All students are required to participate in the check-in process, which takes about 45 minutes. On-campus shuttles are available.
1) Check in at Koeppel Community Sports Center. On your way out, make sure to pick up a copy of directions to your residence hall.
2) Go to your residence hall during your designated time (see below) and meet your resident assistant (RA) to get into your room.
3) Unload and unpack! Student volunteers will help unload your vehicle in the designated unloading zone.
4) After you unload your belongings, vehicles must be moved to the designated parking lot you will find on your directions sheet. Please do not park on Summit Street to ensure that your classmates are able to unload in a timely manner.
Note: Those arriving after check-in will have to pick up their ID and check-in materials at Mather Welcome Desk. If after hours, please report to Campus Safety, 76 Vernon Street.
8:30-10:30 a.m. North, Jones, Jackson, Funston
10:00 a.m.-noon Smith, Wheaton, Elton
Evoking the pageantry and spectacle stemming from the earliest days of the academy in Western Civilization, this formal ceremony marks the beginning of the College’s 191st academic year. President’s Convocation offers faculty, staff, and upper-year students the occasion to welcome new scholars into the community formally and to surround them with Trinity’s history.
Faculty members in full regalia and first-year students will gather at the Fuller Arch at Northam Tower as music from Trinity’s famous 49-bell carillon beckons all on campus. Fanfares from the Quiet City Brass Quintet and Tympani will accompany the faculty and student procession to the Main Quadrangle.
During the Convocation ceremony, parents, faculty, student leaders, and members of the administrative staff will be seated on all four sides of the first-year class, forming a symbolic matrix of support as the class begins its years at Trinity. The highlight of this memorable occasion is Trinity College President Joanne Berger-Sweeney’s Convocation address, her most important to students each year. The ceremony concludes with the declaration of the opening of the College’s 191st academic year by Dean of the Faculty Thomas Mitzel.
5:30-6:30 p.m. Jones, Wheaton, Jackson, Commuters
6:30-7:30 p.m. Elton, Smith, Funston, North
Jones–McCook Auditorium, McCook Academic Building
Wheaton–Room 320, Austin Arts Center
Jackson–Boyer Auditorium, Albert C. Jacobs Life Sciences Center
Elton–Wean Terrace Rooms B&C, Mather Hall, second floor
Smith–Room 105, Clement Chemistry Building
Funston–Room 138-139, Albert C. Jacobs Life Sciences Center
North–Washington Room, Mather Hall, second floor
9:00-10:00 a.m. Seminars 101-190
10:00-11:00 a.m. Seminars 195-242, CTYP, GDST, IART, ISP, IDP, Transfers
You and your classmates will meet with your faculty members and mentors. You will make an appointment to meet individually at some point during the day with your adviser following this session.
9:00-10:00 a.m. Seminars 195-242, CTYP, GDST, IART, ISP
10:00-11:00 a.m. Seminars 101-190
Please note: advising sessions and exams take precedence. Students must meet with their advisers at their scheduled times. If you are a Cross Country, Field Hockey, Football, Soccer, or Volleyball athlete, you may sign the book during common hour on Tuesday.
Note: Cross Country, Field Hockey, Football, Soccer, and Volleyball athletes may sign the book at anytime.
Rescheduled to: Monday, Spetember 1, 2014 - 10:00 AM in MECC 172
Email Professor Russo (paula.russo@trincoll.edu) to take this exam if you wish to place out of Math 131 and/or 132.
The qualifying examination is designed for students who do NOT have either AP credit, IB (International Baccalaureate) credit, or G.C.E.A.-level credit in mathematics. (Students who have these credits should NOT take the exams. Instead, they should submit their official original credentials to the Registrar’s Office for verification and appropriate placement.)
All Trinity students must demonstrate second-language proficiency in order to graduate. Your exam results will indicate the appropriate level of language study for you to take the course(s) needed to complete the proficiency requirement. Students who do sufficiently well on this exam will receive notification of having completed the requirement. You must take this exam unless:
If you preregistered, you will be able to take the language placement exam during one of the following times:
1:00-1:30 p.m.
1:30-2:00 p.m.
2:00-3:30 p.m.
2:30-3:00 p.m.
3:00-3:30 p.m.
If you stop by and the labs are full, you will be asked to come back for the next available session.
Please report to the following locations based on your last name:
A-N: McCook Auditorium, McCook Academic Building
O-Z: Room 320, Austin Arts Center
The mathematics placement exam must be completed by ALL incoming first-year students before the first day of classes on September 2, 2014. If you did not attend June Days, then you MUST take the exam at this time.
The exam evaluates students on a variety of skills and is used both to determine Quantitative Literacy–one of Trinity’s foundational requirements that all students must fulfill–and to place students accurately in courses with a significant quantitative component. ALL incoming students must complete the exam even if they do not plan to take math courses or major in math or science. Specific topics addressed in the exam include, but are not limited to, numerical relationships, algebraic relationships, and logical relationships.
You will need to bring a scientific calculator and a No. 2 pencil to the exam. Calculators on cell phones may NOT be used.
Trainers from the Discovery Center in Farmington, CT, will team up with PRIDE Leaders to facilitate several fun, interactive exercises designed to help you meet new classmates and begin to think more intentionally about how you – as an individual and as a member of a group -- can help build an inclusive and affirming campus community here at Trinity.
