H.O.M.E.

9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Residential Student PioCONNECT
Hermann Fine Arts Center
This session is required for all residential students.

Pick up your ID and room key, get cleared by Student Accounts, get your H.O.M.E. materials and check into your residence hall with the help of staff and upperclass students. Check your Marietta email and Residence page for housing, roommate, and move-in information by late July. All students must complete the PioCONNECT process.

After you wrap up moving in, please make sure to leave time to get ready for Matriculation prior to leaving for your 2:00 p.m. H.O.M.E. meeting. The attire for Matriculation is business casual.

2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

H.O.M.E. Meeting
Location is listed on your nametag
This session is required for all residential students.

Join your peers in your first HOME Team meeting at your assigned HOME Room (located on your name tag). This is where you will meet the small group and leaders you will be working with during HOME.

Afterward, you will walk together to the Dyson Baudo Recreation Center for Matriculation.

3:15 p.m.

Lineup for Matriculation
Dyson Baudo Recreation Center
This session is required for all residential students.

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Matriculation
Dyson Baudo Recreation Center
This session is required for all residential students.

Enjoy the Matriculation ceremony with your peers. The Matriculation ceremony marks a student’s formal enrollment in the College. The ceremony includes a welcome address from the President and concludes with each student adding their name to the historic Marietta College Matriculation Book, which every former Marietta College student has signed.

5:00 p.m.

Class Photo
Hermann Fine Arts Center Stairs
This session is required for all residential students.

5:15 – 7:00 p.m.

Matriculation Dinner
Dyson Baudo Recreation Center
This session is required for all residential students.

Enjoy delicious cuisine provided by Parkhurst Dining. Family and friends are welcome.

7:00 p.m.

Family Farewell
Dyson Baudo Recreation Center

7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Welcome Block Party
Hermann Bowl

This is your chance to unwind and connect with your fellow peers through music, snacks, and great company!

9:00 p.m.

First Floor Meetings, Residential Students
Residence Halls
This session is required for all residential students.

Meet your neighbors and learn all you need to know about life in a residence hall. Your Resident Assistant (RA) will share details on where to meet and what to expect.

7:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast
Gilman Dining Hall

Make sure to get some breakfast before starting the rest of the day’s activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

10:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Connect with OL 
This session is required for all students. 

10:30 – 11:00 a.m.

City Solve
This session is required for all students.

11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Lunch
Gilman Dining Hall

Make sure to get some lunch before continuing the rest of the day’s activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

H.O.M.E. Meeting
Location is listed on your nametag
This session is required.

2:15 – 4:30 p.m.

Small Group Rotations
These sessions are required for all students.

How to Magically Connect with ANYONE
Enjoy magic and laugh-out-loud stories to learn more about human connection and gain tools and techniques to create a better Marietta and world.

5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

Dinner
Gilman Dining Hall

Make sure to get dinner before the evening activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Evening Activities

Your OL can provide details about what fun activities are planned for tonight!

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Brunch
Gilman Dining Hall

Make sure to get some brunch before continuing the rest of the day’s activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

1:00 – 5:00 p.m. — Small Group Rotations

These sessions are required for all students.

Zero Shades of Gray
Creating a safe, healthy environment for relationships to thrive free from sexual violence is the responsibility of everyone in the Marietta community. Learn about our expectations of you surrounding consent, bystander intervention and where you can get help on campus regarding this extremely important issue.

Run, Hide, Fight Training
Run, Hide, Fight Training is an interactive training hosted by the Marietta College Police Department to provide strategies and tips to students as to how to respond should there be a situation involving an active shooter

5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

Dinner
Gilman Dining Hall

Make sure to get dinner before the evening activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

7:30 – 9:30 p.m.

Evening Activities

Your OL can provide details about what fun activities are planned for tonight!

7:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast
Gilman Dining Hall

Make sure to get some breakfast before starting the rest of the day’s activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

ETS Testing
Location is listed on your nametag
This session is required for all residential students.

The Marietta College curriculum is designed to develop students’ skills in reading, writing, mathematics, and critical thinking. To ensure that our courses and co-curricular activities effectively serve students, we administer the nationally respected Proficiency Profile exam from ETS to all fulltime students in their first year at Marietta College, and then again in their graduating year. Students who score in the top 20% of their senior class are recognized for the achievement at commencement. The exam is a multiple-choice test similar to the ACT and SAT.

