Welcome Week is a great time to connect with new friends, find your way around campus, and have some fun before the semester begins. Below is a daily schedule of events for your first week on campus.

Welcome Week Dining

  • August 16–17: 9:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
  • August 18–22: 7:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
  • August 23–24: 9:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m.

Dining at the Hawk HUB, Crimson Café, and Folger Student Center will open on Monday, August 25, 2025.

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Open Swim

  • M–F: 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
  • Tu/Th: 6:00–8:00 a.m.
  • M, W, F: 5:00–8:00 p.m.

SCUBA lessons are offered in the Lepley Natatorium from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 22.

Welcome Week Information Table


M–F: Noon–1:00 p.m.

HUB Fitness Center


M, T, W: 6:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

  • New Student Move-In

7:00–8:00 p.m.

  • Residence Life Floor Meetings 

9:00–Midnight

  • Folger Late Night

8:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

  • New Student Move-In 
    •  

7:00–8:00 p.m.

  • Residence Life Floor Meetings

8:00–9:30 p.m.

  • Playfair

 9:00–10:00 a.m.

  • Green Dot 
    • , Room 112

9:00–10:30 a.m.

  • Campus Tours 
    • Check-in with your Welcome Week Leader 

9:30–10:30 a.m.

  • Yoga in the Oak Grove
    • (Rain location: ) 
      • Meet in front of

11:00 a.m.–Noon

  • It’s in the Syllabus
    •  

Noon–1:00 p.m.

  • Welcome Week Information Table

1:00–2:00 p.m.

  • It’s in the Syllabus
    •  

1:00–3:00 p.m.

  • Cook Honors College Meeting

3:30–4:30 p.m.

  • University Welcome

4:30–7:00 p.m.

  • Community Dinner

8:30–11:00 p.m.

  • Outdoor Movie
    •  (Rain location: )

9:00–10:00 a.m.

  • Green Dot Training
    • , Room 112

11:00 a.m.–Noon

  • TechTok
    •  

Noon–1:00 p.m.

  • Welcome Week Information Table

1:00–2:00 p.m.

  • TechTok
    •  

2:00–3:00 p.m.

  • Leadership Workshop - Topic: TBA
    • , Room 215

2:00–3:00 p.m.

  • LGBTQIA+ Student Support Affinity Group Meeting

3:00–6:00 p.m.

  • Military and Veterans Resource Center (MVRC) Affinity Group Meeting

6:00–9:00 p.m.

  • Chalking the Grove, Yard Games, and Tie Dye

9:00–Midnight

  • Folger Late Night

9:00–10:00 a.m.

  • Green Dot 
    • , Room 112

9:00–10:30 a.m.

  • Campus Tours 
    • Check-in with your Welcome Week Leader 

9:30–10:30 a.m.

  • Green Dot Training
    • , Room 112

11:00 a.m.–Noon

  • Leadership Workshop - Topic: TBA
    • , Room 215

Noon–1:00 p.m.

  • Welcome Week Information Table

1:00–2:00 p.m.

  • Employment and Financial Resources

2:00–3:30 p.m.

  • Employment Fair
    • , Lobby

2:00–3:30 p.m.

  • Learning Commons Tour

3:30–6:30 p.m.

  • Pool Party hosted by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Swim Club

8:00–10:00 p.m.

  • Bingo

9:00–10:00 a.m.

  • Leadership Workshop - Topic: TBA
    • , Room 215

11:00 a.m.–Noon

  • All Education Majors Meeting
    • , Beard Auditorium

Noon–1:00 p.m.

  • Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Meeting
    • , Room 203 (Planetarium)

Noon–1:00 p.m.

  • Welcome Week Information Table

1:00–2:00 p.m.

  • Speech-Language Pathology Majors Meeting
    • , Room 403

2:00–4:00 p.m.

  • Black and Brown Students Affinity Group Meeting

9:00–Midnight

  • Folger Late Night

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

  • Sociology Majors Meeting
    • , Room 101

Noon–1:00 p.m.

  • Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice Meeting
    • , first floor

Noon–1:00 p.m.

  • Interior Design Majors Meeting
    • , second floor

Noon–1:00 p.m.

  • Welcome Week Information Table

12:30 p.m.–1:15 p.m.

  • Art Studio and Art Education Majors Meeting

3:00 p.m.

  • Graphic Design Majors Meeting
    • , Room 308

3:30 p.m.

  • Department of Communications Media Meeting
    • , Room B-23

7:00–9:00 p.m.

  • BINGO!
    • , Ohio Room 

8:30–Midnight

  • Outdoor Movie
    •  (Rain location: )

1:00–4:00 p.m.

  • Crimson Carnival Block Party

5:00–9:00 p.m.

  • 150th Anniversary Kickoff

9:30–Midnight

  • Karaoke Night

Office Hours

Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.