Week of Welcome Schedule

Center for Science and Innovation (CSI)
9 a.m.-noon

9 a.m.-4 p.m. — Murdock’s Merch, Amsler Campus Center, first floor
9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. — Mailroom, Venable Hall

Notes:High Sensory Experience

Centennial Room — Amsler Campus Center, First Floor
11 a.m.

Done moving in early? Play lawn games & get to know your new peers!

Murdock Lawn
1 p.m.
Notes: High Sensory Experience
 

Church Street Center Vestibule
2:15-3 p.m.

Church Street Center Auditorium
3 p.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event, High Sensory Experience

Church Street Center Auditorium
3:30 p.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event, High Sensory Experience

Church Street Center Hall
3:30 p.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event, High Sensory Experience

Church Street Center Auditorium
4:15 p.m.

Break bread with your Trailblazer Team and new classmates alike before saying your goodbyes.

Venable Gym
4:45 p.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event, High Sensory Experience

Make new friends, learn about campus, and have fun! Then, meet your Peer Mentors and meet your Orientation color group.

Amsler Campus Center Gym
5:45 p.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event, High Sensory Experience

Hoosac Hall — Sullivan Lounge — The Merc
Sullivan Lounge & the MERC are on the 2nd floor of the Amsler Campus Center
7:30 p.m.

Notes: High Sensory Experience

Amsler Campus Center Marketplace
8 a.m.

Meet with important members of the campus community who will help start your MCLA career off right.

Amsler Campus Center Gym
9:30 a.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event, High Sensory Experience

Tips for managing the transition to college.

Amsler Campus Center Gym
10:30 a.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event, High Sensory Experience

Learn about MCLA’s culture and opportunities for community
involvement.

Bowman Classrooms
10:45 a.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event, High Sensory Experience

Centennial Room, Campus Center, First Floor
Noon

Engage in different leadership and team-building activities to help you learn more about how you can navigate MCLA.

Various Locations
1:30 p.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event, High Sensory Experience

Hear the journeys of faculty & staff.

Bowman Classrooms
3 p.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event

Bowman Classrooms
4:45 p.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event

Centennial Room
5:30 p.m.

This improv-style presentation defines safe drinking practices.

Venable Theater
6:30 p.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event, High Sensory Experience

Venable Gym
8 p.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event, High Sensory Experience

Amsler Campus Center Marketplace
8 a.m.

Bowman Classroom
9:30 a.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event

Downtown of North Adams
10 a.m.

Get familiar with the North Adams community by taking a tour with your Success Teams. Van accessible tour available.

Notes: Required Attendance Event, High Sensory Experience

Centennial Room — Amsler Campus Center, First Floor
11:45 a.m.

Get closer to your peers and staff by seeing your similarities and differences brought to scale.

Venable Gym
1 p.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event, High Sensory Experience

Learn how to be a contributing member of our communituy and the best ways to find resources.

Church Street Center Auditorium
2 p.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event, High Sensory Experience

Meet MCLA’s new President!

Church Street Center Auditorium
3:15 p.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event, High Sensory Experience

Explore the nuance of college social life while learning best practices

Bowman Classrooms
4 p.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event, High Sensory Experience

Centennial Room — Amsler Campus Center, First Floor
5 p.m.

Pick up any needed supplies. This is not a looping bus trip.

Buses leave from Hoosac Hall parking lot
6:15 p.m.

Notes: High Sensory Experience

Center for Science and Innovation (CSI) 121
7:30 p.m.

Notes: High Sensory Experience

Centennial Room — Amsler Campus Center, First Floor
8 a.m.

Welcome from Dean Socoloff & and introduction to their role on campus.

Amsler Campus Center Gym
9:30 a.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event, High Sensory Experience

Reviewing wellness resources to support your journey.

Amsler Campus Center Gym
10 a.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event, High Sensory Experience

Bowman Classrooms
10:30 a.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event, High Sensory Experience

Centennial Room — Amsler Campus Center, First Floor
11:30 a.m.

Venable Gym
1 p.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event, High Sensory Experience

Bowman Classrooms
2:15 p.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event, High Sensory Experience

Various Locations
3 p.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event, High Sensory Experience

Help Peer Mentors Aja & Belle and Staff Mentor Paula Kingsbury-Evans put together your class convocation poem!

Freel Library
3 p.m.

Centennial Room Amsler — Campus Center 1st Floor
5 p.m.

Hoosac Hall Harbor — Invite Only
6:30 p.m.

Freel Library
7 p.m.

Centennial Room — Amsler Campus Center, First Floor
8 a.m.

Bowman Hall classrooms
9:15 a.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event, High Sensory Experience

Bowman Hall classrooms 10:15 a.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event, High Sensory Experience

Business casual attire is encouraged!

Center for Science and Innovation (CSI) Atrium
10:40 a.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event, High Sensory Experience

Convocation is a formal gathering that marks the beginning of a new academic journey by engaging with shared tradition.

Amsler Campus Center Gym
11 a.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event, High Sensory Experience

Gluten free and vegetarian options will be available.

Academic Quad
Noon

Notes: High Sensory Experience

Join your Success Team for a day of fun and inclusive games where everyone can participate and shine.

Taconic Lawn
1:30 p.m.

Notes: Required Attendance Event, High Sensory Experience

Various Locations

Notes: Required Attendance Event, High Sensory Experience

Sullivan Lounge
3:30 p.m.

Bus leaves from Murdock Hall, Zavattaro Athletic Complex & Walmart
4 p.m.

Notes: High Sensory Experience

Centennial Room
5 p.m.

Amsler Campus Center Gym
7 p.m.

Notes: High Sensory Experience

Join Student Engagement and First Year Programs for a chance to take your Fall 2026 first day of classes photo!

Academic Quad
9:30-11 a.m.
1-2:30 p.m.

Notes: High Sensory Experience