Welcome Week is a great time to connect with new friends, find your way around campus, and have some fun before the semester begins. Below is a daily schedule of events for your first week on campus. Check back often, as the location of events may change due to weather.

Welcome Week Dining

North Dining Hall

  • August 19–20: 9:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
  • August 21–25: 7:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
  • August 26–27: 9:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m.

Dining at the Hawk HUB, Crimson Café, and Folger Student Center will open on Monday, August 28.

Check Out the Map

Want to know what's happening where? Check out the interactive map of all the Welcome Week events.

Open Swim

Memorial Field House
M–F: 11:00 a.m.–Noon

Welcome Week Information Table

North Dining
M–F: Noon–1:00 p.m.

HUB Fitness Center

Hadley Union Building
M, T, W: 6:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

7:00–8:00 p.m.

  • Residence Life Floor Meetings 

9:00–Midnight

8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

7:00–8:00 p.m.

  • Residence Life Floor Meetings

8:00–9:00 p.m.

9:00–Midnight

  • Folger Late Night, hosted by the Center for Multicultural Student Leadership and Engagement 

 9:00–10:30 a.m.

  • Campus Tours 
    • Check-in with your Welcome Week Leader 

9:30–10:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m.–Noon

Noon–1:00 p.m.

1:00–2:00 p.m.

  • IUP TeckTok
    • Fisher Auditorium

2:00–3:00 p.m.

  • Green Dot
  • ROTC
    • Leonard Hall, Room 216
  • Team Building with Welcome Week Leaders

3:00–5:00 p.m.

7:00–9:00 p.m.

  • Monday Movie, The Super Mario Bros. Movie
  • Refreshments start at 7:00 p.m. and the movie will begin at 8:00 p.m.

9:00–Midnight

9:00–10:30 a.m.

  • Campus Tours 
    • Check-in with your Welcome Week Leader 

11:00 a.m.–Noon

11:00 a.m.–Noon

Noon–1:00 p.m.

1:00–2:00 p.m.

  • It's in the Syllabus
    • Fisher Auditorium

1:00–2:00 p.m.

  • Library Scavenger Hunt
    • Stapleton Library, Information Desk

1:30–2:30 p.m.

  • Therapy Dog Visit
    • Stapleton Library, first floor

2:00–3:00 p.m.

  • Difficult Dialogues
  • Green Dot
    • Leonard Hall, Room 216
  • ROTC
    • Leonard Hall, Room 217
  • Team Building with Welcome Week Leaders

4:00–6:00 p.m.

6:00–9:00 p.m.

9:00–Midnight

9:00–10:30 a.m.

  • Campus Tours 
    • Check-in with your Welcome Week Leader 

11:00 a.m.–Noon

11:00 a.m.–Noon

11:00 a.m.–Noon

  • Difficult Dialogues
  • Green Dot
    • Leonard Hall, Room 216
  • ROTC 
    • Leonard Hall, Room 217
  • Team Building with Welcome Week Leaders

Noon–1:00 p.m.

1:00–2:00 p.m.

  • Employment and Financial Resources
    • Fisher Auditorium

1:00–2:00 p.m.

  • Library Scavenger Hunt
    • Stapleton Library, Information Desk

2:00–3:30 p.m.

2:30–3:30 p.m.

3:30–5:00 p.m.

  • Black and Brown Student Affinity Group Meeting

6:00–7:00 p.m.

  • Ice Cream Break
    • The Oak Grove

7:00–9:00 p.m.

  • Hypnotist
    • Fisher Auditorium  

9:00–Midnight

All Day

  • Scavenger Hunt
    • Find more information on the GuideBook App

9:00–10:00 a.m.

Noon–1:00 p.m.

1:00–4:00 p.m.

5:00–8:00 p.m.

  • CANCELED: Meet the Hawks
    • Downtown Indiana 

9:00–Midnight

All Day

  • Scavenger Hunt
    • Find more information on the GuideBook App 

10:00–11:00 a.m.

10:00–Noon

  • LGBTQIA Affinity Group Meeting

Noon–1:00 p.m.

1:00–4:00 p.m.

  • Center for Multicultural Student Leadership and Engagement (MCSLE) Open House

7:00–9:00 p.m.

  • BINGO!
    • HUB, Ohio Room 

9:00–Midnight

All Day

  • Scavenger Hunt
    • Find more information on the GuideBook App  

1:00–5:00 p.m.

  • Crimson Carnival Block Party

7:00–8:00 p.m.

9:00–Midnight

2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

5:00–5:30 p.m.

6:00–7:00 p.m.

Office Hours
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.