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Welcome Week Schedule

Please note: The schedule below is subject to change.

Welcome Week Home | Aug. 28 - Opening Day | Aug. 29 | Aug. 30 | Aug. 31
Sept. 1-5 | Sept. 6-23 | Campus Map
Class Registration & Computer Orientation Schedule | Important Numbers

Friday, August 29

  7:30-9:30 a.m.
Breakfast
  McConnell Dining Hall
     
Course Registration 8:30-10:00 a.m. Spanish Placement Exam
Avery Auditorium
Course Registration 8:30-10:30 a.m. Language Placement Exams
  Chinese
(lower division)
Pomona College, Mason 005
  Chinese
(upper division, inc. oral)
Pomona College, Mason 003
  Japanese (lower division) Pomona College, Mason 019
  Japanese (upper division) Pomona College, Mason 023
Course Registration 8:30-10:00 a.m. Psychology Placement Exam
  Broad Hall - Room 210
In order to be eligible to take this exam to place out of Introduction to Psychology, students need to have scored a 4 or higher on the Psych AP exam.
   
Course Registration 9-10:30 a.m. Language Placement Exams
  French Scripps College - Humanities Auditorium
  German Scripps College - Balch 218
  Italian Scripps College - Humanities 202
  Korean Claremont McKenna College - Roberts North 103
  Latin Scripps College - Humanities 203
   
International Students 9-11 a.m. English Language Exam
  Broad Hall - Room 214
All international exchange students are required to take this exam unless cleared by the director of exchanges.
   
International Students 9:30-11:00 a.m. Waseda Student Orientation
  Broad Hall - Room 207
All Waseda students are required to attend.
     
Course Registration 9:30-10:30 a.m. Language Placement Exam
  Russian Pomona College - Mason 002
   
Course Registration 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Math Placement Exam
  Avery Auditorium
   
  All math and language placement exam results will be posted Friday afternoon, August 29, 2008 in the Scott Lobby near the Registrar's Office.
   
  Noon Huntington Beach Trip Sign-Up Starts
  Gold Student Center - Service Desk
Sign-ups for the Huntington Beach trip start today! The bus leaves from the Gold Student Center at 11 a.m. sharp on Saturday, September 6. Visit the beach or shops. This trip is free but seating is limited to fifty students. Advance sign-up is required at the Gold Student Center Service Desk no later than Wednesday, September 3 at noon. A $5 refundable deposit is required at sign-up. Sponsored by Pitzer Activities (PAct).
   
  Noon-1:30 p.m. Lunch with Your Mentor
  McConnell Dining Hall
Have lunch with your mentors and new friends (look for your mentor's name at a table.)
   
All Students 2-3 p.m. First-Year Seminar Meetings
  Various Locations
Meet your First-Year Seminar professor and other students in your class. Check with your Mentor for assistance with locations.
   
Transfer Students 2-3 p.m. Transfer Student Computer Orientation Session
  Broad Hall 213
Transfer students are required to attend this scheduled session to establish their Pitzer computer and e-mail accounts.
     
  3:15-4:15 p.m. Financial Aid Workshop
  Avery Auditorium
If you are a First-Year or transfer student receiving financial aid, you are required to attend this workshop.
     
International Students 4:00-5:00 p.m. Bridge Meeting
  Broad Hall 207
All Bridge students are required to attend.
   
  4:30-5:00 p.m. Social Change Orientation
  Broad Hall 214
This is your chance to learn about activism and social justice opportunities at Pitzer! Through our Center for California Cultural and Social Issues (CCCSI), you can help run programs with migrant day laborers, at-risk high schoolers, or incarcerated youth; come tutor, garden, mentor, paint, teach English, or start a new program! Refreshments will be provided.
   
  5:30-7 p.m. Dinner
  McConnell Dining Hall
   
  9 p.m.-Midnight 5-College Luau
  Pitzer College – Pellissier Mall (Mounds)
Don't miss this tropical event, complete with fire knife dancers, steel drummers, food, fun and music.
 
 

updated August 6, 2008