For two weeks at the start of every fall semester the Sinclair campus is packed with a variety of activities and events geared to welcome returning students back and greet new ones. These are called Welcome Week.
Welcome Week 2018 will be Aug. 20 – 23 and Aug. 27 – 30. Monday Aug. 20 will have information stations located throughout the Dayton campus all day, as well as a welcome lunch at the regional center lobby at 11 a.m. and a Sinclair Book Club meeting at 1:30 p.m. in the Dayton campus building 3 – 4 walkway.
Tuesday Aug. 21 will have similar events, but will also include a breakfast at 8 a.m. on the third floor of building four and an open house for the International Education Office in building two third floor, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
On Wednesday Aug. 22 the events get more involved. A career resources event will be held in various locations throughout campus all day long. There will be an African American Meet-n-Greet from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in building seven room 7006.
Finally, a Sinclair Resource Fair will be held throughout buildings three, four, five and six from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
To cap off week one of Welcome Week, Thursday Aug. 23 will be packed with another career resources event, and Donuts and Dialogue hosted by the multifaith campus ministry from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. in building four, third floor.
Also going on throughout campus will be Exercise Your Right to Vote, an event that gives student voter registration information and a chance to exercise their bodies as well from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Week two of Welcome Week will kick off bright and early with the Coffees from Around the World event taking place from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on the third floor of building four, as well as Is Your Major the Right Fit, a discussion about finding your calling, purpose and ideal career and getting the right tools to get you there in the same building and time.
There will be Career Communities deciding day in the Library Loggia from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Minute to Win it Games from noon to 2 p.m. in the Tartan Marketplace.
Tuesday Aug. 28 will include a Student Employment and University Transfer Fair in the Library Loggia from 12 – 2 p.m., and a Linkedin Portrait shoot at the same place and time. There will also be another African American Meet-n-Greet in the same place as the previous week, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday Aug. 29 kicks of with a VP of Student Development sponsored breakfast in the Regional Center Lobby from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., and continues with What’s a Green Dot? in the Tartan Marketplace from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The day will continue with a Sinclair C.A.R.E.S Ice Cream Social in the building 12 plaza from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., as well as Dayton Chalk Artist, Boy Blue at the same place and time.
The festivities cap off on Thursday Aug. 30 with another Exercise Your Right to Vote session from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Then from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the area between buildings 14 and 17 students can attend the Tartan Lawn Party, with more information, games and free refreshments available.
In addition, there will also be week long activities throughout week two, such as a Sinclair scavenger hunt beginning at the front desk, and an international flag display on the third floors of buildings four and five.
Whether students are returning after a summer break, or are new to the Sinclair campus, there are a plethora of activities planned for Welcome Week.
Cerridwyn Kuykendall
Managing Editor