The festivities will then continue throughout the week with a variety of safe, inclusive and alcohol-free events and activities meant to encourage students to meet friends, have fun and learn about all the services and programs Brock has to offer.<\/p>\n
Developed by a cross-campus committee of students, staff and faculty, Welcome Week programming provides an introduction to campus for new students, while also helping returning students who spent part of the past two years learning online to familiarize themselves with the on-campus experience, said Amber Scholtens, Brock\u2019s Interim Director of Student Life and Success.<\/p>\n
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Amber Scholtens, Brock\u2019s Interim Director of Student Life and Success, is ready to welcome new and returning students back to Brock during Welcome Week.<\/p><\/div>\n
\u201cWe know that many students coming to campus this September are eager for that in-person university experience,\u201d she said. \u201cWelcome Week events have been planned with this in mind and will focus on providing opportunities for students to make new friends, socialize, engage in co-curricular programming and build strong support networks with each other as well as with services on campus. All of these components are central to the university experience and important to students\u2019 success and well-being.\u201d<\/p>\n
Among the week\u2019s events is the New Student Welcome and Academic Orientation<\/a> held Tuesday, Sept. 6, which invites all new students to hear from current faculty and upper-year students as well as Brock Interim President Lynn Wells, Graduate Students\u2019 Association President Haley Myatt and Brock University Students\u2019 Union (BUSU) President Faten Darbaj. There will also be a Returning Student Welcome<\/a>, where upper-year students will hear from Wells, Myatt, Darbaj and a panel of their peers.<\/p>\n Also included during Welcome Week is BadgerFest<\/a>, a weeklong festival hosted by BUSU that features events, fairs and volunteer opportunities to further orient Brock students in their new surroundings.<\/p>\n \u201cOur BadgerFest events have been planned specifically for the students of Brock as an opportunity to meet new friends, have fun and get to know campus,\u201d Darbaj said. \u201cThey cater to a range of interests, from a community fair to paint party, bingo to live DJs at Isaac\u2019s and more.\u201d<\/p>\n Throughout the week, there will be tailored events for students living in residence and those who live off campus, as well as Faculty- and interest-specific offerings.<\/p>\n The final event of the week will see students head out into the community on Saturday, Sept. 10 to give back through volunteer and fundraising initiatives for Brock Cares Day of Service<\/a>. For the 14th year, Brock students will take part in the University\u2019s largest volunteer day, working with a variety of organizations across Niagara and contributing to the community they now call home.<\/p>\n \u201cThrough Brock Cares, students begin the Fall Term by having a positive local impact and connecting with others who share a similar passion for giving back to the community,\u201d said Scholtens. \u201cBuilding those relationships early encourages students to continue working with local organizations throughout their time at the University and beyond, helping to nurture the next generation of passionate and engaged citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n A full list of Welcome Week activities, many of which require registration through the Event Pass website<\/a>, can be found on Brock\u2019s Welcome Week ExperienceBU page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When thousands of students begin their studies at Brock next week, they\u2019ll be welcomed by a packed lineup of activities meant to start their university experience off on the right foot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":80086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,39,9794,7484,40,7,3319,4052,55,37,41,1,4,38],"tags":[4131,6936,1865,133,703,11092,9075,6924],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80085"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80085"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80103,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80085\/revisions\/80103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}