Schedule Overview

7:45 a.m. Bus routes begin running between Iowa Memorial Union Parking Ramp and Hancher Auditorium (Blue Route). 

**Please arrive early! It will take between 10 to 15 minutes to walk or take a bus from your parking spot in the Iowa Memorial Parking Ramp or North Campus Parking Ramp to Hancher Auditorium. There is no public parking at Hancher Auditorium.

8:15 a.m. Check-in opens; Hancher Auditorium Lobby

9:00 a.m. Program Welcome; Hadley Stage, Hancher Auditorium

9:35 a.m. Academic Data: How to be Successful as a Student; Hadley Stage, Hancher Auditorium

9:50 a.m. Behind the Bill: Navigating the University Billing Process with Confidence; Hadley Stage, Hancher Auditorium

10:05 a.m. Break

10:20 a.m. Welcome Home: Housing and Dining at Iowa; Hadley Stage, Hancher Auditorium 

10:20 a.m. Off To a Good Start: Off-Campus Living in Your First Year at Iowa; Strauss Hall, Hancher Auditorium 

10:45 a.m. Student dismissal to lunch and small groups

Student and parent lunch and afternoon sessions held separately.

10:55 a.m. Parent Panel, Hadley Stage, Hancher Auditorium

11:00 a.m. Student lunch, Burge Marketplace

11:30 a.m Parent dismissal to lunch and breakout sessions

11:55 a.m. Parent lunch, Burge Marketplace

12:00 p.m. Student Panel, Pomerantz Center

12:45 p.m. Student small groups, various campus classrooms

Parents will choose ONE interest session per block

1:10 p.m. Parent Interest Session #1, Iowa Memorial Union

• Understanding Financial Aid
• Technology at Iowa*
• From Support to Success: Well-Being Panel
• Recreational Services Preview
• Pomerantz Career Center: Connecting Students to Career Possibilities
  *indicates a repeated session

1:40 p.m. Parent Interest Session #2, Iowa Memorial Union

• University Housing and Dining: Family FAQs for Hawkeyes in the Halls
• Technology at Iowa*
• Student Involvement and Belonging Panel
• Student Employment: How it Works and Why it Matters*
• Support for the Transfer Student Transition
  *indicates a repeated session

2:10 p.m. Parent Interest Session #3, Iowa Memorial Union

• Discover Study and Internships Abroad
• Empowering Families: Supporting Student Mental Well-Being in College
• Safety on Campus
• Student Employment: How it Works and Why it Matters*
• Talk with a Hawk
  *indicates a repeated session

2:40 p.m. Students return & sign Herky, Iowa Hawk Shop, Iowa Memorial Union

2:40 p.m. Information Fair begins, Main Lounge, Iowa Memorial Union

Parents and students reconnect at the Information Fair. 

3:00 p.m. Orientation Cambus Shuttle; route stops at Iowa Memorial Union (IMU), University Capitol Centre (UCC), Voxman Music Building (VOX), Campus Recreation and Wellness Center (CRWC)

3:30 p.m. IVETS Welcome Session; Calvin Hall

3:30 p.m. Hawkeye Marching Band Auditions; Voxman Music Building (VOX)

3:30 p.m. First-Gen Hawks Information Session; Iowa Memorial Union
4:30 p.m. Becoming a Hawkeye Program concludes
5:00 p.m. Orientation Cambus Shuttle Route Concludes