Join Us for Opening Weekend 2025!
Thursday, August 21st - Sunday, August 24th
Welcome, First-year Students and First-time Transfer Students!
We're still finalizing details for move-in weekend; keep checking back over the summer as we update the information!
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Last Update: 6/18/25
If you are with an FSU office and would like to request any edits, please email Ashley Daniels.
- Thursday, August 21st, 2025
8:00am - 3:00pm - First-year Student Move-In. Check in at your assigned residence hall. Contact the Residence Life Office with move-in questions.
8:00am - 4:00pm - Open: ID Services, Billing Office, and Financial Aid - Pullen Hall
University Store - Lane University Center (1st floor)9:00am - 3:00pm - Open: Starbucks Lane University Center (2nd floor)
9:00am - 5:00pm - Sign up for an account with a local bank - Lane University Center Upper Lobby (2nd floor)
11:30am - 1:00pm - On-Campus lunch option provided for first year/first time residential students; $7.50 option for all others - Chesapeake Dining Hall
12:00pm - 10:00pm - Open: Lane University Center Game Room (1st floor)
1:00pm - 3:00pm - Games and Soda Shakes - Lower Quad
4:30pm - 6:00pm - Student Cookout and Student Life Lawn Games- Clocktower Quad
8:00pm - 10:00pm - University Programming Council Student Activities - Lane University Center Manicur Assembly Hall (1st floor)
- Friday, August 22nd, 2025
7:15am - 9:45am - On-Campus breakfast option provided for first year/first time residential students; $7.50 option for all others - Chesapeake Dining Hall
8:00am - 4:00pm - Open: ID Services, Billing Office, Financial Aid and Residence Life Office - Pullen Hall
University Store - Lane University Center (1st floor)9:00am - 3:00pm - Open: Starbucks Lane University Center (2nd floor)
9:00am - 5:00pm - Sign up for an account with a local bank - Lane University Center Upper Lobby (2nd floor)
10:00am - 10:50am - REQUIRED for First-year students: ORIE Class One - First-Year Students are to meet with their ORIE 101 Class at a designated location. You will receive an email from your ORIE instructor indicating where you are to meet—check FSU email for meeting location.
11:00am - 11:30am - Class Photo with Bob E. Cat- your ORIE professor will walk you to the photo location
11:30am - 1:30pm - On-Campus lunch option provided for first year/first time residential students; $7.50 option for all others - Chesapeake Dining Hall
12:00pm - 10:00pm - Open: Lane University Center Game Room (1st floor)
2:00pm - 3:30pm - Residence Life Activities - locations will vary; Check back for more details!
4:30pm - 6:30pm - On-Campus dinner option provided for first year/first time residential students; $7.50 option for all others - Chesapeake Dining Hall
8:00pm - 10:00pm - University Programming Council Student Activities - Lower Quad
- Saturday, August 23rd, 2025
9:00am - 12:00pm - On campus activities - more details to come!
9:00am - 12:00pm - Off-campus excursions (guided hike, rail bike tour, Mr. Toad’s Pottery)– claim your FREE ticket at tickets.frostburg.edu; available August 1. Transportation provided; limited spots available. Shuttles to and from Wal mart will also be offered!
9:00am - 3:00pm - Open: Starbucks Lane University Center (2nd floor)
10:00am - 5:00pm Returning student Move-In. Check in at your assigned residence hall. Contact the Residence Life Office with move-in questions.
10:00am - 2:00pm - Open: Admissions and Student Engagement, Accessibility, and Learning
11:00am - 3:00pm - Open: Financial Aid, Billing, and ID Services
11:30am - 1:00pm - On-Campus lunch option provided for first year/first time residential students; $7.50 option for all others - Chesapeake Dining Hall
12:00pm - 4:00pm - University Store - Lane University Center (1st floor)
12:00pm - 5:00pm - Field Day Activities - Clocktower Quad- Sidewalk chalk, axe throwing, water balloon fight, and more!
12:00pm - 10:00pm - Open: Lane University Center Game Room (1st floor)
4:30 - 7:30pm - On-Campus dinner option provided for first year/first time residential students; $7.50 option for all others - Chesapeake Dining Hall
9:00pm - 11:00pm - Movie at Bobcat Stadium
- Sunday, August 24rd, 2025
9:00am - 12:00pm - On campus activities - more details to come!
9:00am - 3:00pm - Off-campus excursions (kayaking and paddleboarding at Rocky Gap, rail bike tour, Mr. Toad’s Pottery, Downtown Cumberland)– claim your FREE ticket at tickets.frostburg.edu; available August 1. Transportation provided; limited spots available.
9:00am - 3:00pm - Open: Starbucks Lane University Center (2nd floor)
10:00am - 5:00pm Returning student Move-In. Check in at the Residence Life Office in Pullen Hall 104 before going to your assigned residence hall. Contact the Residence Life Office with move-in questions.
10:00am - 2:00pm - Open: Admissions and Student Engagement, Accessibility, and Learning
10:30am - 1:30pm - On-Campus lunch option (meal plan begins for all students); $7.50 option for all others - Chesapeake Dining Hall
11:00am - 3:00pm - Open: Financial Aid, Billing, and ID Services
12:00pm - 2:00pm - Community Service Project - Clocktower Quad
12:00pm - 4:00pm - University Store - Lane University Center (1st floor)
12:00pm - 10:00pm - Open: Lane University Center Game Room (1st floor)
12:30pm - 2:30pm - Open: Center for Academic Advising and Retention for adjustments to First Year Schedules - Pullen Hall 140
2:00pm - 3:00pm - Find you classes with an RA! - Clocktower Quad - Bring your class schedule!
3:30pm - 4:00pm - The BIG Meeting - Cordts P.E. Center Main Arena - (Required for Students Living in Residence Halls)
4:30pm - 7:30pm - Cookout - Clocktower Quad
8:00pm - REQUIRED for Students Living in Residence Halls: Resident Student Floor Meetings – Individual Halls