From staff reports
PennWest Clarion will kick off the fall semester with a full slate of activities for students and families during Welcome Weekend 2022, held from Aug. 18 to 21.
The four-day celebration will feature new events and annual favorites including Clarion’s always popular Wingo at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 19 in Eagle Commons.
“There is always a special energy and excitement in the air as our students return home to campus, but this year, we have even more to celebrate.”
First-year and transfer students will move into residence halls between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18. Scores of faculty, staff and student volunteers will be on hand to direct traffic, greet students and their families, and help carry belongings to their rooms.
A series of information sessions will be held throughout the day Thursday, capped with music, games, nachos and shaved iced outside Gemmell Student Center from 8 to 10 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 19, highlights include academic convocation at 10 a.m. in Marwick-Boyd, immediately followed at 11 a.m. by PlayFair team-building activities and a class photo in the multipurpose room of Gemmell Student Center. Think Fast game show is set for 9 p.m., also in Gemmell.
Returning students will move in to campus housing between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20. Fireworks will blast off at 9 p.m., and a performance by Free Daps – a freestyle group of rappers and improvisers – will begin at 9:30 p.m. in the multipurpose room of Gemmell Student Center.
Simultaneous PennWest flag-raising ceremonies featuring short remarks by students and administrators will take place on the California, Clarion and Edinboro campuses at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21. Clarion’s event will be held at the flagpole between Carrier Administration Building and Starbucks.
An outdoor fair for clubs and organizations will follow from 1 to 3 p.m. outside Gemmell Student Center.
“PennWest is a place of boundless opportunities for our students,” said founding President Dr. Dale-Elizabeth Pehrsson. “We are Vulcans, Golden Eagles and Fighting Scots. The flag-raising ceremony symbolizes that, together, we are a part of something even greater.”
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