Thursday, January 10th Schedule of Events Time
Location
9:00 am-11:00 am Student Center
Schedule Residential Student Move-In & Immigration Check-In (First Year Students) Lunch and Orientation Welcome
12:00 pm-1:00 pm Student Center
Students and families are welcome to join us for lunch and a welcome from our Vice President of Student Affairs, staff, and the Orientation Team
1:15 pm-2:30 pm
Orientation Student Group Meetings (check with OL for location)
2:45 pm-3:30 pm
Jennison Student Center Backbay Rooms LaCava 395
3:45 pm- 6:30 pm
LaCava Shuttle Stop Off-Campus Excursion
6:45 pm-7:45 pm
921
8:30 pm
Target
1:15 pm-2:30 pm
Family Reception and Resource Panel (Optional) Building Our Team
Dinner with the Residential Center Target Shopping Trip (bus leaves at 8:30 pm from Collins Hall) (Optional) Collins Hall 8:30 pm- Pick up from Target at 10:00 pm
Friday, January 11th Schedule of Events Time
Location
Schedule
9:00 am-11:00 am Student Center Residential Student Move-In & Immigration Check-In (Transfer and Exchange) 9:00 am-10:00 am Student Center Pub Orientation Group Meeting and Breakfast (First Year Students Only) 10:00 am-11:30 am Student Center 335 Launching your Bentley Experience (First Year Students Only) Lunch and Orientation Welcome 12:00 pm-1:00 pm Student Center Join us for lunch and a welcome from the Deans, staff, and the Orientation Team
Academic Advising Session 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
Lindsay Hall
Groups 1 & 2 (Lindsay 30) Groups 3 & 4 (Lindsay 27)
Exchange Student Resource Sessions Library Open House (Group 5—1:30pm and Group 6—2:30pm) Campus Tours Exchange Student Advising—Adamian Academic Center 161 (Optional)
1:30 pm-3:30 pm
Various locations
3:35 pm-4:50 pm 3:45 pm-4:45 pm
Koumantzelis Backbay Room C
Laptop Training and Distribution Exchange Student Meeting
5:00 pm-6:15 pm
Backbay Rooms
International Student Visa Session (dinner will be after session)
5:30 pm-7:00 pm 7:00 pm-8:00 pm 8:00 pm-10:00 pm
921
Dinner Real Talk Karaoke
8:45 pm
Target
Backbay Rooms Russo’s Cafe
Target Trip (bus leaves at 8:45 pm from Collins Hall) (Optional) Collins Hall 8:45 pm- Pick up from Target at 10:15 pm
Saturday, January 12th Schedule of Events Time Location 10:00 am-11:00 am Backbay Rooms 11:00 am-12:00 pm Backbay Rooms 12:15 pm-1:30 pm Backbay Rooms 1:45 pm-2:30 pm 2:30 pm-3:00 pm 3:10 pm-5:10 pm 5:30 pm-6:30 pm 8:00 pm- 10:00 pm
Schedule Living on Campus (Residential Students) Navigating Campus (Commuter Students) Brunch with your Orientation Leaders Strengths Finder Workshop
Backbay Rooms Backbay Rooms
Bentley Beliefs Break with Coffee & Snacks Backbay Rooms Bystander Workshop 921 Dinner Student Center Pub Falcons After Dark: Games and S’mores (Optional)
Sunday, January 13th Schedule of Events Time Location 11:00 am-12:00 pm Pub
Schedule Brunch (Optional)
12:30 pm-5:30 pm
Collins Hall
Shopping Trip to Boston (Optional)
12:30 pm-4:00 pm
Living Room
Pool, Ping Pong, and Patriots (Optional)
4:30 pm
Sacred Space
Protestant Christian Fellowship (Optional)
7:00 pm
Sacred Space
Catholic Mass (Optional)
Please note: All Orientation Sessions are mandatory, unless listed as optional. All meals are provided. Individual meal plans start Sunday evening. The Sacred Space is available for students throughout orientation; however, full services will not begin until all students are back on campus. Below is a schedule of weekly services: o Monday, 4:00pm—Spirituali-TEA (Spiritual not Religious? Looking for community? informal spirited conversations with tea and friends, led by our Protestant Chaplain) o Wednesday, 2:00pm—Mindfulness Meditation, no experience necessary o Friday, 1:00pm—Muslim Jum’ah prayer o Sunday, 4:30 pm—Protestant Christian Fellowship o Sunday, 7:00 pm—Catholic Mass