August 24, 2025
Once you arrive on campus, you'll check in and receive your Orientation materials, then walk up to your residence hall, where your belongings will be waiting for you. Be sure to honk loudly and proudly when you pass the “Honk If You Love Colgate” sign.
Move-in
9 a.m.–noon, Whitnall Field
Check In and Registration
9 a.m.–noon, Residential Commons Tents
Free Store Giveaway
9 a.m.–noon, ALANA Multipurpose Room
Family Brunch
10:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m., Frank Dining Hall and O’Connor Campus Center (the Coop)
Parent and Family Orientation
1–2 p.m., Colgate Memorial Chapel
Welcome to Colgate
2:30–3:15 p.m., Main Tent - Taylor Lake
Family Farewells and a Colgate Cookiewich
3:15–3:30 p.m., Main Tent - Taylor Lake
Call to Assemble
3:30–3:45 p.m., Main Tent - Taylor Lake
When you arrive at Colgate, your belongings will be transported by student staff to your room. Please print the label for your Residence Hall assignment and attach them to all of your boxes, bags, and belongings ahead of your arrival, so our staff knows where to bring them.
Students and families should arrive on campus between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00pm on the morning of their arrival, which for most students, is Sunday, August 24. Students participating in a pre-orientation program or on a varsity athletic team will receive specific communication about their arrival time.
After unloading your vehicles on Whitnall Field, families and supporters arriving on campus will be directed to parking by Colgate staff. New students arriving on campus will be directed to park their vehicles in the first-year lot. Students: remember to register your vehicle for a parking permit.
The Arrival Day programming for families and supporters of new students ends with the Family Farewells and A Colgate Cookiewich. Students will be called to assemble in their Link groups while families will be directed back to their vehicles.
There is no additional programming for families or supporters on subsequent days of Orientation; families are encouraged to give their students space as they begin the transition to life at Colgate.