Fall Welcome Weekend is when The University of Scranton comes alive!  Fall Welcome Weekend 2013 is going to be held from Saturday, August 24-Sunday, August 25, 2013.  This weekend is centered on move-in, particularly Freshmen Move-In, and the formation of the Scranton community that has been eagerly awaiting its newest members, the Class of 2017, all summer. The weekend also contains freshmen convocation, a class picture, entertainment, the first floor meeting, the first campus-wide mass of the school year, and much more. We are still hard at work with this year's schedule, but we have the 2012 schedule below for your reference. Please check back often for the full 2013 Schedule of Events!

August 2012 schedule-for reference only.

After Orientation, a Move-In Packet will be sent home. This packet will include roommate information, your Royal I.D. Card (If your picture was taken at Orientation), information about the time that you are required to move-in and what color route you will need to follow. Upon arrival on campus, Fall Move-In volunteers will move all of your belongings into your room. PLEASE label ALL of your belongings with your name, residence hall name and room number; it will be easier for the volunteers to locate your room.

If you have any questions about move-in or living on campus, please contact Residence Life at 570-941-6226.

The Royal Reads Program at The University of Scranton creates a shared experience for our first-year class through the reading of a carefully selected book.  We select a Royal Reads book each year to introduce our newest students to the Ignatian values at the heart of our University and to invite students to consider how these values can shape one's college experience and one's life.  Throughout each student's first year at The University of Scranton, students will encounter themes from the selected book in classes and in extracurricular opportunities, as well as in a wide range of formal and informal discussions. 

This year's Royal Reads book is Almost Home: Helping Kids Move from Homelessness to Hope by Kevin Ryan and Pulitzer Prize winner and former "New York Times" writer, Tina Kelley.  You can purchase a copy of the book during summer orientation or you can find the book for purchase at various on-line retailers. For more information about the Royal Reads Program please click here.

Any upperclassman interested in helping out the University community and moving in a day early can volunteer to be a Fall Move-In Volunteer. Volunteers are required to participate in a three-hour shift and they receive all meals until their meal plans are activated as well as access to their rooms early.

Unfortunately, freshmen moving in early are unable to participate.

Interested? Please contact the Center for Student Engagement. This is a first come first served opportunity, so please make sure you sign up soon!

If you have any questions about Fall Welcome or the Orientation program, do not hesitate to call the Center for Student Engagement or e-mail us at orientation@scranton.edu.