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. 

6 - 7 p.m. First Friday Guided Art Walk

7:30 p.m. Performing Arts Department: Blithe Spirit
Dowd Fine Arts Theatre

A smash comedy hit in London and New York, this much-revived classic concerns fussy, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine, who has remarried but finds himself haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, Elvira. Clever, insistent and well aware of Charles' shortcomings, Elvira is called up by a visiting “happy medium,” the eccentric and flighty Madame Arcati.

Adult $24, Senior Citizen $20, Student/Youth $15.

8 p.m. Student Activities Board Comedy Night

Corey Union Exhibition Lounge

7 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.

10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Great Cortland Pumpkinfest
Courthouse Park, Cortland.
Enjoy arts and craft exhibitors, food, entertainment, children's games and more at Cortland’s Annual Pumpkinfest. Bus transportation provided every hour from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. from the Neubig Bus Stop.

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 BBQ.

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

10:30 a.m.       Professor Lecture: How to Prevent Alzheimer’s and Dementia

Corey Union Fireplace Lounge

Professor of Psychology emeritus, Dr. David Kilpatrick is a New York State certified school psychologist with 28 years experience in schools. He has been teaching courses in learning disabilities and educational psychology since 1994. He will share insight and findings related to Alzheimer’s and dementia.

11:30 a.m. Presidents’ BBQ
Corey Union Function Room
Join us for brunch, a popular tradition with families and students, with remarks by College President Erik J. Bitterbaum and Student Government President Joe Mascetta as well as performances by A Capella groups. General Admission (adults and SUNY Cortland students, children 6 and up) - $27; Children (5 and under) - $5.00. Advance registration required.

1 p.m. Football vs. Utica
Stadium Complex Main 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.

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
Free. Bus is first come, first serve departing from Corey Union. Families are welcome to follow the bus in their own vehicles. Open 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. with the last wagon departing at 5 p.m.

3 - 5 p.m. Planetarium Shows 
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. 

4 p.m. Women's Soccer vs. Geneseo
Holloway Field

7:30 p.m. Performing Arts Department: Blithe Spirit
Dowd Fine Arts Theatre

A smash comedy hit in London and New York, this much-revived classic concerns fussy, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine, who has remarried but finds himself haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, Elvira. Clever, insistent and well aware of Charles' shortcomings, Elvira is called up by a visiting “happy medium,” the eccentric and flighty Madame Arcati.

8:30 p.m. Family Trivia 
Corey Union Function Room
Test your knowledge at trivia night! The top 3 winners will win gift cards to the College Store! Players must bring a device (cell phone/iPad) to play on. 

7 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. 

12-5 p.m. Great Cortland Pumpkinfest
Courthouse Park, Cortland
Enjoy arts and craft exhibitors, food, entertainment, children's games and more at Cortland’s Annual Pumpkinfest.  

2 p.m. Performing Arts Department: Blithe Spirit
Dowd Fine Arts Theatre

A smash comedy hit in London and New York, this much-revived classic concerns fussy, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine, who has remarried but finds himself haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, Elvira. Clever, insistent and well aware of Charles' shortcomings, Elvira is called up by a visiting “happy medium,” the eccentric and flighty Madame Arcati.