Registration Details (Dorm, seminar selection, balance due, etc.)
In early July, you will receive an email with registration related details. Subject line “CERSI: Action Required – Please READ ALL and Verify your Information” Please review and respond, if corrections are needed, to that email promptly. If you do not receive an email or if you have questions about your registration sooner please contact our registrars at registrar@cersiuu.org.
Workshifts
ACTION NEEDED: To help keep costs down we require everyone age 18 and over to register for at least 2 hours of volunteer activities, called workshifts, during the week. You are welcome to sign up for more! Please visit our Sign up Genius page to signup or change existing shifts and to sign up for email or text reminders for the start of your workshifts. There are opportunities for people of all ages, skills, and mobility levels – Thank you for supporting our community!
We recommend you look at the available workshifts in the calendar view (see image on right) – it is a much cleaner presentation.
Masking
To live into our covenant of mutuality and equity we will model and respect healthy boundaries to ensure our community is safe for all of our diverse members.
Masks will be required in some areas, and optional in others. We ask that you all read our Covid Protocols and Masking Guidelines prior to attending CERSI.
Schedule
I get it, you’re a planner and you want to make sure you get the most out of your CERSI experience. Me too! We’ll have a schedule for you soon.
Youth program
There will be a parent & youth orientation on Sunday from 8-9pm. In the meantime though we recommend you take time to watch this online introduction to the CERSI Youth Program to understand how it works before you arrive.
Golf carts
We will have golf carts that run between all of our buildings for all regularly-scheduled events. Because we have a limited number of golf carts and drivers and over 350 people coming to CERSI we ask that able-bodied people please leave the golf carts for those who need help getting around. A map of the golf cart route and schedule of run-times will be available on the website and in the dorms and other campus buildings.
Scooter rental
Oberlin is a fairly flat campus. Those with mobility needs who wish to better control their schedule may wish to rent a mobility scooter. The scooter deadline is May 31. If you missed it, contact a registrar to see if we have any extras ordered.
Registration day: July 6, 2025
Registration information will be in your email and posted here after registration closes on June 20th.
Smoking, candle & incense use
Oberlin is a smoke-free and flame-free campus. You may not have any matches or lighters on campus and you may not light anything, even candles or incense.
Fragrance sensitivities
We do have attendees who are sensitive to perfumes, body sprays and other strong-smelling personal scents. We will have a few rows at the front of the performance center marked for “fragrance free” seating and ask that all attendees be respectful of others by keeping their personal fragrance use to a minimum.
Cash/Credit cards
You may wish to have cash and/or credit cards available to buy items at the UU bookstore (open daily at lunch and dinner), to buy food or drinks in the nightly Pub or to make donations to the CERSI Heart Scholarship Fund or go shopping in town. Payments by phone (e.g., Apple Pay, Google Pay) are not guaranteed to be available.
Refrigerators/Food storage
Unfortunately there is only one standard-sized refrigerator/freezer in each dorm, found in the lounge on the first floor. This is not enough storage for everyone so you may wish to bring a dorm-size fridge or cooler if you need to store items in your room. If you have a medical necessity that requires refrigeration (medications, breast milk, etc.) please contact our registrars at registrar@cersiuu.org to see if a dorm fridge can be made available to you.
Packing List
Over 40 years of Summer Institute attendance has gone into creating the packing list. Please review it and join us in conversation on Facebook or by email to sichair@cersiuu.org with any questions or suggestions.
Questions?
For more information check out https://www.cersiuu.org/. If you cannot find the answer to your question there please join us on Facebook or email sichair@cersiuu.org.
