Monday, August 28, 2023
12 - 1:30 p.m. - All students are invited to join Bay Path staff and faculty for a community luncheon in front of Leary Hall
Sunday, September 3, 2023 - Undergraduate Student Move-In
8:00 am- 12:30 pm - Move in time frame for first-year students and new transfer students with last names that begin with letters:
- A-E: 8:00 am-9:30 am
- F-J: 8:45 am-10:15 am
- K-O: 9:30 am-11:00 am
- P-T: 10:15 am 11:45 pm
- U-Z: 11:00 am-12:30 pm
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm - Lunch and Panel Q&A
Required for all first-year and transfer students
Hybrid
Panel will be from 12:45 pm - 1:30 pm
Financial Aid, Health Services, Health and Wellness, Public Safety, Dean of Students, and Careers.
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Residential Life and Resident Advisors hosting Lawn Games, photo keychain or photo print-out station, and family goodbyes.
4:00 pm - 8:30 pm - Returning Residential Students Move-in
Move in time frame for Returning Residential Students with last names that begin with letters:
- A-E: 4:00 pm-5:30 pm
- F-J: 4:45 pm-6:15 pm
- K-O: 5:30 pm-6:45 pm
- P-T: 6:15 pm-7:45 pm
- U-Z: 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Welcome Back Dinner (All Students are invited!)
Location: Blake Dining Commons
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Residential students meeting with RA’s in their residential halls - RA’s will introduce themselves and have a brief floor meeting with their residential peers.
8:00 pm
Bond Fire over S'mores in front of Blake
All Students are welcome - traditional, graduate, and The American Women's College
Discussion around “What are your new academic/social year goals?”
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Late-night shuttle trips to Target
Monday, September 4, 2023
10:30 am - 12:00 pm - “Breaking through Imposter Syndrome”
Hybrid event - open to all students
Imposter syndrome has affected us at some point in our lives, whether it is
someone else who has told us that we are not good enough, which has caused us to feel less than or due to our own insecurities. Come hear from a panel of folks (including Bay Path alums and members of the Western MA community) who will speak about their professional experience and how they were able to break through their imposter syndrome. They will also cover tips on how to change your mindset.
Join the Zoom Presentation
1:00 pm- 4:30 pm - First-Year Student Retreat
Next Level Adventures
Camp Wilder, Springfield, MA
Please complete this registration form
1:00 pm- 4:30 pm
Shuttles running and lawn games. Enjoy a delicious ice cream from the ice cream truck available from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
5:00 pm-7:00 pm - Dinner (Carnival Theme)
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm - Karaoke - Battle of the Classes
Hybrid and open to all students (traditional, graduate, and The American Women's College), faculty, staff and alumni
Prizes for the winning class or event for individual students
Tuesday, September 5, 2023 - First Day of Traditional (TRAD) Student Classes
5:30 am: Campus Awakening and BPU “Breakthrough” Theme
Location: Longmeadow Campus
Open to all students, faculty, staff, and alumni
Please join us as we celebrate the start of the academic year, introduce the
“Breakthrough” theme and hear from our Bay Path community (students, faculty, and staff) what the theme means to them and how they will personally use it to succeed this year. This event will be followed by an in-person pancake breakfast.
7:00 am: Pancake Breakfast: In-person, Open to all students, faculty, and staff in Blake Dining Commons
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
5:30 pm: Title IX Presentation
Location: Hybrid
Required for all students (graduate, The American Women's College and traditional)
Please attend this event hosted and required by the Office of Title IX to find out
what Title IX is and what it means for you here at Bay Path. This training will cover new aspects of the regulation and provide examples of how to apply the new regulations.
Please join using this Zoom link
Friday, September 8, 2023
1:00 pm -3:30 pm: Block Party hosted by the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs
Location: Office of Multicultural Affairs (Rain location will be Blake Student Commons Fireplace Lounge)
All students, faculty, and staff are invited to attend this traditional block party that
celebrates the diversity of one another through food, dance, and activities.
Saturday, September 9 and Sunday, 10, 2023
9:00 am-5:00 pm: Longmeadow Parade and Festival, Longmeadow Green
All students and their families are invited to this Longmeadow Community event.
For more information on the Long Meddowe Fall Festival, visit their website. Make sure to stop by the Bay Path table and say hi!
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
10:00 am-12:00 pm: Convocation
Location: Mills Theater, Carr Hall
Required for all first-year, transfers, and senior undergraduate students
Hybrid and open to all students, faculty, and staff
Convocation is a beloved University tradition where we congratulate our seniors on
reaching their final year, as well as formally inducting our new students into the academy.
The dress code for this is business casual.
Class photos will be taken on the lawn outside Carr Hall after the ceremony.
12:00 pm-3:30 pm: Campus Day
Open to all students, faculty, and staff
Join us for another one of Bay Path’s traditional events that will include the opportunity for you to meet one another and celebrate with us by participating in carnival games, dancing to great music, and eating great food!
