Welcome Week 2009
August 22-28, 2009
Welcome Week begins with Opening Day, August 22, 2009. The university comes alive as over 1,300 new students arrive on campus. Your Towering Traditions Welcome Week experience comes together as all students are placed in a Tower Team led by upperclassmen. Your Tower Team is the vital link to get connected to the Belmont community.
Academic Orientation
If you are a student who was unable to attend Towering Traditions Summer Orientation 2009, you will participate in Academic Orientation (August 24-25) during Welcome Week. This is when you will receive critical information, go through advising, and register for your Fall Semester courses. You may have already indicated, when registering as "Not Attending" for Summer Orientation that you will be joining us for Welcome Week.
However, if you have not yet registered for Welcome Week you can do so following these instructions:
- Set-up your BIC account (What is my BIC account?) at Belmont Intranet Connection
- Access your BIC account, choose Register in the top left hand corner
- Click on the Towering Traditions New Student Orientation link
- Complete all required information, making sure to provide an e-mail address.
- Select that you "Will Not/Did Not Attend" a Summer Orientation session.
- Select that you "Will Attend" Welcome Week.
Program Highlights
Saturday, August 22, 2009, 5:30 PM, Curb Event Center
The President's and Trustees' Welcome and Dinner
Saturday, August 22, 2009, 7:00 PM, Soccer Field
'PLAYFAIR'
The ultimate icebreaker for students! You don't want to miss this! (Parents are invited to observe this event.)
Sunday, August 23, 2009, 9:00 AM, Curb Event Center
Matriculation Ceremony
This ceremony is an annual gathering of staff, faculty, students,and families to celebrate the heritage of Belmont University and our commitment to community, faith, and learning.
Monday, August 24, 2009, 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM, Bell Tower
SERVE
Our annual community service event sends over 900 new students serving in the Nashville community.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 9:00 PM, Bell Tower
The Towering Tradition
The spirit of Belmont comes together to "insure Belmont College of days more glorious and opportunities more abundant." (Quoted from the Founder's Day address by Chancellor, Dr. Herbert C. Gabhart, March 11, 1963)
And these are just a few of the events planned for students over the course of the week! Please click on the link below to see current schedule for Welcome Week 2009 to get an idea of all of the events taking place. Once you arrive on campus on the 22nd, you will receive a complete and finalized schedule booklet.
Additionally, if you were unable to attend Summer Orientation in June, please also click the link for the Welcome Week Academic Orientation 2009, as this will provide you information on advising and registration for classes.
Click for Welcome Week 2009 schedule here >>
Click for Welcome Week Academic Orientation 2009 schedule here (only if you did not attend Summer Orientation) >>
Move-In
Move-In will take place, as the schedule denotes, from 8:00 AM - 2:30 PM. The Office of Residence Life will mail move-in time assignments to all new students who will be living on campus. This assignment enables the university to create an efficient and timely process by which to move in more than 1,000 new students in one day. Please refer all questions regarding your move-in time assignment to the Office of Residence Life at (615) 460-5802.
Parent Attendance
We invite all parents and family members to join us for all weekend events through the Matriculation Ceremony on the morning of Sunday, August 23rd. It is highly encouraged that parents and family members be prepared to leave by 1:00 PM that Sunday afternoon as students will begin attending required, student-only programming and events at 1:30 PM. As with Summer Orientation, we do not provide parent and family accommodations so you will need to secure a weekend's stay at a hotel nearby if traveling from out of town.
