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.

The schedule below is from Welcome Week 2024. Check back in summer 2025 for schedule updates for Welcome Week 2025. 

Welcome Week Dining

North Dining Hall

  • August 17–18: 9:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
  • August 19–23: 7:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
  • August 24–25: 9:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m.

Dining at the Hawk HUB, Crimson Café, and Folger Student Center will open on Monday, August 26.

Check Out the Map

Want to know what's happening where? Check out the interactive map of all the Welcome Week events.

Open Swim

Lepley Natatorium in Zink Hall

  • 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

North Dining
M–F: Noon–1:00 p.m.

HUB Fitness Center

Hadley Union Building
M, T, W: 6:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

7:00–8:00 p.m.

  • Residence Life Floor Meetings 

9:00–Midnight

8:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

7:00–8:00 p.m.

  • Residence Life Floor Meetings

8:00–9:00 p.m.

9:00–Midnight

 9:00–10:30 a.m.

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

9:30–10:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m.–Noon

Noon–1:00 p.m.

1:00–3:00 p.m.

3:30–4:30 p.m.

4:30–7:00 p.m.

9:00–Midnight

9:00–10:30 a.m.

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

10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.–Noon

Noon–1:00 p.m.

1:00–2:00 p.m.

2:00–3:00 p.m.

  • Group III Workshops: Crossing the Line, Difficult Dialogues

3:00–6:00 p.m.

6:00–9:00 p.m.

9:00–Midnight

9:00–10:30 a.m.

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

9:30–10:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m.–Noon

  • Group III Workshops: Crossing the Line, Difficult Dialogues

Noon–1:00 p.m.

1:00–2:00 p.m.

2:00–3:30 p.m.

2:00–3:30 p.m.

2:30–3:30 p.m.

3:30–5:00 p.m.

  • LGBTQIA+ Student Affinity Group Meeting

4:45–6:00 p.m.

  • Mathematics and Mathematics Education Majors

7:00–9:00 p.m.

9:00–Midnight

9:00–10:00 a.m.

11:00–Noon

Noon–1:00 p.m.

  • Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Meeting

Noon–1:00 p.m.

1:00–2:00 p.m.

  • Speech-Language Pathology Majors Meeting

2:00–4:00 p.m.

  • Black and Brown Students Affinity Group Meeting

4:00–6:00 p.m.

9:00–Midnight

10:00–11:00 a.m.

11:30–1:00 p.m.

Noon–1:00 p.m.

Noon–1:00 p.m.

  • Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice Meeting

Noon–1:00 p.m.

12:30 p.m.–1:15 p.m.

3:00 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

  • Department of Communications Media Meeting

7:00–9:00 p.m.

  • BINGO!
    • HUB, Ohio Room 

9:00–Midnight

1:00–4:00 p.m.

9:00–Midnight

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