Opening Week Information for New & Returning Students
Updated June 30, 2026
Fall 2026
Classes begin Monday, Aug. 24, 2026
Move-in & Housing
- Arrival & On-Campus Move-In
International students should follow the guidance communicated to them by the Global Education Office.
New Students
New students will check-in at the Field House between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. Students can find their housing assignment in their Housing Portal. New students who check in after 3 p.m. on Aug. 19 can check in at the main lobby of their assigned residence hall starting at 4 p.m.
Returning Students
Returning students will have access to their residence halls beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. Returning students can check in at the main lobby of their assigned residence hall.
Early Arrivals
Students who are enrolled in an educational experience (internship, student teaching, etc.) that necessitates an early arrival date, and students with extreme situations, will be considered for an early move-in date. Please contact the campus housing office to explore this option: [email protected].
An early arrival fee may be applied to the student’s bill. Each request will be reviewed and a decision will be communicated to the student. Students should not make travel arrangements before receiving permission, as permission to move in early is not guaranteed.
- Housing
All on-campus students can log into the Housing Portal to see their fall 2026 housing assignment, roommate information and information regarding their mailing address.
No-shows will forfeit their room reservations by Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026 at 8 a.m.
The office is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Contact:
Campus Housing & Operations Office
Phone: 518-564-3824
Email: [email protected] - Finding Your Residence Hall & Where to Park
Directions to the SUNY Plattsburgh Campus
Find your assigned residence hall and parking information for the unloading and move-in process below. Click each building for more information and an aerial map view for each residence hall.
- GPS Coordinates — 44'41'25"N 73'28'08"W
- This hall is located at 83 Rugar Street, on the corner of Rugar Street and Tower Way.
- Building 23 on the Campus Map
- Parking — Park along Rugar Street, in front of the building, or the left side of Tower Way, in front of the building. Please limit your use of these spaces to 20 minutes allowing for other families to use them to move in.
- GPS Coordinates — 44'41'35"N 73'27'50"W
- This hall is located at 7 Rugar Street.
- Building 4 on the Campus Map
- Parking — Park along Rugar Street, in front of the building. Please limit your use of these spaces to 20 minutes allowing for other families to use them to move in.
- GPS Coordinates — 44'41'25"N 73'28'02"W
- This hall is located at 79 Rugar Street.
- Building 22 on the Campus Map
- Parking — Park along Rugar Street, in front of the building. Please limit your use of these spaces to 20 minutes allowing for other families to use them to move in.
- GPS Coordinates — 44'41'29"N 73'28'02"W
- This hall is located at 61 Rugar Street.
- Building 14 on the Campus Map
- Parking — Park along Rugar Street in front of the building. Please limit your use of these spaces to 20 minutes allowing for other families to use them to move in.
- GPS Coordinates — 44'41'39"N 73'27'44"W
- This hall is located at 73 Broad Street.
- Building 8 on the Campus Map
- Parking — Park in lot 13, directly in front of the building and along the east side of the building. Please limit your use of these spaces to 20 minutes allowing for other families to use them to move in.
- GPS Coordinates — 44'41'31"N 73'28'00"W
- This hall is located at 49 Rugar Street.
- Building 13 on the Campus Map
- Parking — Park along Rugar Street in front of the building. Please limit your use of these spaces to 20 minutes allowing for other families to use them to move in.
- GPS Coordinates — 44'41'27"N 73'28'05"W
- This hall is located at 73 Rugar Street.
- Building 19 on the Campus Map
- Parking — Park along Rugar Street in front of the building. Please limit your use of these spaces to 20 minutes allowing for other families to use them to move in.
- GPS Coordinates — 44'41'22"N 73'28'07"W
- This hall is located on Tower Way, just off of Rugar Street.
- Building 24 on the Campus Map
- Parking — Park along Tower Way, in front of the building. Please limit your use of these spaces to 20 minutes allowing for other families to use them to move in. You may also park in lot 18 behind the building.