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch
Gilman Dining Hall

Make sure to get some lunch before continuing the rest of the day’s activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

First PIO 101
Location is listed on your nametag
This session is required for all residential students.

Locate your classroom (listed on your nametag) and head to your first day of class to meet your professor/classmates and learn what it means to be a Marietta College student! Need help figuring out where to go? Stop by the info tent in front of Andrews Hall and a member of the HOME Team will be glad to get you headed to the right place!

2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Tours of Campus Locations and Specific Classrooms
This session is required for all residential students.

3:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Time to Handle Business!

This is your time! Finish setting up your room, take a nap, or stop by different administrative offices based on your needs and interests!

Where to Take Care of Business:

• Accommodations: Academic Resource Center, 3rd Floor, Andrews Hall
• Financial Aid: 2nd Floor, Irvine Hall
• Residential Questions: Student Life, 2nd Floor, Andrews Hall
• Schedule Changes: Academic Resource Center, 3rd Floor, Andrews Hall
• Student Accounts: 2nd Floor, Irvine Hall
• Student Employment: 2nd Floor, Irvine Hall

Places to Visit:

• Career Center: Upper Gilman Learn how to get connected with internship opportunities!
• Center for Health and Wellness, Harrison Hall

Special Interest Sessions:
3:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Final COLL 194 Discussion Group
Great Room, Andrews Hall

4:00 – 5:00 pm

Greek Life Info Session
McDonough 205

Interested in learning more about the fraternities and sororities at Marietta College? Join current members to learn more and get your questions answered.

5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

Dinner
Gilman Dining Hall

Make sure to get dinner before the evening activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

6:30 – 7:00 p.m.

Final HOME Metting/Trip Prep
HOME Room
This session is required for all students attending the experience trip.

7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Evening Activities including Valley Gem Sternwheel Trips

Your OL can provide details about what fun activities are planned for tonight!

7:00 – 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast
Gilman Dining Hall

It is extra important today to make sure to get some breakfast before starting the rest of the day’s activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

8:30 a.m. 

Meet Onboarding Leader
This session is required for all students attending the experience trip.

8:45 a.m. 

Load Buses
Butler Street
This session is required for all students attending the experience trip.

9:00 a.m.

Depart for Experience Trip
Butler Street
This session is required for all students attending the experience trip.

No matter your adventure, you will want to bring a hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, bug spray, a towel, water bottle and any medications or inhalers you may need while away. It may get cool in the evening so you may also want to bring a sweatshirt or a light-weight jacket.

What to Wear Rafting:

• Swimsuit
• Shorts
• Shoes that tie
• T-Shirt
• Baseball cap
• Sunglasses (with a strap)
• Sunscreen
• Hair tie (for long hair)

What to Wear for Non-Rafting Adventures:

• Closed-toe shoes
• Shorts
• Swimsuit
• T-Shirt
• Hat
• Sunscreen
• Sunglasses (with a strap)
• Hair tie (for long hair)

What to Leave in Marietta

• Please do not bring anything you wouldn’t want to lose such as wallets, purses, jewelry, cell phones, credit cards, etc.

9:00 p.m.

Return to Campus

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

PioCONNECT
Hermann Fine Arts Center
This session is required.

Pick up your ID, get cleared by Student Accounts, and get your HOME materials. After checking in, join us for a commuter student meet up in the Great Room, Andrews Hall

2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

H.O.M.E. Meeting
Location is listed on your nametag
This session is required.

Join your peers in your first HOME Team meeting at your assigned HOME Room (located on your name tag). This is where you will meet the small group and leaders you will be working with during HOME.

Afterward, you will walk together to the Dyson Baudo Recreation Center for Matriculation.

3:15 p.m.

Lineup for Matriculation
Dyson Baudo Recreation Center
This session is required.

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Matriculation
Dyson Baudo Recreation Center
This session is required.

Enjoy the Matriculation ceremony with your peers. The Matriculation ceremony marks a student’s formal enrollment in the College. The ceremony includes a welcome address from the President and concludes with each student adding their name to the historic Marietta College Matriculation Book, which every former Marietta College student has signed.

5:00 p.m.

Class Photo
Hermann Fine Arts Center Stairs
This session is required.

