Family Weekend

6 a.m. - midnight Student Life Center open

Student Life Center
Free access to the fitness center including pool, track, and workout equipment. Advance registration required. 

9 a.m. – 5 p.m. College Bookstore open
Neubig Hall
Get Cortland apparel, school supplies, and more. 

10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Dowd Gallery open
Dowd Fine Arts
Check out the selected works in the campus art gallery. 

4 - 7 p.m. Check-In

Corey Union Lobby
Welcome! Check-in and pick up your Family Weekend packet containing your reserved tickets and updated event schedule. 

7 p.m. Student Activities Board Comedy Night

Corey Union Exhibition Lounge

Join SAB for an evening of fun and laughter with comedians Leonard Ouzts and SNL's Molly Kearney!

8 a.m. - midnight Student Life Center open
Student Life Center
Free access to the fitness center including pool, track, and workout equipment. Advance registration required. 

9 – 11 a.m. Check-In
Corey Union Lobby
Welcome! Check-in and pick up your Family Weekend packet containing your reserved tickets and updated event schedule.  

9 a.m. – 6 p.m. College Bookstore opens
Neubig Hall
Get Cortland apparel, school supplies, and more.

9:30 a.m. Coffee and Conversation
Corey Union Exhibition Lounge
Start your day with coffee and tea and an opportunity to speak with SUNY Cortland staff and other families prior to the President's Barbecue.

10:30 a.m.       Professor Lecture: What My Students Have Taught Me About Success in College

Raymond Collings, Ph.D., Principal Investigator with The Study Place Project, Professor and Faculty Advisor in Psychology

Corey Union Fireplace Lounge

After receiving a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of California in Riverside and teaching at the California State University in Fullerton, Dr. Collings arrived at SUNY Cortland in the fall of 2002. The primary focus of his early research has been related to attention, attention problems, and how we might improve our attention in daily life. For the last nine years, he has shown how all this relates to college student success and well-being.

11:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. Presidents’ Barbecue - CLOSED
Corey Union Function Room
Join us for a pre-game barbeque, a popular tradition with families and students, with remarks by College President Erik J. Bitterbaum and Student Government President Khyla Diggs as well as performances by A Capella groups. General Admission (adults and SUNY Cortland students, children 6 and up) - $27. Advance registration required.

1 p.m. Football vs. St. John Fisher
Stadium Complex Red Field

Purchase a discounted football ticket through the Family Weekend registration for $5 General Admission. Adults. $4 Seniors and children 13-17. SUNY Cortland students and children 12 and under are free.

1 p.m. Field Hockey vs. New Paltz

Stadium Complex White Field

1 p.m. Women's Soccer vs. Buffalo State

Soccer Fields

2 - 5 p.m. Bus Ride to Beak & Skiff Apple Orchard for Apple Picking
Beak and Skiff Apple Orchard, 2708 Lords Hill Road (Rte. 80), Lafayette
Families are welcome to follow the bus in their own vehicles. The apple orchard is open 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. with the last wagon departing at 5 p.m.

3 - 5 p.m. Planetarium Shows - SOLD OUT
Bowers Hall
Planetarium Director and Physics Lecturer, Sean Nolan will present planetarium shows every 30 minutes from 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Free. Advance registration required. 

5 p.m. Men's Ice Hockey Exhibition vs. Hobart
Park Center, Alumni Arena

5:30 p.m. Hillel's Havdalah Service

Corey Union Voice Office

Please join Hillel for Shabbat together and celebrate the end of Simchat Torah. Simchat Torah represents the conclusion of the annual cycle of Torah readings and marks the beginning of a new cycle. Snacks will be provided.

7 p.m. Broadway, Here We Come!
Dowd Fine Arts Building, Room 110

Join our musical theater students for a musical revue featuring students bound for Broadway!

8 p.m. The Evason's Mentalist Duo
Old Main Brown Auditorium
The Evasons are one of very few couples in history who have mastered the incredible artistry of two person telepathy. People are speechless when Tessa perceives birth dates, personal items, a serial number on any bill in a borrowed wallet or even the name of distant loved ones — all while standing on stage wearing a blindfold. Her intuitive gifts will captivate you. They have performed for audiences in over 35 countries and on network TV specials including Penn & Teller: Fool Us on CW, Powers of the Paranormal on FOX, World's Greatest Magic on NBC, Grand Illusions on Discovery Channel as well as guest appearances on CBC, CTV and The Comedy Network.

8 a.m. - midnight Student Life Center open
Student Life Center
Free access to the fitness center including pool, track, and workout equipment. Advance registration required. 

9 a.m. – 3 p.m. College Bookstore open
Neubig Hall
Get Cortland apparel, school supplies, and more. 

10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Dowd Gallery open
Dowd Fine Arts
Check out the selected works in the campus art gallery.