Welcome Weekend
2025 Welcome Weekend Schedule
Move-In day is on Friday, August 22, 2025. See the Move-In Day schedule for first-year students here.
| Morning | Breakfast on Your Own |
| 9:15-10 a.m. | Welcome Weekend Opening Session Hynes Athletics Center |
| 10-10:40 a.m. | Assigned Classroom Meet Your OL (group attendance and overview of the day) |
| 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. | Playfair* Mazzella Field (rain site: Hynes Athletics Center) |
| 12:15 -1:30 p.m. | Academic Resources for Success Learn about the offices working together to provide students guidance and support along the journey to academic success. Today you will meet the staff of the Center for Advising and Academic Services, the Samuel Rudin Academic Resource Center, Trio, and the Accessibility Services Office. Each office provides services that every student may need or use in their first year at Iona. |
| 1:30-2:30 p.m. | Lunch & Fun! Lunch will be provided. |
| 2:30-2:55 p.m. | Assigned Classroom Meet Your OL Part 2 |
| 3-4:30 p.m. | Maximize Your Buzz & Zero Shades of Gray: "What Every College Student Needs to Know About Alcohol Education and Sexual Assault Prevention." by Collegiate Empowerment Productions and Iona University Title IX Resources Hynes Athletics Center |
| 4:30 p.m. | Snack and Group Mingle |
| 4:45-6 p.m. | Get Involved! Charting Your College Experience with Student Affairs and Iona’s Student Leaders |
| 6-8:30 p.m. | Dinner and Evening Carnival with Student Leaders Dinner will be provided. |
| Morning | Breakfast on Your Own |
| 9:15-10 a.m. | Assigned Classroom Meet Your OL Part 3 (attendance, presentation, and overview of the day) |
| 10:15 a.m. - Noon | The Freedom to Be Yourself and Grit for College Students: "What Every College Student Needs to Know About Civility, Belonging, and Persistence." Hynes Athletics Center |
| Noon - 1:30 p.m. | OL Groups: Classroom Tours Lunch & Fun! |
| 1:30 p.m. | Welcome to Gael Nation Welcome for University leadership, annual student oath and induction |
| 2:30-4 p.m. | Commuter Life New Student Orientation in Mulcahy Gym followed by Commuter Assistant (CA) Cohort Meetings CA will take you to assigned meeting location |
| 3 p.m. | Department of Athletics All Student Athletes and Coaches Meeting Hynes Athletics Center |
| 4-7 p.m. | Annual Welcome Luau and Block Party! Free BBQ dinner, activities, and fun for Iona students. Murphy Green |
*All details are subject to change.