5:15 – 7:00 p.m.

Matriculation Dinner
Dyson Baudo Recreation Center
This session is required.

Enjoy delicious cuisine provided by Parkhurst Dining. Family and friends are welcome.

7:00 p.m.

Family Farewell
Dyson Baudo Recreation Center

7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Welcome Block Party
Hermann Bowl

This is your chance to unwind and connect with your fellow peers through music, snacks, and great company!

9:00 p.m.

Head Home
We will see you tomorrow!

7:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast
Gilman Dining Hall

Commuter students’ meals are provided during HOME so please make sure to get some breakfast before starting the rest of the day’s activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

10:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Connect with OL
This session is required.

10:30 – 11:00 a.m.

City Solve
This session is required.

11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Lunch
Gilman Dining Hall

Commuter students’ meals are provided during HOME so please sure to get some lunch before continuing the rest of the day’s activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

H.O.M.E. Meeting
Location is listed on your nametag
This session is required.

2:15 – 4:30 p.m.

Small Group Rotations
These sessions are required for all students.

How to Magically Connect with ANYONE
Enjoy magic and laugh-out-loud stories to learn more about human connection and gain tools and techniques to create a better Marietta and world.

5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

Dinner
Gilman Dining Hall

Commuter students’ meals are provided during HOME so please make sure to get dinner before the evening activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

6:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Commuter Student Meet Up
Commuter Lounge, Andrews Hall

7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Evening Activities

Your OL can provide details about what fun activities are planned for tonight!

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Brunch
Gilman Dining Hall

Commuter students’ meals are provided during HOME so please make sure to get some brunch before today’s activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

1:00 – 5:00 p.m. — Small Group Rotations

These sessions are required for all students.

Zero Shades of Gray
Creating a safe, healthy environment for relationships to thrive free from sexual violence is the responsibility of everyone in the Marietta community. Learn about our expectations of you surrounding consent, bystander intervention and where you can get help on campus regarding this extremely important issue.

Run, Hide, Fight Training
Run, Hide, Fight Training is an interactive training hosted by the Marietta College Police Department to provide strategies and tips to students as to how to respond should there be a situation involving an active shooter

5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

Dinner
Gilman Dining Hall

Commuter students’ meals are provided during HOME so please make sure to get dinner before the evening activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

6:00 – 7:30 p.m.

Commuter Student Meet Up
Commuter Lounge, Andrews Hall

7:30 – 9:30 p.m.

Evening Activities

Your OL can provide details about what fun activities are planned for tonight!

7:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast
Gilman Dining Hall

Commuter students’ meals are provided during HOME so please make sure to get some breakfast before starting the rest of the day’s activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

ETS Testing
Location is listed on your nametag
This session is required.

The Marietta College curriculum is designed to develop students’ skills in reading, writing, mathematics, and critical thinking. To ensure that our courses and co-curricular activities effectively serve students, we administer the nationally respected Proficiency Profile exam from ETS to all fulltime students in their first year at Marietta College, and then again in their graduating year. Students who score in the top 20% of their senior class are recognized for the achievement at commencement. The exam is a multiple-choice test similar to the ACT and SAT.

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch
Gilman Dining Hall

Make sure to get some lunch before continuing the rest of the day’s activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

First PIO 101
Location is listed on your nametag
This session is required.

Locate your classroom (listed on your nametag) and head to your first day of class to meet your professor/classmates and learn what it means to be a Marietta College student! Need help figuring out where to go? Stop by the info tent in front of Andrews Hall and a member of the HOME Team will be glad to get you headed to the right place!

2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Tours of Campus Locations and Specific Classrooms
This session is required.

3:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Time to Handle Business!

This is your time! Finish setting up your room, take a nap, or stop by different administrative offices based on your needs and interests!

Where to Take Care of Business:

• Accommodations: Academic Resource Center, 3rd Floor, Andrews Hall
• Commuting Questions: Student Life, 2nd Floor, Andrews Hall 
• Financial Aid: 2nd Floor, Irvine Hall
• Schedule Changes: Academic Resource Center, 3rd Floor, Andrews Hall
• Student Accounts: 2nd Floor, Irvine Hall
• Student Employment: 2nd Floor, Irvine Hall

Places to Visit:

• Career Center: Upper Gilman Learn how to get connected with internship opportunities!
• Center for Health and Wellness, Harrison Hall

Special Interest Sessions:
3:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Final COLL 194 Discussion Group
Great Room, Andrews Hall

3:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Commuter Student Lounge Open House
Commuter Lounge, Andrews Hall

Learn more about the resources available to you and connect with other commuter students

4:00 – 5:00 pm

Greek Life Info Session
McDonough 205

Interested in learning more about the fraternities and sororities at Marietta College? Join current members to learn more and get your questions answered.

