Bricks to Stone 2025

The Bricks to Stone campus-wide celebration will mark the transition of the first-year class moving from the bricks of East Campus to the gothic stones of West Campus. This tradition has something for everyone (including free food and merch!).

Friday, March 28
First-year students: 3:30-6 p.m.
-Start with the block party at Karsh Alumni Center, 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. for music, dessert novelties, games, and Quad graduation cords. 
-Buses will leave East beginning at 3:15 p.m. First-year students should get off the bus at the Admissions bus stop. Make sure you arrive to Karsh no later than 4:15 p.m. to join the procession with your Quad up Campus Drive to the Chapel.*
-President Vincent Price and Vice Provost Candis Watts Smith will greet you and formally welcome you to West. They will provide brief remarks and conduct a Class of 2028 pinning ceremony.
-Afterward, join your upper-class peers in your West Quad for a party unique to its culture and traditions. Parties will include free food and Quad merch. 

Upperclass students: 5-6 p.m.
-Join your classmates for a party in your Quad, 5-6 p.m. Each Quad will host an event unique to their culture.
-Network with Alumni from your Quad who are back for Reunions weekend.
-Free food and merch!

Saturday, March 29
First-year students: 11 p.m. - 1 a.m.
-Join the East Campus Council (ECC) at the Wall Center for Student Life. This party for the Class of 2028 will include live music, food, and games!

 *Accessibility accommodations upon request.

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