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About one-dozen emails will be sent to you prior to your departure for Geneva to help you plan for your semester. The emails will also be used to answer your questions and include tips from Geneva alums. Your  Geneva Semester Handbook covers topics such as: money, academic matters, calendar, baggage, culture, Geneva life (adjustment, cultural activities), clothing, food, travel, libraries, and security.  The airport pre-departure briefing includes a review of  the orientation week schedule, security issues and Geneva airport arrival procedures.

Spring 2008 Orientation Week included two nights at Colonie de Genolier, a chalet near the village of Nyon.
The spring schedule took students to Chalet Colonie de Genolier for three days and two nights before returning to home in Geneva.  The Chalet was exclusively ours for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday until mid-morning.
MONDAY
■  Knox Centre check in, consume croissants and juice then one-hour bus to Nyon and the chalet. 
■  Arrival lunch - Curry chicken and fresh fruit
■  Afternoon tour of  Nyon - a Swiss village postcard
■  Evening - group “bonding” game 
TUESDAY
■  Breakfast - fruit, bread, croissants (including chocolate ones), coffee, tea and juice
■  Presentations: academics, personal management, drinking, the field trip, 17 weeks of living in Geneva, and life at the Knox Centre
■  Train ride to a nearby mountain trail for a short hike,
■  Guided tour in the Swiss National Museum in Nyon,
■  Evening - Presentation on Leadership.
 WEDNESDAY
■  Tour of Chateau de Chillon (claimed to be the most visited site in Switzerland) on Lake Geneva,
■  Return to Geneva 
THURSDAY
■ Mr. Cyril Ritchie,  a Geneva legend, president of the Knox Centre Board of Directors Board & President, Federation International of Semi-Private, Private & Non-Governmental Organizations, presented an overview of Geneva organizations and the ensuing questions about them and the United Nations was a lively one. 
■  Lunch at the United Nations cafeteria,
■  Guided tour of the U.N. and UN library,
■  Guided tour of the International Committee of the Red Cross Museum. 
FRIDAY
■  Briefing at the United States Mission in Geneva: trade, economics, foreign policy, and immigration, 
■  Lunch at Manora Cafeteria in Geneva,
 ■  Guided tour of  Geneva’s Old Town  and the day concluded at the bus station where the students collected their bus pass for the first month.