5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

Dinner
Gilman Dining Hall

Make sure to get dinner before the evening activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

5:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Commuter Student Meet Up
Commuter Lounge, Andrews Hall

6:30 – 7:00 p.m.

Final HOME Metting/Trip Prep
HOME Room
This session is required.

7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Evening Activities including Valley Gem Sternwheel Trips

Your OL can provide details about what fun activities are planned for tonight!

7:00 – 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast
Gilman Dining Hall

It is extra important today to make sure to get some breakfast before starting the rest of the day’s activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

8:30 a.m. 

Meet Onboarding Leader
This session is required for all students attending the experience trip.

8:45 a.m. 

Load Buses
Butler Street
This session is required for all students attending the experience trip.

9:00 a.m.

Depart for Experience Trip
Butler Street
This session is required for all students attending the experience trip.

No matter your adventure, you will want to bring a hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, bug spray, a towel, water bottle and any medications or inhalers you may need while away. It may get cool in the evening so you may also want to bring a sweatshirt or a light-weight jacket.

What to Wear Rafting:

• Swimsuit
• Shorts
• Shoes that tie
• T-Shirt
• Baseball cap
• Sunglasses (with a strap)
• Sunscreen
• Hair tie (for long hair)

What to Wear for Non-Rafting Adventures:

• Closed-toe shoes
• Shorts
• Swimsuit
• T-Shirt
• Hat
• Sunscreen
• Sunglasses (with a strap)
• Hair tie (for long hair)

What to Leave in Marietta

• Please do not bring anything you wouldn’t want to lose such as wallets, purses, jewelry, cell phones, credit cards, etc.

9:00 p.m.

Return to Campus

Before 2:00 p.m.

Athletics Time

2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

H.O.M.E. Meeting
Location is listed on your nametag
This session is required.

Join your peers in your first HOME Team meeting at your assigned HOME Room (located on your name tag). This is where you will meet the small group and leaders you will be working with during HOME.

Afterward, you will walk together to the Dyson Baudo Recreation Center for Matriculation.

3:15 p.m.

Lineup for Matriculation
Dyson Baudo Recreation Center
This session is required.

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Matriculation
Dyson Baudo Recreation Center
This session is required.

Enjoy the Matriculation ceremony with your peers. The Matriculation ceremony marks a student’s formal enrollment in the College. The ceremony includes a welcome address from the President and concludes with each student adding their name to the historic Marietta College Matriculation Book, which every former Marietta College student has signed.

5:00 p.m.

Class Photo
Hermann Fine Arts Center Stairs
This session is required.

5:15 – 7:00 p.m.

Matriculation Dinner
Dyson Baudo Recreation Center
This session is required.

Enjoy delicious cuisine provided by Parkhurst Dining. Family and friends are welcome.

7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Welcome Block Party
Hermann Bowl

This is your chance to unwind and connect with your fellow peers through music, snacks, and great company!

9:00 p.m.

First Floor Meetings, Residential Students
Residence Halls
This session is required.

Meet your neighbors and learn all you need to know about life in a residence hall. Your Resident Assistant (RA) will share details on where to meet and what to expect.

Before 1:00 p.m.

Athletics Time

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

H.O.M.E. Meeting
Location is listed on your nametag
This session is required.

2:15 – 4:30 p.m.

Small Group Rotations
This session is required.

How to Magically Connect with ANYONE
Enjoy magic and laugh-out-loud stories to learn more about human connection and gain tools and techniques to create a better Marietta and world.

7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Evening Activities

Your OL can provide details about what fun activities are planned for tonight!

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Brunch
Gilman Dining Hall

Make sure to get some brunch before continuing the rest of the day’s activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Zero Shades of Gray
This session is required.