- GPS Coordinates — 44'41'31"N 73'28'06"W
- This hall is located at 64 Rugar Street
- Building 33 on the Campus Map
- Parking — Park in the spaces closest to the building in Parking lot 28 behind the building. You will not be able to park on Rugar Street in front of the building. Please limit your use of these spaces to 20 minutes allowing for other families to use them to move in.
- GPS Coordinates — 44'41'20"N 73'28'06"W
- This hall is located on Tower Way, just off of Rugar Street.
- Building 30 on the Campus Map
- Parking — Park in the spaces closest to the building in lot 18 next to the building. Please limit your use of these spaces to 20 minutes allowing for other families to use them to move in.
Campus Life, Activities & Dining
- Food & Dining Service
College Auxiliary Services (CAS) is proud to offer dining services in partnership with Cardinal Way Culinary & Co. Each of our on-campus students has a meal plan. Choose which plan is best for you by visiting our Meal Plan Portal. All on-campus students are defaulted to the Cardinal Premium plan. Eligibility of plans is dependent on earned credit hours. To select a plan, please visit the portal by Thursday, Sept. 3 at 4 p.m. Learn more about meal plans
Living off-campus? Instead of visiting the Meal Plan Portal, you may make your changes while processing your bill. Let Student Financial Services know about any changes you would like to make by the Sept. 3 deadline. You may call, stop in, or email changes to [email protected].
Meal plans activate on Thursday, Aug. 20 for breakfast and our venues begin opening the same day through a phased approach. All venues will be fully operational by Monday. Learn about our dining venues and their hours of operation.
- Cardinal Cash
Cardinal Cash deposits may be made anytime online or weekdays throughout the school year at the College Auxiliary Services office, Clinton Dining Hall, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Deposits can also be applied to your student bill at the Student Financial Services office.
- College Store
The College Store is located in Saranac Hall. You can find textbooks, gifts, school spirit gear, personal care items, art supplies and school supplies. We recommend students place orders online for free in-store pickup when ordering their textbooks.
The College Store will be open:
- Orientation/Move-in Week: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Aug. 19–21 — 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Saturday & Sunday, Aug. 22 & 23 — Noon to 4 p.m.
- Expanded Hours: First Two Weeks of Semester — 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Regular hours begin Sept. 9 — Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- ID Cards
Your ID card gives you access to many things across campus and enables you to use your meal plan. Please upload your ID photo at our campus ID card portal two weeks before arriving on campus. If you aren’t able to upload your photo in advance, we can take your photo and print your card when you arrive.
New Students — You may pick up or have your ID card printed on Wednesday, Aug. 19 at the Field House during orientation.
If you arrive Thursday or Friday, please visit the Campus Store, within Saranac Hall and across from the ACC, to pick up your card or have one printed. We will be there from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday we will be in the CAS office, located in Clinton Dining Hall, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Parking On Campus
Every student is charged two optional parking fees on your tuition bill which requires activation to receive a hang tag to park on campus. If you do not wish to park on campus, you must remove these optional fees to avoid forfeiture.
Students who park on campus must complete these steps in MyPlattsburgh:
- Access the vehicle registration page (PARKING icon) to pre-register your vehicle prior to arrival, but no sooner than August 1, because parking registration resets annually on July 31. Returning students must also update their vehicle each academic year.
- Go to your tuition bill and select the two parking fees — registration fee and parking fee — and then click the UPDATE CHARGES button to accept these fees.
Claim your parking hang tag on move-in week from the Angell College Center lobby between Thursday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Prior to claiming your assigned tag, ensure that your vehicle is pre-registered and parked in a designated student lot according to the Campus Map.
You must claim and display your hang tag by the start of the session.
Visit Campus Parking for more information on lots and restrictions, hang tags, fines, and vehicle registration.
- SA Shuttle
The shuttle pick up and drop off location is at the Angell College Center.
