notre dame hosts Welcome Week for students

By KELSEY QUINT news Writer

c ampus comes to life again this Friday, a ug. 18. The class of 2027 will settle into their new home under the dome with the beginning of the annual Welcome Weekend.

a s the suitcases and i K ea bags roll in, the class of 2027 will make their first encounters with residential staff, faculty and one another.

Welcome Weekend showcases an array of campus resources — academic, spiritual and social alike.

o ne of the annual events, First Lecture s eries, provides a unique opportunity for students to choose their own programming — attending a lecture about their life-long passion, or perhaps, exploring a new one. a ndrew Whittington, director of first-year programs, explains that there is a new networking component to the “First Lecture s eries” tradition.

“This year, students can opt into connecting with other students who registered for the same First Lecture by joining a First Lecture Groupme interest group,” Whittington said. “a Groupme is only a small tool, i know. b ut it can