Welcome Week STUvival 2012 Events -- Full Schedule and House Schedules Now Posted

  
Published: Monday, Sep 3, 2012

Welcome to St. Thomas University, we hope you’re excited for Welcome Week. The week will be a chance for you to have fun and create bonds that last a lifetime. Below you’ll find information for the main events you can look forward to for the entire eight days -- for a full schedule including residence and off-campus activities, please see the link below.

The complete schedules -- campus events and residence events -- are now posted below.

Welcome Week Chair: Meryn Steeves -- su_wwchair@stu.ca  
Haley Barton (Chatham) -- hhbpq@stu.ca
Karen Buckle (Harrington) -- hhjgy@stu.ca
Sarah Forbes (Off-Campus) -- hdskt@stu.ca
Erika Hickey (Rigby) -- hfvbg@stu.ca
Val Johnstone (Vanier) -- hhkvl@stu.ca
Tom MacDonald (Holy Cross) -- hhnvn@stu.ca

Saturday, September 1 at 8 PM -- Lower Courtyard
Cheer-Off
A favourite of the Welcome Week traditions, the Cheer Off is an opportunity for first-year students to show off their newly adopted pride for their respective residences. STU’s newest students will gather together, sporting the colours and screaming the cheers of their new home, all in hopes of claiming the title of the loudest and the proudest house on campus.

Sunday, September 2 at 2 PM -- Rigby Ballroom
Operation Ignition
Hosted by English Language and Literature Professor Andrew Titus, Operation Ignition is an event not to be missed. Incoming students will hear inspirational words from Titus and will participate in activities that will motivate, encourage and ignite their STU spirit.

Monday, September 3 at 8 PM -- Rigby Ballroom
Comedy Night with Debra Digiovanni and Darryl Purvis
Comedians Debra Digiovanni and Darryl Purvis will be hitting the Kinsella Auditorium stage for a night of laughter. Digiovanni was 2011 Canadian Comedy Award winner for best female comic, her third win in five years. Her comedy is known to have a sharp edge while keeping a playful, happy air.

Tuesday, September 4 at 8:30 PM -- Kinsella Auditorium
STU’s Got Talent
STU's Got Talent is an event where first year students can sign up beforehand to perform in a talent competition. Students will compete in fun and playful competitions for prizes.

Wednesday, September 5 at 9:45 AM -- Lower Courtyard
Academic Transition Day
Academic Transition Day happens the day before classes begin and provides incoming students with the chance to experience a university classroom setting and meet faculty. Students will also hear from academic advisors, student affairs staff and upper-year students.

Wednesday, September 5 at 1:30 PM -- Upper Courtyard
T-Pin Ceremony
The T-Pin Ceremony is STU’s official welcome of new students into the St. Thomas community as the ceremony marks the beginning of students’ university years. Each student receives a T-Pin -- the “T” is the symbol all St. Thomas students identify with strongly, while they are attending STU and long after they graduate.

Thursday, September 6 at 6:00 PM -- Officers Square, Freddy Beach BBQ
Each year the City of Fredericton hosts a welcome back BBQ for the students of St Thomas University, the University of New Brunswick and the New Brunswick Community College. Join your fellow classmates in a walk downtown where dignitaries from the city and from each university will be there to welcome you to the City of Fredericton!

Thursday, September 6 at 8:30 PM -- Sir James Dunn Hall
Formal Mocktail Party and Casino Games
With casino games set up around Sir James Dunn Hall, students will be able to make a donation to Shinerama in exchange for monopoly money to play the games. At the end of the night, a prize auction will be held, during which students can use the money they won in the games to bid on prizes.

Friday, September 7 at 9 PM -- Lower Courtyard
Battle of the Bands
Held in the lower courtyard, students will have the opportunity to enjoy live music and win awesome prizes including tickets to the Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival harvest and gift cards.

Saturday, September 8 at 10 PM -- Rigby Ballrooms
Social
Welcome Week STUvival 2012 will end with a dance in the Rigby Ballrooms from 10:00 pm - 1:00 am. The event will be free for first-year STU students.

Links

Welcome Week Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/StuWelcomeWeek2012
Welcome Week Twitter Feed - https://twitter.com/STUvival2012  
Residence Life - http://w3.stu.ca/stu/sites/residence/index.aspx
STUSU - http://stusu.ca/  

Maps

http://w3.stu.ca/stu/futurestudents/community/pdfs/stu_unb_map_2011.pdf

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