First Week welcomes students back to campus

UIS will welcome students to the fall semester with a variety of "First Week" events August 18 through 27.

Director of student life Cynthia Thompson said that First Week is a campus tradition and "a time when we try to provide all students with opportunities to meet new people, to participate in a variety of fun events, and to become acquainted with various locations and services available across campus."

Events include an Involvement Expo, an ice cream social, Camp Out on the Quad, the Chancellor’s Welcome Back Picnic, and open houses for a number of academic programs and other departments. Read more>>