Wick Week
August 21-25, 2024
Your journey on the Hill begins with Wick Week – five days of fun, food, new friends, and favorite traditions. This welcome celebration is designed to help you feel at home, right here at Hartwick College.
New Friends
After a summer of emails and texts, you’ll finally meet your roommate face-to-face on Move-In Day! Decorate your shared space and say hi to your neighbors. But don’t worry about having to lug a refrigerator or heavy suitcase up the stairs – student volunteers are ready to get you settled in.
Commuting from home this year? We want campus to be your home away from home. Every student activity, every fun event, every special meal and pop-up food event, every Hartwick resource is open to you. You’ll see, starting with Wick Week.
Whether you’re a First-Year or Transfer student, a campus resident or a commuter, Wick Week gives you lots of chances to meet your classmates and make friends. Grab something tasty in the Commons, play games in Stack Lounge, win prizes in activities across campus. This gorgeous campus is all yours. Make yourself comfortable.
Here to Help
Heading off to college is a big change. It may seem overwhelming at first, but don’t worry. There are lots of people here ready to answer your questions or concerns. Your Flight Crew and Resident Assistants remember when they were new at Hartwick, too, and want to help you get comfortable.
Your first days on campus will bring connections, including your Faculty Advisor of your individual Guidance Team. You’ll join workshops on Diversity Equity, Inclusion and Belonging, Academic Preparedness, Campus Life, and Wellness. You’ll experience opportunities and interactions with peers and professionals, which will help you launch your personal FlightPath. By the time you and your classmates arrive at the overlook on Founders’ Way, you’ll feel at home on this Hill.
There are so many great and time-honored traditions that come with being part of the Hartwick community. Head to Lambros Arena for Matriculation and Opening Convocation, your first formal ceremony as a Hartwick student. After you join in for your class photo, you'll pick up your class shirt. You might even snag that coveted spot next to our mascot, Swoop!
Welcome and Move-In Day 2024
Traditions
The weekend caps off with opportunities to make your mark in Hartwick’s history. Meet with President Mullen, sign your name in the College’s cherished Matriculation Book filled with the names of decades of new students, then take an evening candlelit First Walk up Founders’ Way.
Classes begin the next morning, but during Wick Week, your only assignment is to relax, have fun, and begin where you belong!
Event Highlights - 2024
Founders' Way First Walk
Walk in the footsteps of the Founders of Hartwick College. Each class walks the Founders Way, a path through the heart of the Hartwick Campus that was dedicated during True Blue Weekend in 2017.
First Walk - 2024
Opening Convocation
The time-honored ceremony marks the official start of the academic year.
Wick Week Schedule of Events
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Check In: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Start at the Main Entrance to campus
Family Lunch: 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., The Commons, Dewar Union
Commuter Student Check in and Welcome: 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., Cheseboro, Dewar Union
Wick Week Leader Introductions: 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., Frisbee Field
Dinner: 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., The Commons, Dewar Union
Residential Life Welcome (Saxton): 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., Saxton Courtyard
Residential Life Welcome (Wilder/Holmes/Commuters): 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., Wilder/Holmes Courtyard
Thursday, August 22, 2024
Breakfast: 7:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m., The Commons, Dewar Hall
New Student Picture: *Wear your blue shirt: 9:00 a.m., Elmore Field Bleachers
Opening Convocation & Matriculation: 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., Lambros Arena, Binder Physical Education Building
Celebration Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., The Commons, Dewar Union
FlightPath to Your Degree (Wilder/Holmes/Commuters): 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., Anderson Theater, Anderson Center for the Arts
How to Soar as a Hawk (Saxton): 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., Slade Theater, Yager Hall
FlightPath to Your Degree (Saxton): 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., Anderson Theater, Anderson Center for the Arts
How to Soar as a Hawk (Wilder/Holmes/Commuters): 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., Slade Theater, Yager Hall
Dinner: 4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., The Commons, Dewar Union
Welcome to College Prize BINGO: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., The Commons, Dewar Union
Friday, August 23, 2024
Breakfast: 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m., The Commons, Dewar Union
WICK Wellness (Wilder/Holmes/Commuters): 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m., Stack Lounge, Dewar Union
Diversity Dialogues (Saxton): 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m., Slade Theater, Yager Hall
WICK Wellness (Saxton): 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., Stack Lounge, Dewar Union
Diversity Dialogues (Wilder/Holmes/Commuters): 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., Slade Theater, Yager Hall
Meet Your Faculty: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Various Locations
Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., The Commons, Dewar Union
Meet Your FLP 102 Class: 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., Various Locations
Welcome Home Nurses: 2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., Johnstone 205, 215, 225
Swoop Stories – Student Success: 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., Clark Hall
Dinner: 4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., The Commons, Dewar Union
Happy Nest Agreements: 7:00 p.m., Residential Halls
Movie Night: 8:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m., Slade Theater, Yager Hall
Saturday, August 24, 2024
Breakfast: 7:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m., The Commons, Dewar Union
Wick Week Leader Group Meetings: 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m., Stack Lounge, Dewar Union
Swoop Stories – Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging: 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., Clark Hall
Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., The Commons, Dewar Union
Scavenger Hunt: 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., Various Locations
Pine Lake Party: 2:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Pine Lake Environmental Campus
Dinner: 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., The Commons, Dewar Union
Sunday, August 25, 2024
Free Time to Sleep-in!: 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Brunch: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., The Commons, Dewar Union
Connect & Discover – Health & Wellness: 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., Various Locations
First Walk: 3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m., Founders’ Way
DIBs with the Office of DIB: 4:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., Dewar Balcony, Dewar Union
Dinner: 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., The Commons, Dewar Union
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