Creating a safe, healthy environment for relationships to thrive free from sexual violence is the responsibility of everyone in the Marietta community. Learn about our expectations of you surrounding consent, bystander intervention and where you can get help on campus regarding this extremely important issue.

7:30 – 9:30 p.m.

Evening Activities

Your OL can provide details about what fun activities are planned for tonight!

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

First PIO 101
Location is listed on your nametag
This session is required.

Locate your classroom (listed on your nametag) and head to your first day of class to meet your professor/classmates and learn what it means to be a Marietta College student! Need help figuring out where to go? Stop by the info tent in front of Andrews Hall and a member of the HOME Team will be glad to get you headed to the right place!

2:00 – 6:30 p.m.

Athletics Time

6:30 – 7:00 p.m.

Final HOME Metting/Trip Prep
HOME Room
This session is required for all students attending the experience trip.

7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Evening Activities, including Valley Gem Sternwheel Trips

Your OL can provide details about what fun activities are planned for tonight!

8:30 a.m. 

Meet Onboarding Leader
This session is required for all students attending the experience trip.

8:45 a.m. 

Load Buses
Butler Street
This session is required for all students attending the experience trip.

9:00 a.m.

Depart for Experience Trip
Butler Street
This session is required for all students attending the experience trip.

No matter your adventure, you will want to bring a hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, bug spray, a towel, water bottle and any medications or inhalers you may need while away. It may get cool in the evening so you may also want to bring a sweatshirt or a light-weight jacket.

What to Wear Rafting:

• Swimsuit
• Shorts
• Shoes that tie
• T-Shirt
• Baseball cap
• Sunglasses (with a strap)
• Sunscreen
• Hair tie (for long hair)

What to Wear for Non-Rafting Adventures:

• Closed-toe shoes
• Shorts
• Swimsuit
• T-Shirt
• Hat
• Sunscreen
• Sunglasses (with a strap)
• Hair tie (for long hair)

What to Leave in Marietta

• Please do not bring anything you wouldn’t want to lose such as wallets, purses, jewelry, cell phones, credit cards, etc.

9:00 p.m.

Return to Campus

9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Residential Student PioCONNECT
Hermann Fine Arts Center
This session is required.

Pick up your ID and room key, get cleared by Student Accounts, get your H.O.M.E. materials and check into your residence hall with the help of staff and upperclass students. Check your Marietta email and Residence page for housing, roommate, and move-in information by late July. All students must complete the PioCONNECT process.

After you wrap up moving in, please make sure to leave time to get ready for Matriculation prior to leaving for your 2:00 p.m. H.O.M.E. meeting. The attire for Matriculation is business casual.

2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

H.O.M.E. Meeting
Location is listed on your nametag
This session is required.

Join your peers in your first HOME Team meeting at your assigned HOME Room (located on your name tag). This is where you will meet the small group and leaders you will be working with during HOME.

Afterward, you will walk together to the Dyson Baudo Recreation Center for Matriculation.

3:15 p.m.

Lineup for Matriculation
Dyson Baudo Recreation Center
This session is required.

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Matriculation
Dyson Baudo Recreation Center
This session is required.

Enjoy the Matriculation ceremony with your peers. The Matriculation ceremony marks a student’s formal enrollment in the College. The ceremony includes a welcome address from the President and concludes with each student adding their name to the historic Marietta College Matriculation Book, which every former Marietta College student has signed.

5:00 p.m.

Class Photo
Hermann Fine Arts Center Stairs
This session is required.

5:15 – 7:00 p.m.

Matriculation Dinner
Dyson Baudo Recreation Center
This session is required.

Enjoy delicious cuisine provided by Parkhurst Dining. Family and friends are welcome.

7:00 p.m.

Family Farewell
Dyson Baudo Recreation Center

7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Welcome Block Party
Hermann Bowl

This is your chance to unwind and connect with your fellow peers through music, snacks, and great company!

9:00 p.m.

First Floor Meetings, Residential Students
Residence Halls
This session is required.

Meet your neighbors and learn all you need to know about life in a residence hall. Your Resident Assistant (RA) will share details on where to meet and what to expect.

7:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast
Gilman Dining Hall

Make sure to get some breakfast before starting the rest of the day’s activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

10:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Connect with OL
This session is required.

10:30 – 11:00 a.m.

City Solve
This session is required.

