The second of two welcoming socials opening the 2026–2027 program year, held on Saturday, September 19, 2026 at 1140 Institute Hall, Rochester Institute of Technology, serving the western hub — RIT, the University of Rochester, and the University at Buffalo.
Running the opening social twice, once per hub, is deliberate: Upstate New York is too large for a single social to serve everyone.
The afternoon introduced KSEA and the chapter’s programme for the year, followed by time for members across the region’s western institutions to meet each other.