a $10 fee.

9.30–12		Resource Office on Disabilities registration for students with disabilities. Meetings with the director by appointment. Call (203) 432-2325. Room 222, 35 Broadway (enter through rear of building).

10.30		Walking tours of the central Yale campus for students and their parents. Tours leave from the Yale Visitor Center, 149 Elm Street.

10.30-2		Parents' and Families' reception. Staff and clinicians from University Health Services and representatives from the Chaplain’s Office and Security Programs will meet informally with parents. Refreshments provided. Sponsored by University Health Services. Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Old Campus.

10.30-2		Immunizations for freshmen. University Health Services will provide immunizations against measles, German measles, and meningococcal disease for students lacking the required immunizations. First floor, Room 104, Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Old Campus.

11-12.30		Tour of the University Health Services facility for students and their parents. 17 Hillhouse Avenue. Meet in the lobby.

11-2		Express lunch on the Old Campus. Sandwiches, snacks, and beverages may be purchased.

Friday Afternoon and Evening

12.45		Jumma (Friday Prayers) with the Muslim Student Association. Muslim Prayer Room, Bingham Hall, entryway D, lower level.

1-4.30		Resource Office on Disabilities registration for students with disabilities. By appointment. Call (203) 432-2325. Room 222, 35 Broadway (enter through rear of building).

1–4.30		Computing@Yale sessions on the hour, each session lasting 30 minutes. Meet with Yale Student Techs (STS), learn about IT resources, and receive a USB key courtesy of Student Technology Collaborative. Room 102, Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Old Campus.

2		Walking tours of the central Yale campus for students and their parents. Tours leave from the Yale Visitor Center, 149 Elm Street.

2.30–3.45		Panel Discussion for Parents and Families with Dean Mary Miller. Discussion of undergraduate education and the residential colleges. Room 114, Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall, 1 Prospect Street.

4-5.30		Masters' open houses. Parents and families are invited to an informal open house at the master’s house in the residential college of their son or daughter. The Morse College open house will be held at the New Residence Hall (“Swing Space”), 100 Tower Parkway.

5-7		Dinner in Commons Dining Hall offered to all students and their guests at a flat rate. Enter through the Woolsey Hall rotunda, corner of College and Grove Streets.

5.45		Shabbat Services at 5:45pm followed by Shabbat Dinner at 6:45pm. Slifka Center, 80 Wall Street.

6.45		Shabbat Dinner. Student-led minyanim will meet for services at 5:45pm, followed by a first taste of our weekly shabbat feast, served family style. All students and families welcome. After dinner, parents are invited to stay for an oneg (a party, with song and little learning - no preparation, skill or particular knowledge needed.) Slifka Center, 80 Wall Street.

7.30		Iftaar Dinner. Muslim Students’ Association and the University Chaplain’s Office break the daily Ramadan fast with Iftaar, the traditional evening holiday meal. Battell Chapel, corner of Elm and College Streets.

8–9		Freshman registration meetings. All freshmen meet with their residential college dean in their college’s dining hall. Students in Morse College meet at the New Residence Hall (“Swing Space”), 100 Tower Parkway.

8–9.30		Security meeting for parents and families. A discussion about personal security at Yale, with an opportunity to meet members of the Yale University Police Department and the Department of University Security Programs. Specific information will be presented about the student’s role in personal safety at Yale and in New Haven and about University programs and services designed to enhance security. Davies Auditorium, Becton Center, 15 Prospect Street.

9–10		Meetings with freshman counselors. All freshmen meet with their freshman counselors at a place to be announced.

11		Improv Extravaganza! Please join all four of Yale’s improv groups for a hilarious night of comedy during your first night at Yale. Groups include: The Exit Players, Just Add Water, The Purple Crayon, and The Viola Question. Davenport Common Room.

Friday, August 28

Events

Friday Morning

Friday Afternoon and Evening