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Northwood University to Welcome Freshmen and Families During Orientation September 3 and 4

Published on 8/28/2009 4:40:39 PM
"Pack Pride" is this year's theme to welcome Northwood University's incoming freshmen and families.

MIDLAND, MI – "Pack Pride" is this year's theme to welcome Northwood University's incoming freshmen and families. Many great activities have been scheduled to help our new freshmen and their families adjust to college life. Orientation will be held Thursday, September 3 and Friday, September 4.

The moving-in process will begin on Thursday, September 3 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of Miner Hall. Northwood ambassadors consisting of faculty, staff, orientation leaders, and RAs will greet and help the new students carry their belongings to their dorm rooms. Following move-in will be a lunch outside the Gerstacker Student Union from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Once the students have met their teams and team leaders they will walk to the Hach Student Life Center for a welcome presentation to be given by Northwood University President Keith A. Pretty.

At 3:00 p.m. students will begin their campus tour starting with the Exhibit Hall in the Bennett Sports Center. Students will also get the opportunity to meet their academic counselors and learn about faculty expectations as well as Northwood's service project.

A welcome dinner will be held in the Cafeteria/Student Union at 5 p.m. To wrap up the orientation day there will be a Timberwolf Crossover at 8 p.m. in the Thrune Courtyard where students will become a part of the Northwood family and officially become a Timberwolf. At 9 p.m. there will be a Greek life sponsored event in the Hach Student Life Center.

For more information and other weekend activities, contact Teresa Sullivan, director of residence and student life, at (989) 837-4227.

ABOUT NORTHWOOD UNIVERSITY
Northwood University is committed to the most personal attention to prepare students for success in their careers and in their communities; it promotes critical thinking skills and personal effectiveness, and the importance of ethics, individual freedom and responsibility.

Private, nonprofit and accredited, Northwood University specializes in managerial and entrepreneurial education at three full-service, residential campuses located in southern Florida, mid-Michigan and northern Texas. Adult Degree Programs are available in eight states with many course delivery options including online. The DeVos Graduate School offers full-time, evening and industry specific master's degree programs for entrepreneurs and executives in Michigan, Texas and Switzerland. The Alden B. Dow Creativity Center on the Midland, Michigan, Campus specializes in creative thinking and innovation development. International education is offered through terms abroad and in Program Centers in Switzerland, China, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Bahrain. Northwood University also operates the Margaret Chase Smith Library in Maine.

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