Fall Orientation
SAVE THE DATE | Fall 2025 New Student Orientation
New Student Move In & Family Orientation | Saturday, August 16, 2025
New Student Orientation & Orientation Adventure Trips | Sunday, August 17 - Sunday, August 24, 2025
You can review the preliminary info below. Stay tuned for more updates!
A note for international students: You will be required to come to campus a few days early for International Student Orientation starting on Wednesday, August 13. Be on the lookout for emails from the International Programs Office with more details!
What to Expect
Late May | Information Technology (IT) will email you with your Pitzer email address, single sign-on (SSO) login credentials, and Pitzer ID number. Be sure to set up your account as soon as you get this email so you’ll have everything in place to complete your remaining summer tasks below.
Early June | You’ll gain access to Canvas, Pitzer’s course management platform, which will serve as your guide to all NSO pre-arrival tasks and details. This will be the starting point for your orientation experience!
July 1 | Deadline to complete pre-arrival tasks.
Late July | Housing, Orientation Adventure (OA) trip, and First Year Seminar (FYS) placements will be released via email.
Early August | Virtual Academic Orientation, Advising Sessions, and Course Pre-Registration
August 16 | New Student move in time slots are assigned by last name. More detailed move in info will be released later this summer.
- 8:00 - 8:45 AM: A-F and new PP Athletes
- 8:45 - 9:30 AM: G-L
- 9:30 - 10:15 AM: M-R
- 10:15 - 11:00 AM: S-Z
August 17 | Campus Resources session & Orientation Adventure Trip prep
August 18-20 | Orientation Adventure Trips (off campus)
August 20 | First Year Seminar Group Advising & Beyond AlcoholEDU session
August 21 | Academic Advising & Academic Resources sessions
August 22 | Final Course Registration, Convocation, & TIX/Affirmative Consent session
August 23 | Living Our Values sessions
August 25 | Classes begin
Contact Us
New Student Orientation Office