The Calendar for the Opening Days of Yale College details both the required and optional orientation events organized for our incoming students.

*Family Event

^Mandatory Event

Sunday, August 20

Time Event
9am-2pm Move-In Day*^
12-2:00pm La Bienvenida*
3-4pm Dean’s Panel*
4-5:30pm Residential College Receptions*
5:30-7pm FGLI Reception*
5:30-7pm OIS Reception*
8pm First-Year Community Meetings^
9pm Nightly FroCo Meeting^
10pm-12am FroCo Duty Night

Monday, August 21

Time Event
9am Student Resource Panel for Families*
11am Yale College Assembly*^
12-1:30pm Family Lunch in College Dining Halls* (Final Family Event)
2-5pm Academics at Yale
5-7pm Picnic Suppers in the Residential Colleges
7pm Navigating Your First Days^
8pm Roommate and Entryway Agreements^
9pm Nightly FroCo Meeting^
10pm-12am FroCo Duty Night

Tuesday, August 22

Time Event
10-12am Residential College Events
12:30am-2:30pm Optional Programming Block
3pm Students transition to Camp Yale Programs/Fall Sport Athletics^

Wednesday, August 23

Time Event
All Day Camp Yale Programs^

Thursday, August 24

Time Event
All Day Camp Yale Programs^

Friday, August 25

Time Event
All Day Camp Yale Programs^

Saturday, August 26

Time Event
Morning Camp Yale Programs^
5pm Return from Camp Yale Programs
8pm-12pm Bulldog Bash
10pm-1am FroCo Duty Night

Sunday, August 27

Time Event
10:30am-7:30pm Workshops^
2-5pm Optional Programming Block
8-9pm Dean’s Academics 101^
9pm Nightly FroCo Meeting^
10pm-12am FroCo Duty Night

Monday, August 28

Time Event
10:30-11:30am Meeting with College Advisors^
12:30-2pm Academic Fair
2:30-4:30pm Course Registration
5-9pm Workshops^
9pm Nightly FroCo Meeting^
10pm-12am FroCo Duty Night

Tuesday, August 29

Time Event
11am-3pm Public Safety Sessions^ and Optional Programming Block

Public Safety Sessions are 45 minutes each and will be accompanied by optional programming around session times.
3-5pm Meet the Peer Liaisons
5:30-7:30pm First-Year College Dinners^
9pm Nightly FroCo Meeting^
10pm-12pm FroCo Duty Night

Wednesday, August 30

Time Event
All Day Classes Begin
9pm Nightly FroCo Meeting^

Thursday, August 31

Time Event
12-2pm Yale Schwarzman Center Presents the New Haven Arts Scene
6-8pm Art Museums Reception @ Yale University Art Gallery
9pm Nightly FroCo Meeting^

Friday, September 1

Time Event
10pm-1am FroCo Duty Night

Saturday, September 2

Time Event
7-9pm Democracy and Dessert
10pm-1am FroCo Duty Night

Sunday, September 3

Time Event
10am-12pm Bazaar of Undergraduate Organizations
2pm Yale Up! Prep
3pm Yale Up! @ The Athletic Fields
5pm Home Soccer Game