Fall Welcome 2012

Fall Welcome for 2012 will take place Aug. 24 - Sept. 1. 
Check out the schedule from 2011 to see what to expect! 

Detailed Schedule

Friday, Aug. 26 2011 
Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 
Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 
Monday - Saturday, Aug. 29 - Sept. 3, 2011

2011 Fall Welcome Schedule at a Glance

Friday, Aug. 26, 2011
9 a.m.-1 p.m. Residential Student Check-In
  Residence Halls

9 a.m.-3 p.m.

One Stop Center
  Centennial Hall (Ground Floor)
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Welcome Picnic
  Behind Bren-Dell Hall and Hirschy Hall

1:30 p.m.

Transfer Student Orientation Session
  Stutzman Lecture Hall (Centennial Hall)
3 p.m. President's Welcome
  Founders Hall
4 p.m. Farewell to Families
4:30  p.m. Welcome Group Session #1
  Welcome Group meeting locations
5:15 p.m. Dinner for New Students
  Commons (Marbeck Center)
7 p.m. Residence Hall Floor Meetings
  Residence Hall Floors
8:30 p.m. Community 101
  Yoder Recital Hall
10 p.m. Marbeck After Dark
  Bob's Place (Marbeck Center)
 
Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011
7:30-8:30 a.m. Breakfast
  Commons (Marbeck Center)
8:30-11:45 a.m. Welcome Group Session #2
  Meet in Commons (Marbeck Center)
11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Lunch
  Commons (Marbeck Center)
1:30-3:15 p.m. Welcome Group Session #3:  A Community of Respect
  Welcome Group Meeting Locations
3:30-5 p.m. Free Time
5-7 p.m. New Student Picnic & Games
  Library Green
7-8 p.m. Welcome Group Session #4
  Welcome Group Meeting Locations
9 p.m. Residence Hall Community Development Activity
  Residence Hall Floors
 
Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011
11 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship
  Yoder Recital Hall
12-1 p.m. Lunch
  Commons (Marbeck Center)
12-6 p.m. Bookstore open
  Marbeck Center
1:30 p.m. Perkins Loan Entrance Interview
  Commons (Marbeck Center)
2:30 p.m. Learn & Earn: Orientation to Campus Work
  Commons (Marbeck Center)
5-6 p.m. Dinner
  Commons (Marbeck Center)
6:30-7 p.m. Welcome Group Session #5
  Welcome Group Meeting Locations
7 p.m. "Dancing in the Street" Ice Cream Social & More!
  Main Street, Bluffton
 
Monday, Aug. 29, 2011
  Classes begin!
6 p.m.

Getting to Know the Nature Preserve - Sponsored by MCB

  College Cabin (Bluffton University Nature Preserve)
7:30 p.m. A Conversation with Deo 
  Yoder Recital Hall
9:30 p.m. Residence Hall Floor Meetings
  Residence Hall Floors
10:30 p.m. All Hall Meeting
  Residence Hall Lobbies
 
Tuesday Aug. 30, 2011
10:45 a.m. Opening Convocation
  Founders Hall
9 p.m. Things-You-Forgot-At-Home BINGO - Sponsored by MCB
  Founders Hall
 
 Wednesday, Aug 31, 2011
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Student Involvement Fair - Sponsored by SOUL
  Klassen Court (outside Marbeck Center)
4 p.m. Ultimate Frisbee
  Library Green
7 p.m. Trip to the Whippy Dip - Sponsored by MCB
  Meet at the Marbeck Center Information Desk
9:30 p.m. Celebration at the Cabin! - Sponsored by Hall Chaplains
  College Cabin (Bluffton University Nature Preserve)
 
Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011
11 a.m. Chapel 
  Yoder Recital Hall
4 p.m. Shaving Cream Wiffle Ball - Sponsored by MCB
  Library Field
 
Friday, Sept. 2, 2011
8 p.m. Faculty & Staff Follies
  Bob's Place (Marbeck Center)
10 p.m. - 12 a.m. Bowl for a Buck! - Sponsored by MCB
  Southgate Lanes (Meet at the Marbeck Center Information Desk)
 
Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011
9 a.m. Community Service Project
  Meet at Marbeck Center Information Desk
2 p.m. Football vs. Kalamazoo College
  Salzman Stadium
5-9 p.m. Welcome Back Festival! - Sponsored by MCB & Student Senate
  Neufeld Hall Green

 

 

 

 

 

Family helps a young college student put together a futon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Students of Bluffton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some freshman on the steps of Lincoln

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More smiles from the Bluffton students