11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Lunch
Gilman Dining Hall

Make sure to get some lunch before continuing the rest of the day’s activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

H.O.M.E. Meeting
Location is listed on your nametag
This session is required.

2:15 – 4:30 p.m.

Small Group Rotations
This session is required.

How to Magically Connect with ANYONE
Enjoy magic and laugh-out-loud stories to learn more about human connection and gain tools and techniques to create a better Marietta and world.

5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

Dinner
Gilman Dining Hall

Make sure to get dinner before the evening activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Evening Activities

Your OL can provide details about what fun activities are planned for tonight!

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Brunch
Gilman Dining Hall

Make sure to get some brunch before continuing the rest of the day’s activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

1:00 – 5:00 p.m. — Small Group Rotations

This session is required.

Zero Shades of Gray
Creating a safe, healthy environment for relationships to thrive free from sexual violence is the responsibility of everyone in the Marietta community. Learn about our expectations of you surrounding consent, bystander intervention and where you can get help on campus regarding this extremely important issue.

Run, Hide, Fight Training
Run, Hide, Fight Training is an interactive training hosted by the Marietta College Police Department to provide strategies and tips to students as to how to respond should there be a situation involving an active shooter

5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

Dinner
Gilman Dining Hall

Make sure to get dinner before the evening activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

7:30 – 9:30 p.m.

Evening Activities

Your OL can provide details about what fun activities are planned for tonight!

7:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast
Gilman Dining Hall

Make sure to get some breakfast before starting the rest of the day’s activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

ETS Testing
Location is listed on your nametag
This session is required.

The Marietta College curriculum is designed to develop students’ skills in reading, writing, mathematics, and critical thinking. To ensure that our courses and co-curricular activities effectively serve students, we administer the nationally respected Proficiency Profile exam from ETS to all fulltime students in their first year at Marietta College, and then again in their graduating year. Students who score in the top 20% of their senior class are recognized for the achievement at commencement. The exam is a multiple-choice test similar to the ACT and SAT.

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch
Gilman Dining Hall

Make sure to get some lunch before continuing the rest of the day’s activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

First PIO 101*
Location is listed on your nametag
This session is required for transfer students who are registered for Pio 101.
Not registered for Pio 101? Enjoy this extra block of free time!

Check your class schedule using Self-Service (your OL can help you do this) to see if you have Pio 101 on your schedule. If so, head to the classroom listed on your nametag and head to your first day of class to meet your professor/classmates and learn what it means to be a Marietta College student! Need help figuring out where to go? Stop by the info tent in front of Andrews Hall and a member of the HOME Team will be glad to get you headed to the right place!

2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Tours of Campus Locations and Specific Classrooms
This session is required.

3:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Time to Handle Business!

This is your time! Finish setting up your room, take a nap, or stop by different administrative offices based on your needs and interests!

Where to Take Care of Business:

• Accommodations: Academic Resource Center, 3rd Floor, Andrews Hall
• Financial Aid: 2nd Floor, Irvine Hall
• Residential Questions: Student Life, 2nd Floor, Andrews Hall
• Schedule Changes: Academic Resource Center, 3rd Floor, Andrews Hall
• Student Accounts: 2nd Floor, Irvine Hall
• Student Employment: 2nd Floor, Irvine Hall

Places to Visit:

• Career Center: Upper Gilman Learn how to get connected with internship opportunities!
• Center for Health and Wellness, Harrison Hall

Special Interest Sessions:
3:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Final COLL 194 Discussion Group
Great Room, Andrews Hall

4:00 – 5:00 pm

Greek Life Info Session
McDonough 205

Interested in learning more about the fraternities and sororities at Marietta College? Join current members to learn more and get your questions answered.

5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

Dinner
Gilman Dining Hall

Make sure to get dinner before the evening activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

6:30 – 7:00 p.m.

Final HOME Metting/Trip Prep
HOME Room
This session is required for all students attending the experience trip.

7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Evening Activities, including Valley Gem Sternwheel Trips

Your OL can provide details about what fun activities are planned for tonight!

7:00 – 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast
Gilman Dining Hall

It is extra important today to make sure to get some breakfast before starting the rest of the day’s activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

8:30 a.m. 

Meet Onboarding Leader
This session is required for all students attending the experience trip.

8:45 a.m. 

Load Buses
Butler Street
This session is required for all students attending the experience trip.

