Fall 2026 New Student Orientation: Timeline and Offerings

As you prepare for the program, please plan out your individualized Orientation schedule.

Items listed in blue below are hyperlinks to each zoom event

Please note, dates/times for the below sessions are subject to change.
**Please make sure to obtain your Hunter ID (One Card) at the ID Office (at Hunter Main campus) or set up in your phone’s digital wallet in order to have access to the Silberman building**

Date	Time	Topic / Details
Monday, 4/27/26	1:00 – 2:00pm	Registration Support (Zoom) These sessions review all steps needed in preparation for registration. Course grids and requirements are reviewed. Advisors share course options and review how-to steps for registration in CUNYfirst.
Wednesday, 4/29/26	5:00 – 6:00pm	Registration Support (Zoom) Virtual evening option
Wednesday, 5/6/26	1:00 – 2:00pm	Registration Support (Zoom) Virtual daytime option
Tuesday, 5/12/26	1:00 – 2:00pm	Registration Support (Zoom) Virtual daytime option
Wednesday, 5/13/26	All Day	New Student Registration Begins  Registration continues throughout the summer
Monday, 5/18/26	5:00 – 6:00pm	Registration Support (Zoom) Virtual evening option
Wednesday, 5/20/26	2:00 – 4:00pm In person	Silberman Event (In-Person): Afternoon Meet & Greet Join us in person at the Silberman Building (119th & 3rd Ave) to review general orientation information, tour the building, meet the Student Services team and your peers.
Tuesday, 6/2/26	1:00 – 2:00pm	Registration Support (Zoom) Virtual daytime option
Wednesday, 6/3/26	5:00 – 6:00pm	Registration Support (Zoom) Virtual evening option
Wednesday, 6/10/26	1:00 – 2:00pm	Peer to Peer Self-Care (Zoom) A space to reflect on your experience with the self-care module and meet your peers. Optional – bring your self-care plan.
Thursday, 6/11/26	1:00 – 2:00pm	Registration Support (Zoom): Virtual daytime option
Wednesday, 6/17/26	5:00 – 6:00pm	Financial Aid Planning (Zoom) Virtual evening option. Advisors will share general information and contacts for Financial Aid as well as Silberman SSW Scholarship information.
Thursday, 6/18/26	5:00 – 6:00pm	Registration Support (Zoom): Virtual evening option
Tuesday, 6/23/26	1:00 – 2:00pm	Financial Aid Planning (Zoom) Advisors will share general information and contacts for Financial Aid as well as Silberman SSW Scholarship information.
Wednesday, 6/24/26	1:00 – 2:00pm	Registration Support (Zoom): Virtual daytime option
Tuesday, 7/7/26	1:00 – 2:00pm	Forms/Trainings (Zoom) A review of all pertinent materials you will need to know in preparation for the start of the semester, including an explanation of required workshops and forms.
Wednesday, 7/8/26	1:00 – 2:00pm	Registration Support (Zoom): Virtual daytime option
Thursday, 7/9/26	5:00 – 6:00pm	Forms/Trainings (Zoom) Virtual evening option
Wednesday, 7/15/26	5:00 – 6:00pm	Registration Support (Zoom): Virtual evening option
Monday, 7/13/26 Tuesday, 7/14/26 Thursday, 7/16/26	1:00 – 2:30pm 5:00 – 6:30pm 1:00 – 2:30pm	Writing Program Preparatory Writing Workshops (REQUIRED) Attendance at a Preparatory Writing Workshop is a requirement before the start of classes. (Please choose one session out of the three options. Attendance will be taken). **Please note, invitations and RSVP links to sessions will be emailed separately from Christopher Hartley, Director of the Writing Program.
Tuesday, 7/21/26	1:00 – 2:00pm	Technology (Zoom) A review of Brightspace, your student email, and online access to resources at Silberman SSW and Hunter College.
Wednesday, 7/22/26	5:00 – 6:00pm	Technology (Zoom) Virtual evening option
Monday, 7/27/26 Tuesday, 7/28/26 Thursday, 7/30/26 Monday, 8/3/26 Tuesday, 8/4/26 Thursday, 8/6/26	5:00-6:30pm 5:00-6:30pm 5:00-6:30pm 5:00-6:30pm 5:00-6:30pm 5:00-6:30pm	Writing Boot Camp (Zoom) Although optional, this series of (6) sessions is strongly recommended for students who want to be fully prepared for their assignments and papers during the MSW experience. **Please note, invitations and RSVP links to sessions will be emailed separately from Christopher Hartley, Director of the Writing Program. Once you sign up you will receive zoom links to the sessions you have RSVP’d to.
Thursday, 8/13/26	5:00 – 6:00pm	General Information (Zoom) Virtual evening option. A follow-up session to answer any final questions/deal with issues prior to the start of the FA 26 semester.
TBD	TBD	Organizational Management & Leadership (OML) Cohort-Specific Meeting Evening zoom for those students who are OML method including Full time and OYR students.
Wednesday, 8/19/26	11:00am – 12:00pm	Clinical Cohort-Specific Meeting (Zoom) Required for Clinical Students only) Zoom for those students who are clinical method including Full time and OYR students.
Wednesday, 8/19/26	5:00 – 6:30pm	Community Organizing (CO) Cohort-Specific Meeting (CO students only are asked to attend: choose 8/19 or 8/24) Zoom for those students who are CO method including Full time and OYR students.
Thursday, 8/20/26	2:00 – 4:00pm In person	Social Justice Framework Information for Practice Lab (In-Person): This is a required session for all MSW students- choose 8/20, 8/25 or 8/27. Join us in person at the Silberman Building (119th & 3rd Ave) Members of the Faculty will review Silberman’s Social Justice framework and provide information around the Practice Lab project.
Thursday, 8/20/26	4:00 – 6:00pm In person	Silberman Event (In-Person): Evening Meet & Greet Join us in person at the Silberman Building (119th & 3rd Ave) to review general orientation information, tour the building, meet the Student Services team and your peers.
Monday, 8/24/26	1:00pm – 2:00pm	Advanced Standing Cohort-Specific Meeting Zoom for those students who are Advanced Standing track.
Monday, 8/24/26	5:00 – 6:30pm	Community Organizing (CO) Cohort-Specific Meeting (CO students only are asked to attend: choose 8/19 or 8/24) Zoom for those students who are CO method including Full time and OYR students.
Tuesday, 8/25/26	11:00am – 1:00pm In person	Social Justice Framework Information for Practice Lab (In-Person): This is a required session for all MSW students- choose 8/20, 8/25 or 8/27. Join us in person at the Silberman Building (119th & 3rd Ave) Members of the Faculty will review Silberman’s Social Justice framework and provide information around the Practice Lab project.
Tuesday, 8/25/26	1:00 – 3:00pm In person	Silberman Event (In-Person): Afternoon Meet & Greet Join us in person at the Silberman Building (119th & 3rd Ave) to review general orientation information, tour the building, meet the Student Services team and your peers.
Thursday, 8/27/26	9:00 – 11:00am	Social Justice Framework Information for Practice Lab (Zoom): This is a required session for all MSW students- choose 8/20, 8/25 or 8/27. Morning virtual option. Members of the Faculty will review Silberman’s Social Justice framework and provide information around the Practice Lab project. ← Zoom link for this session is to the left (click on the time).
Thursday, 8/27/26	(All Day) FINAL DUE DATE	Required (All MSW Students): Last day to turn in Mandated Reporter Training and Student Agreements to Student Services via online form. Read instructions & upload them both on this page.
Friday, 8/28/26	All Day	Fall 2026 Semester Begins