Orientation Schedule

FALL 2026

Please check this department orientation schedule frequently for updates. If information for your department is not listed below, please contact your department directly.

Department

Date(s) and Time(s)

Location and Details

Accounting

(MBA and MS)

Monday, August 17, at 11 am Appalachian Dining Hall, APP 111

Anthropology

Friday, August 14, at noon Science 1, Room 107

Art History

Monday, August 17, at 11:30 am

Fine Arts, FA 218

Asian and Asian American Studies

N/A

Biological Sciences

Friday, August 14, at 8:30 am Science 3, Room 222

Biomedical Engineering

(4+1 MS Program only)

Friday, August 14, at
11:30 am -12:30 pm
Innovative Technologies Complex (ITC), Symposium Hall

Biomedical Engineering

(MS & PhD)

Friday, August 14, at 12:30-1:30 pm
Innovative Technologies Complex (ITC), Symposium Hall

Business Administration

TBD

TBD

Chemistry

Tuesday, August 4, at 10 am Science Library, Room SL 302

Cinema

MFA

Thursday, August 13, at noon Lecture Hall Basement, Room LHB 89 (near LH 6)

Community Research and Action

Thursday, August 13, at 11 am University Downtown Center, UDC 201

Comparative Literature

Tuesday, August 18, at 10:30 am Library Tower, LT 1503

Earth Sciences

Monday, August 17, at noon

Science 1, Room 162

Economics

Friday, August 7, at noon

Library Tower, LT 907

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Wednesday, August 12, at 10 am

https://binghamton.zoom.us/j/5832265687

English, General Literature and Rhetoric

Wednesday, August 19, at 9:45 am

Library North, LN 2401

Executive Health Systems - Manhattan program

Friday, July 31, through Sunday, August 2

Hybrid event via Zoom and at the ITC, Room ES 2008

(contact Erin Hornbeck at hornbeck@binghamton.edu for details)

Geography

Monday, August 17, at 9 am Old Johnson, OH-101

Healthcare Systems Engineering

TBD TBD

Higher Education and Student Affairs

Wednesday, August 12, at 10 am Academic Building B, Room AB 124
History Monday, August 17, at 11 am to 1 pm (luncheon) IASH Conference Room, Library North, LN 1106

Human Rights

(Masters)

Monday, August 17, at 1 pm Academic Building B, AB 234

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Thursday, August 6, at 9 am Zoom

Information Systems

(School of Computing)

TBD TBD

Management

TBD TBD

Materials Science and Engineering

Wednesday, August 19, at 11 am Innovative Technologies Complex (ITC), Smart Energy Fountain Room, SN 1001A

Mathematics and Statistics

MA/PhD programs

Monday, August 17, at 10 am Whitney Hall, WH 100E

Mathematics and Statistics

MS program

Monday, August 17, at 10 am Whitney Hall, VH 329

Mechanical Engineering

Monday, August 17, at noon Innovative Technologies Complex (ITC), Engineering and Science Building, Room ES 1304

Music

Friday, August 14, at 9:30 am Fine Arts Building, FA 166

Nursing (Graduate Programs)

including Adult, Adult-gerontological, Community Health, Family, Family Psychiatric Mental Health

Tuesday, August 18, at 8 am Health Sciences Building, Room 101, 48 Corliss Avenue, Johnson City

Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacy (PharmD)

Monday, August 17, at 8:30 am Health Sciences Campus, School of Pharmacy, 1st Floor Atrium

Philosophy

Friday, August 21, at 3 pm Holiday Inn, 2-8 Hawley Street, Binghamton

Physics

TBD TBD

Political Science

Monday, August 17, at 9:30 am Library North, LN G075

Psychology

(Behavioral Neuroscience, Cognitive, and Clinical)

Thursday, August 13, at noon Science 4, Room 171

Public Administration and Policy

Monday, August 17, at 12:30 pm University Downtown Center

Public Health

Monday, August 17, at 8:30 am Health Sciences Building, Room HSB 102, 48 Corliss Avenue, Johnson City

School of Computing

TBD TBD

Social Work

Wednesday, August 12, at 8:30 am University Downtown Center, UDC 220 AB

Sociology

Full schedule of activities will be sent to students

Thursday, August 13, at 10 am and Friday, August 14, at 10 am Library Tower, LT 310 (Aug 13); Library North, LN 2207 (Aug 14)

Speech Language Pathology

Monday, August 17, at 9 am Johnson City Center, Room 209, 10 Gannett Drive, Johnson City

Sustainable Communities

(Master of Science)

TBD TBD

Systems Science

Thursday, August 13, at 9 am Zoom

Theatre

Potluck dinner (students do not need to bring food), followed by orientation meeting

Monday, August 17, at 4:30 pm Fine Arts Building, Theatre Department Green Room, FA 121

Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership

Friday, August 14, at 9 am Innovative Technologies Complex (ITC), Room 2008

Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP)

Monday, August 17, at 10 am Library North, Room LN 2200 (Alpern Conference Room)