9:00 a.m.

Depart for Experience Trip
Butler Street
This session is required for all students attending the experience trip.

No matter your adventure, you will want to bring a hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, bug spray, a towel, water bottle and any medications or inhalers you may need while away. It may get cool in the evening so you may also want to bring a sweatshirt or a light-weight jacket.

What to Wear Rafting:

• Swimsuit
• Shorts
• Shoes that tie
• T-Shirt
• Baseball cap
• Sunglasses (with a strap)
• Sunscreen
• Hair tie (for long hair)

What to Wear for Non-Rafting Adventures:

• Closed-toe shoes
• Shorts
• Swimsuit
• T-Shirt
• Hat
• Sunscreen
• Sunglasses (with a strap)
• Hair tie (for long hair)

What to Leave in Marietta

• Please do not bring anything you wouldn’t want to lose such as wallets, purses, jewelry, cell phones, credit cards, etc.

9:00 p.m.

Return to Campus

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

PioCONNECT
Hermann Fine Arts Center
This session is required.

Pick up your ID, get cleared by Student Accounts, and get your HOME materials. After checking in, join us for a commuter student meet up in the Great Room, Andrews Hall

2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

H.O.M.E. Meeting
Location is listed on your nametag
This session is required.

Join your peers in your first HOME Team meeting at your assigned HOME Room (located on your name tag). This is where you will meet the small group and leaders you will be working with during HOME.

Afterward, you will walk together to the Dyson Baudo Recreation Center for Matriculation.

3:15 p.m.

Lineup for Matriculation
Dyson Baudo Recreation Center
This session is required.

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Matriculation
Dyson Baudo Recreation Center
This session is required.

Enjoy the Matriculation ceremony with your peers. The Matriculation ceremony marks a student’s formal enrollment in the College. The ceremony includes a welcome address from the President and concludes with each student adding their name to the historic Marietta College Matriculation Book, which every former Marietta College student has signed.

5:00 p.m.

Class Photo
Hermann Fine Arts Center Stairs
This session is required.

5:15 – 7:00 p.m.

Matriculation Dinner
Dyson Baudo Recreation Center
This session is required.

Enjoy delicious cuisine provided by Parkhurst Dining. Family and friends are welcome.

7:00 p.m.

Family Farewell
Dyson Baudo Recreation Center

7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Welcome Block Party
Hermann Bowl

This is your chance to unwind and connect with your fellow peers through music, snacks, and great company!

9:00 p.m.

Head Home
We will see you tomorrow!

7:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast
Gilman Dining Hall

Commuter students’ meals are provided during HOME so please make sure to get some breakfast before starting the rest of the day’s activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

10:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Connect with OL
This session is required.

10:30 – 11:00 a.m.

City Solve
This session is required.

11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Lunch
Gilman Dining Hall

Commuter students’ meals are provided during HOME so please sure to get some lunch before continuing the rest of the day’s activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

H.O.M.E. Meeting
Location is listed on your nametag
This session is required.

2:15 – 4:30 p.m.

Small Group Rotations
This session is required.

How to Magically Connect with ANYONE
Enjoy magic and laugh-out-loud stories to learn more about human connection and gain tools and techniques to create a better Marietta and world.

5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

Dinner
Gilman Dining Hall

Commuter students’ meals are provided during HOME so please make sure to get dinner before the evening activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

6:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Commuter Student Meet Up
Commuter Lounge, Andrews Hall

7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Evening Activities

Your OL can provide details about what fun activities are planned for tonight!

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Brunch
Gilman Dining Hall

Commuter students’ meals are provided during HOME so please make sure to get some brunch before today’s activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

1:00 – 5:00 p.m. — Small Group Rotations

This session is required.

Zero Shades of Gray
Creating a safe, healthy environment for relationships to thrive free from sexual violence is the responsibility of everyone in the Marietta community. Learn about our expectations of you surrounding consent, bystander intervention and where you can get help on campus regarding this extremely important issue.

Run, Hide, Fight Training
Run, Hide, Fight Training is an interactive training hosted by the Marietta College Police Department to provide strategies and tips to students as to how to respond should there be a situation involving an active shooter

5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

Dinner
Gilman Dining Hall

Commuter students’ meals are provided during HOME so please make sure to get dinner before the evening activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

6:00 – 7:30 p.m.

