{"id":33085,"date":"2018-08-22T21:05:28","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T02:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/?p=33085"},"modified":"2018-08-22T21:05:28","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T02:05:28","slug":"bsu-welcomes-new-students-with-orientation-and-welcome-week-activities-aug-24-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2018\/08\/22\/bsu-welcomes-new-students-with-orientation-and-welcome-week-activities-aug-24-26\/","title":{"rendered":"BSU Welcomes New Students with Orientation and Welcome Week Activities, Aug. 24-26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bemidji State University&rsquo;s Class of 2022, which includes a freshman class expected to number around 750 students, will get its first taste of college at BSU&rsquo;s Orientation weekend, Aug. 24-26.<\/p>\n<p>Orientation welcomes all students who are new to the university, including both first-time college students and students transferring to BSU from other institutions.<\/p>\n<p>The schedule of activities begins with the BSU residence halls&rsquo; annual Move-In Day Aug. 24 and continues with a series of activities for new students and their families throughout the weekend. BSU&rsquo;s traditional Convocation ceremony will take place Friday afternoon at 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Residence hall move-in and Orientation check-in will take place between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Other activities scheduled include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A Parent Sendoff at 1 p.m. in the Walnut Hall Upper Deck.<\/li>\n<li>An official welcome ceremony and Class of 2022 group photo at Chet Anderson Stadium at 2:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Convocation begins at 3:30 p.m. in the BSU Gymnasium at the Gillett Wellness Center. Convocation officially marks the beginning of a student&rsquo;s academic journey as a member of the BSU student community, and includes an induction ceremony and a gift to new students.<\/li>\n<li>A welcome picnic on the Hobson Memorial Union Lakeside Lawn from 6-8 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Gathering and social for off-campus students at the Hobson Memorial Union&rsquo;s Crying Wolf Room, beginning at 7:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>A welcome dance for all new students in the Hobson Memorial Union&rsquo;s Crying Wolf Room beginning at 8:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>SATURDAY, AUG. 25<\/h3>\n<p>The second day of Orientation features an Orientation Leader Time, meeting at the Walnut Hall Lawn at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>This meeting is followed by &ldquo;Take Back College,&rdquo; a presentation by motivational speaker Ryan Penneau. He will explore the often difficult transition from high school to college and the challenges that come from moving away from home, choosing a major, making new friends, adjusting to new-found freedom and more. Penneau&rsquo;s message to students is to embrace their personal responsibility for their own educations and commitment to lifelong learning.<br>\nPenneau&rsquo;s presentation will take place in Hagg-Sauer 100 at 1:30 and 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Students also will attend a 10:30 a.m. &ldquo;Life on Campus: What You Need to Know&rdquo; session and a &ldquo;Meet the Class of 2022&rdquo; event at the Gillett Wellness Center at 1:30 or 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>BSU&rsquo;s Campus Activities Board will offer a presentation to incoming students beginning at 8 p.m. in the Gillett Wellness Center.<\/p>\n<h3>SUNDAY, AUG. 26<\/h3>\n<h5>Ropes Course<\/h5>\n<p>New students can participate in the ropes course at BSU&rsquo;s Hobson Memorial Forest from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Students will be divided into groups and depart at various times throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>Other activities scheduled include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Orientation Leaders will lead walking tours of campus between 10 a.m.&ndash;2 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Transfer student orientation starts at 11 a.m. in the Beaux Arts Ballroom of the upper Hobson Memorial Union.<\/li>\n<li>Sunday in the Park in Diamond Point Park from 1-5 p.m., weather permitting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Official Orientation Weekend activities conclude with a campfires and s&rsquo;mores at the residence halls beginning at 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>A complete schedule of Orientation and Welcome Week activities is available online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bemidji State University\u2019s Class of 2022, which includes a freshman class expected to number around 750 students, will get its first taste of college at BSU\u2019s Orientation weekend, Aug. 24-26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[872,953,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-mybsu","category-top-story"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33085"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33086,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33085\/revisions\/33086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}