Welcome Week Activities for Students

WELCOME WEEK ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR NEW, RETURNING STUDENTS

     COLUMBUS -- A convocation for new students on Monday, Sept.
20, highlights Welcome Week activities at The Ohio State
University.  Residence halls open on Saturday, Sept. 18, and
autumn quarter classes begin on Wednesday, Sept. 22.  In the days
between, a number of programs and activities are planned for new
and returning students.

     The day by day Welcome Week schedule is:


Saturday, Sept. 18

     Residence halls officially open for the new year.  Move-in
is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.  Some campus streets and
parking lots will be restricted to move-in traffic during these
hours, and officers will direct traffic at major intersections.
Orientation Welcome Leaders (OWLs) will help unload cars and
carry belongings into the residence halls.  While students are
unpacking and meeting their roommates, parents can attend a
seminar to learn about programs, facilities and staff of the
residence halls.

     Furniture and carpet sales will be held at the Ohio Union.
Carpets will also be sold in residence hall parking lots.


Sunday, Sept. 19

     Residence hall move-in, carpet and furniture sales continue.

     Residence hall student organizations offer evening social
programs such as ice party or movies.

     Two bands will play on the west lawn of the Ohio Union, one
jazz and one caruso.

Monday, Sept. 20

     The Council of Graduate Students will host a new student
orientation from 8 a.m. to noon in the West Ballroom on the Ohio
Union.  President Gee will speak, there will be maps and
information, and a question and answer session.

     New students attend their first class: UVC 100, an
orientation to the university, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

     New student convocation begins at 11 a.m. in St. John Arena.
Program includes comments from President E. Gordon Gee, Vice
President for Student Affairs David Williams, Undergraduate
Student Government President Chris Norman, women's basketball
coach Nancy Darsch, and Faculty Senate President Thomas York.
The Men's Glee Club will conclude the event by teaching the new
students to sing "Carmen Ohio," the university alma mater.

     The convocation will be followed by a picnic hosted by
President Gee at French Field House from 11:45 a.m. to 2 p.m.

     In the afternoon, Residence and Dining Halls will present
two seminars by Bob Hall, noted lecturer on dating relationships.
Called "Hands Off! Let's Talk," the presentation is designed to
help students prevent the circumstances that lead to date rapes.

     The University Honors Center will host an open house from 3
to 5 p.m. at Kuhn Honors House, 220 W. 12th Ave.

     The residence hall student organizations will present social
activities in the evening.

     Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity will hold a dance in the Ohio
Union West Ballroom from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.


Tuesday, Sept. 21

     The annual Student Organization Fair will be held from 1 to
4 p.m. on the West Lawn of the Ohio Union.  Student groups will
have information booths about their programs and activities and
will be recruiting new members.

     Each of the three areas of residence halls (North, South,
Olentangy) will hold panel discussions called "Orientation to the
First Day of Classes" from 4 to 5 p.m.  Upper class students,
faculty and staff  will discuss what to expect and share
information and strategies for academic success.

     All evening, the residence hall governments will sponsor
various activities in each area.

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Contact: Ruth Gerstner, University Communications, 292-8424.


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