The shuttle will be available on Friday, Aug. 22, 2026 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The shuttle will return to normal operating hours on Monday, Aug. 25, 2026, as follows:
- Monday through Saturday, from 11:30 a.m. until 9:30 p.m.
- Sunday, 11 a.m. until 9:30 p.m.
- Fitness Center
The campus fitness center will open for use on Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. Further details about the Fitness Center will be posted on their website as they become available.
Academics, Advisement & Financial Services
- Competency & Placement Exams
Competency and placement exams in English, mathematics, calculus, and modern languages are optional, depending on academic goals. Students may select appropriate levels of courses based on high school averages.
The Information Literacy Competency Exam information can be found on the Competency and Placement web page. This exam will be offered on Friday, Aug. 21, Saturday, Aug. 22 and Sunday, Aug. 22 for incoming first-year students.
Information about this and other competency and placement processes and how to sign up for the Information Literacy Competency Exam can be found on the Competency and Placement web page.
- Course Registration & Schedule Adjustment Drop-In for New Students
This open, drop-in session is for new students who need to make final course schedule adjustments, or need to speak with college staff about their schedules.
- Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, from noon to 3 p.m., Feinberg Library first floor computer lab (and adjacent labs and Learning Center as needed)
- Academic advising, Access & Opportunity Programs, global education, and registrar’s office staff will be available to answer most of your scheduling questions, and see that you are fully registered for the fall
- Adding or Dropping a Course
You may add or drop a course until Sunday, Aug. 30 at 11:30 p.m. through the Banner registration system. After that, special permission is needed to add a course; the unrestricted withdrawal period continues until Oct. 30.
- Undergraduate Admissions
The undergraduate admissions office is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Kehoe Administration Building, 10th Floor
Phone: 518-564-2040
Toll-Free: 888-673-0012
Email: [email protected] - Graduate Admissions
The graduate admissions office is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Kehoe Administration Building, 6th Floor, Suite 606
Phone: 518-564-4723
Text: 518-314-0537
Email: [email protected] - Student Financial Services — Student Accounts & Financial Aid
Student Financial Services will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., except on Thursdays when the office opens at 9 a.m.
Representatives from Student Financial Services will also be available to assist students on Wednesday, Aug. 19 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. during the new student check-in at the Field House
Contact Student Financial Services:
Phone: 518-564-2072
Email: [email protected]
Resources, Accessibility & Support
- Library
The Feinberg Library will be open:
- Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026 from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
- Computer Lab
The Feinberg Library Computer Lab will be open:
- Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026 from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
- Computer Helpdesk
The computing Helpdesk will be open:
- Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- Learning Center
The Claude J. Clark Learning Center is SUNY Plattsburgh’s centralized hub for free peer and professional academic tutoring. Part of all students’ success networks, the Learning Center offers help in course content, writing, time management and organization.
Opening Week Hours of Operation:
- Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- Jobs & Career Development Center
The Career Development Center, Angell College Center room 118, is a great resource for locating employment on and off campus, internship support, and for all career-related matters.
Office Hours: Monday through Friday: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m, with appointments available throughout the day.
Student Employment & Career Resources
Employment opportunities are posted in the career portal, Handshake, available at: https://sunyplattsburgh.joinhandshake.com/login. Handshake also hosts virtual employer recruitment events.Don’t miss the annual Career Fair, Aug. 26, 2026, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Angell College Center Ballrooms. Employers will attend with opportunities both on and off campus. Prepare to ask questions about how to use Handshake, apply for jobs and more. All students are welcome!
- Angell College Center
Angell College Center
On Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026 the Angell College Center hours are:
- 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Beginning on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, the ACC facility hours are (no desk attendants until Monday, Aug. 24):
- Monday through Thursday from 7 a.m. to midnight
- Friday from 7 a.m. to 1 a.m.
- Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 a.m.
- Sunday from 10 a.m. to midnight