Commuter Student Meet Up
Commuter Lounge, Andrews Hall

7:30 – 9:30 p.m.

Evening Activities

Your OL can provide details about what fun activities are planned for tonight!

7:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast
Gilman Dining Hall

Commuter students’ meals are provided during HOME so please make sure to get some breakfast before starting the rest of the day’s activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

ETS Testing
Location is listed on your nametag
This session is required.

The Marietta College curriculum is designed to develop students’ skills in reading, writing, mathematics, and critical thinking. To ensure that our courses and co-curricular activities effectively serve students, we administer the nationally respected Proficiency Profile exam from ETS to all fulltime students in their first year at Marietta College, and then again in their graduating year. Students who score in the top 20% of their senior class are recognized for the achievement at commencement. The exam is a multiple-choice test similar to the ACT and SAT.

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch
Gilman Dining Hall

Make sure to get some lunch before continuing the rest of the day’s activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

First PIO 101*
Location is listed on your nametag
This session is required for transfer students who are registered for Pio 101. 
Not registered for Pio 101? Enjoy this extra block of free time!

Locate your classroom (listed on your nametag) and head to your first day of class to meet your professor/classmates and learn what it means to be a Marietta College student! Need help figuring out where to go? Stop by the info tent in front of Andrews Hall and a member of the HOME Team will be glad to get you headed to the right place!

2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Tours of Campus Locations and Specific Classrooms
This session is required.

3:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Time to Handle Business!

This is your time! Finish setting up your room, take a nap, or stop by different administrative offices based on your needs and interests!

Where to Take Care of Business:

• Accommodations: Academic Resource Center, 3rd Floor, Andrews Hall
• Commuting Questions: Student Life, 2nd Floor, Andrews Hall 
• Financial Aid: 2nd Floor, Irvine Hall
• Schedule Changes: Academic Resource Center, 3rd Floor, Andrews Hall
• Student Accounts: 2nd Floor, Irvine Hall
• Student Employment: 2nd Floor, Irvine Hall

Places to Visit:

• Career Center: Upper Gilman Learn how to get connected with internship opportunities!
• Center for Health and Wellness, Harrison Hall

Special Interest Sessions:
3:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Final COLL 194 Discussion Group
Great Room, Andrews Hall

3:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Commuter Student Lounge Open House
Commuter Lounge, Andrews Hall

Learn more about resources available to you and connect with other commuter students

4:00 – 5:00 pm

Greek Life Info Session
McDonough 205

Interested in learning more about the fraternities and sororities at Marietta College? Join current members to learn more and get your questions answered.

5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

Dinner
Gilman Dining Hall

Make sure to get dinner before the evening activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

5:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Commuter Student Meet Up
Commuter Lounge, Andrews Hall

6:30 – 7:00 p.m.

Final HOME Metting/Trip Prep
HOME Room
This session is required for all students attending the experience trip.

7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Evening Activities including Valley Gem Sternwheel Trips

Your OL can provide details about what fun activities are planned for tonight!

7:00 – 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast
Gilman Dining Hall

It is extra important today to make sure to get some breakfast before starting the rest of the day’s activities. Don’t forget your student ID!

8:30 a.m. 

Meet Onboarding Leader
This session is required for all students attending the experience trip.

8:45 a.m. 

Load Buses
Butler Street
This session is required for all students attending the experience trip.

9:00 a.m.

Depart for Experience Trip
Butler Street
This session is required for all students attending the experience trip.

No matter your adventure, you will want to bring a hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, bug spray, a towel, water bottle and any medications or inhalers you may need while away. It may get cool in the evening so you may also want to bring a sweatshirt or a light-weight jacket.

What to Wear Rafting:

• Swimsuit
• Shorts
• Shoes that tie
• T-Shirt
• Baseball cap
• Sunglasses (with a strap)
• Sunscreen
• Hair tie (for long hair)

What to Wear for Non-Rafting Adventures:

• Closed-toe shoes
• Shorts
• Swimsuit
• T-Shirt
• Hat
• Sunscreen
• Sunglasses (with a strap)
• Hair tie (for long hair)

What to Leave in Marietta

• Please do not bring anything you wouldn’t want to lose such as wallets, purses, jewelry, cell phones, credit cards, etc.

9:00 p.m.

Return to Campus