Welcome Days
Welcome Days is a required comprehensive educational and social program designed to prepare incoming first-year students to succeed at St. Thomas and we are very excited to welcome our newest Tommies to St Thomas this fall. Students will connect with other students, faculty and staff and participate in a variety of sessions, events and traditions. Welcome Days provides students an important opportunity to meet other students, explore campus and prepare to start the year.
Welcome Days Highlights
Event Schedule
8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Living Learning Communities (LLC) Move-In
8:15 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Final Orientation and Registration Session
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
LLC Dinner for Opus Business, Aquinas Honors Scholars, and Economics Tools LLCs.
This event is required for LLC students. Please see Tommie Link for group schedule.
8:30 – 10:30 p.m.
Evening Activities: Outdoor Movie, Bonfires and S’mores at John P. Monahan Plaza, Anderson Student Center (ASC), and Lower Quad
8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Living Learning Communities (LLC) Move-In
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Transfer Student Orientation
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
LLC Activities for Opus Business, Aquinas Honors Scholars, and Economics Tools LLCs
(LLC student requirement) Please see Tommie Link schedule for your LLC information
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Campus Ministry Hospitality
Upper Quad
12:10 p.m.
Welcome Day Mass
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
LLC Dinner for all LLCs moving in on September 1st
(LLC student requirement) Please see Tommie Link for group schedule
8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Evening Activities: Glow in the Dark Games
James B. Woulfe Alumni Hall, 3rd Floor, ASC
8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Theme Based Learning Community (TBLC) move-In
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
LC Activities for all LLCs moving in on September 1st (LLC student requirement)
Please see Tommie Link schedule for your LLC information
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Campus Ministry Hospitality Upper Quad
12:10 p.m.
Welcome Day Mass Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas
2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
SDIS & DAB Ice Cream Social
Student Diversity & Inclusion Services (SDIS) and Diversity Activities Board (DAB) Office of Student Diversity & Inclusion Services, ASC 224
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
BLC Kick-Off Event (TBLC student requirement) FYEX 150-01 = Sustainability (ICF 116) FYEX 150-02 = Well-Being (OWS 150) FYEX 150-05 = Changemaking (ASC 378N) FYEX 150-06 = Social Justice & Cultural Transformation (OEC 101)
5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Community Meetings #1 & Dinner See group schedule in Tommie Link
8:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Tommie Athletics Pep Rally, Palmer Athletic Football Field, O’Shaughnessy Stadium
8:30 p.m.
Midnight, Evening Activities: Late Night in the ASC and Outdoor Movie Visit Tommie Link for more information on events
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Eye Opener-Yoga on the Upper Quad
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Community Engagement at St Thomas
James B. Woulfe Alumni Hall, ASC
11:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Create your own experience! Explore some of the many ways you can engage on campus. You can also use some of this time to relax and get more settled into your room. Check out Tommie Link for more event details – look for the orange sticker!
4:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Dinner and Welcome Days Scavenger Hunt
See Group Schedule in Tommie Link
9:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.
Nickelodeon Universe St Thomas Takeover
Sign-up and bus information on Tommie Link
First group of busses will depart at 8:50 p.m.
11:00 a.m.
Mass Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
We Care about our Tommies with Public Safety & Dean of Students Schoenecker Arena, Anderson Athletic and Recreation Center (AARC)
4:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Community Meetings #2 & Dinner
See Group schedules in Tommie Link
7:15 – 8:15 p.m.
The Great Tommie Get-Together
Palmer Athletic Field, O’Shaughnessy Stadium – Students please enter the stadium at the Student Entrance at Northeast corner of field (corner closest to Brady Hall)
8:30 p.m.
Evening Activities: Headphone Disco Please see Tommie Link for event details
9:00 - 9:45 a.m.
First-Year Advising Meetings – GROUP 1Your advisor’s name and meeting location are in your personalized schedule in Tommie Link – please check there for your meeting information (will be available the week of August 29th).
10:00 - 10:45 a.m.
First-Year Advising Meetings
– GROUP 2 Your advisor’s name and meeting location are in your personalized schedule in Tommie Link – please check there for your meeting information (will be available the week of August 29th).
11:00 a.m.
March Through the Arches Meet outside the arches no later than 10:55 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
Welcoming Assembly and Interfaith Blessing Schoenecker Arena, AARC
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Campus Ministry Ice Cream Treats Give-Away Outside ASC and Tommie North
5:00 p.m.
Qmmunity Qnnections Check Tommie Link for event details
7:00 p.m. Proud to Be First Reception James B. Woulfe Alumni Hall, ASC
8:30 p.m. Evening Activity: Outdoor Movie on the QuadCheck Tommie Link for event details
All Day
First Day of Classes
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Center for Well-Being Lemonade Stand John P. Monahan Plaza, ASC
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Capture the Moment: Back to School Photo Booth Career Development Office, MHC 123
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Out of State/Out-State Student Reception Event
Iversen Hearth Room, ASC 340Please check Tommie Link for more event details
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Pancakes with Jesus John P. Monahan Plaza, ASC
Noon
Mass of the Holy Spirit Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Campus Ministry Open House Campus Ministry, Iversen Center for Faith (ICF)
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Music on the Quad with STAR See Tommie Link for event details
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Campus Ministry Block Party See Tommie Link for event details
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