More than 500 students, faculty and staff took part in the college’s Fall Welcome Fest on Sept. 22. The lively new event aimed to help students meet faculty in their home departments, discover student organizations related to their interests, learn the various ways in which they can get academic support from the college, and meet friends.
As the outdoor plaza was unavailable due to the new chemistry building construction, the event was hosted for the first time inside the Engineering & Mathematical Sciences building. Students were encouraged to get stamps at stations throughout the first three floors of the building in exchange for prizes. Thanks to the 16 student organizations for staffing information tables and to all the faculty and staff who helped welcome students and distribute lunch from Jimmy John’s to make this first Fall Welcome Fest a huge success.