Help and advice for
incoming freshmen:
freshman.affairs@yale.edu

Yale College
Dean's Office
P.O. Box 208241
New Haven, CT
06520-8241   USA

Saturday, August 29

 

Events

Saturday Morning

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8.30-2

 

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.

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9

 

Shabbat Morning Services at 9 a.m. followed by lunch at noon. Slifka Center, 80 Wall Street.

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9-4

 

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

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9 and 10.30

 

Freshman Assembly in Woolsey Hall, corner of College and Grove Streets. Addresses by Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University, and Mary Miller, Dean of Yale College. Students and their guests are assigned to one of two services, depending on their residential college affiliation.

Students from the following colleges are scheduled to attend the 9 a.m. assembly: Berkeley, Morse, Davenport, Silliman, Timothy Dwight, and Pierson.

Students from the following colleges are scheduled to attend the 10.30 a.m. assembly: Calhoun, Branford, Saybrook, Ezra Stiles, Trumbull, and Jonathan Edwards.

All freshmen are expected to attend and be in their seats on the main floor of Woolsey by 8.45 a.m. for the 9 a.m. assembly and by 10.15 a.m. for the 10.30 a.m. assembly. Proper attire should be worn. Family members and guests of students are invited to attend and take seats in the rear section of Woolsey Hall, the parquet terraces and the first balcony. Doors to Woolsey will open at 7:30 a.m. for the 9:00 assembly and approximately 10:00 a.m. for the 10:30 assembly.

Additional seating for families and guests to view a simulcast of this event is available at the Law School, in the air-conditioned Levinson Auditorium and Room 122 Sterling Law Building, both located at 127 Wall Street. This event will also be broadcast on Yale Channel 10.

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11.30-1

 

President's reception for freshmen and their families. 43 Hillhouse Avenue. In case of rain, the reception will be held in the Beinecke Rare Book Library, Wall and High Streets.

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Saturday Afternoon and Evening

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12

 

Shabbat Lunch. All students and families are welcome to join for a festive, celebratory, communal meal. The meal follows Orthodox Services at 9 a.m. Slifka Center, 80 Wall Street.

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12.30–4

 

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

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1-2.15

 

Complimentary lunch for freshmen and their families in the residential colleges. Lunch for Morse College freshmen and their families will be served in Commons.

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1–2

 

Tour of Sterling Memorial Library for families. An introduction to the library’s history, architecture, and collections. The tour leaves from inside the front door of the Sterling Memorial library on Rose Walk, facing Cross Campus. Tours for freshmen will take place throughout the term. A schedule will be posted on the Library Orientation Web site.

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1–3

 

Resource Office on Disabilities registration for students with disabilities. Call (203) 432-2325 before 1 p.m. to schedule an appointment with the director. Room 222, 35 Broadway (enter through the rear of the building).

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1–4.30

 

Computing@Yale sessions on the hour and on the half-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.

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1.30–2.30

 

Engineering at Yale: A Curriculum for Leadership in the 21st Century. A discussion with Professor T. Kyle Vanderlick, Dean, School of Engineering & Applied Science, for freshmen and their families. Davies Auditorium, Becton Center, 15 Prospect Street.

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1.30–2.45

 

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

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3–4.30

 

“Relationships: untitled.” All freshmen will meet in their colleges. Places to be announced.

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5–7

 

Picnic suppers for freshmen in the residential colleges, with an introduction to the college, its resources, and its facilities. The Morse College picnic will be held in the New Residence Hall (“Swing Space”), 100 Tower Parkway.

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7–7.45

 

Security meeting. All freshmen from Morse, Pierson, and Silliman colleges meet in room 114, Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall, 1 Prospect Street.

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7.30

 

Iftaar Dinner. Battell Chapel, corner of Elm and College Streets.

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8–8.45

 

Security meeting. All freshmen from Saybrook, Timothy Dwight, and Trumbull colleges meet in room 114, Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall, 1 Prospect Street.

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9–9.45

 

Security meeting. All freshmen from Davenport, Ezra Stiles, and Jonathan Edwards colleges meet in room 114, Sheffield-Sterling- Strathcona Hall, 1 Prospect Street.

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10–10.45

 

Security meeting. All freshmen from Berkeley, Branford, and Calhoun colleges meet in room 114, Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall, 1 Prospect Street.

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11

 

Showcase of sketch comedy groups. Davenport College Theater.

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