Make plans to attend Orientation at the location where you'll take the majority of your classes. Be sure to complete the Before Orientation Checklist in advance of your orientation date.
Orientation includes:
Choose a morning or afternoon option based on what works better in your schedule.
Morning Orientation Sessions
Check-in between 8:30 and 9 a.m. and the day will conclude at approximately 1 p.m.
Afternoon Orientation Sessions
Check-in between 12:30 and 1 p.m. and the day will conclude at approximately 5 p.m.
Planning to stay in town for your visit to Cedar Rapids? Stay close to campus! You can get the orientation rate at The Hotel at Kirkwood, our student-run hotel. Kirkwood hotel rooms offer:
Use the main entrance to campus and park in the Cedar or Nielsen Hall parking lots. Enter Cedar Hall and look for orientation signage to guide you to the right spot.
Orientation includes:
Check in begins at 8 a.m. and the event will conclude at approximately noon.
Parking is available adjacent to the main campus building at 816 Lower Muscatine Road in Iowa City.
You'll check in at the One Stop Desk.
New Student Orientation is an in-person event. If you believe you have a special circumstance that prevents you from attending orientation, let us know here.
Dean of Students Office
Phone: 319-398-4906
Email: orientation@kirkwood.edu
On campus: 2nd Floor Kirkwood Hall