2008 Woodie Awards
Welcome Week adds new events
Sara Snelson, Arts Editor
Issue date: 8/27/07 Section: News
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Play Related VideoThis week's theme was Real Life, and all of the activities were spin-offs of TV shows.
"This theme was chosen to show incoming students that real life is life with God and how one should strive to be a better person everyday with God and to not fall into worldly desires," said steering committee member Terri Crites, junior mathematics major from Irving.
The student directors have been working since January, and they decided they wanted to rejuvenate the week by getting students more involved, making freshmen feel comfortable on campus and encouraging them to love ACU.
"I like this week because it is different from other colleges, and you get to meet a lot of other people and get a sense of community, said Ryan Self, freshman journalism
major from Lubbock. "One of my favorite things during the week was hanging out with people from my mentor group at night outside of all the activities."
"The freshmen this year have been very involved
and have had a high level of participation in all of the events that were offered," said steering committee member Caroline Mattis, junior art major from Abilene.
This year, several new events were added to the week's busy agenda and 192 new twister mats were purchased to keep the record of the largest twister game in play.
Events that were added include wildcat bingo, mentor group Olympics, open mic night, as well as listening to comedian Bob Smiley.
"As a part of wildcat bingo, we gave away two field passes to the Cowboy and Patriot game, as well as prizes such as an iPod, bike and gift certificates," said Welcome Week student director Casey Cope, senior accounting and finance major
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