During the first week of classes, Sinclair Community College students may choose to participate in Welcome Week — an annual occurrence featuring events that may help incoming students to familiarize themselves with the campus.
Allison Rhea, director of International Education said on Aug. 19 and Aug. 20 between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., faculty and staff will be handing out Oreos, trail mix, calenders and maps of the campus at all Sinclair locations.
Students can recognize the greeters by the T-shirts they will be wearing. Rhea said the T-shirts for this year’s Welcome Week will say “welcome” on the front and “welcome” on the back, in 22 different languages. There are also 30 radiology student greeters that can be recognized by their department uniforms, which is a white polo shirt and black pants.
“As is the case every year, students who choose to park at [University of Dayton] and ride the shuttle or those who ride RTA to school, will have the chance at a very cool limited [edition] T-shirt,” Rhea said in an email interview. “They will go out to 150 students on each day.”
On Aug. 20, the college will be hosting the Welcome Week Carnival in the rolling hills area outside of Building 10 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
“The annual Welcome Week Carnival is to welcome potential, new and returning students to Sinclair Community College,” Karen Williams, specialist in the Student Leadership Development office and Student Judicial Affairs said in an email interview.
The carnival, which is sponsored by the Student Leadership Development office, will feature several student clubs and organizations, along with various Sinclair departments and outside vendors, including Pepsi. Aramark will also feature lunch deals for those who attend.
In addition, there will be free popcorn, cotton candy, pictures, games, giveaways and more.
“We are asking everyone to come out and join us,” Williams said.