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MILLIGAN COLLEGE, TN (August 19, 2011) — This weekend students will arrive on Milligan College’s campus to a whirlwind of activity, all part of “Welcome Week 2011,” Aug. 20-27.
One of the most memorable and meaningful traditions of Welcome Week is the annual Matriculation ceremony, to be held Saturday, Aug. 20, at 7:45 p.m. in the Mary B. Martin Auditorium of Milligan’s Seeger Memorial Chapel. During Matriculation, new students officially “sign-in” to the records of the college and formally become part of the Milligan community.
Following the ceremony, a bagpiper will lead the faculty and student body amid luminaries from Seeger to the Mary Sword Commons for a dessert reception.
As Welcome Week progresses, new students will learn more about the campus, network with peers and partner with faculty mentors and team leaders who help guide them through their first year. For returning students, it is a time to reconnect with friends and once again settle into collegiate life.
On Saturday, Aug. 20, new students will move into the residence halls and attend several orientation sessions. Residence halls open to returning students on Sunday at 1 p.m.
A campuswide worship service will be held in Seeger Chapel on Sunday morning. Later that afternoon the new students will travel to Doe River Gorge for a fun event titled “2011 Buff Nation Migration.”
Orientation continues and registration begins on Monday, Aug. 22. That evening, Milligan’s Student Government Association will host the annual New Student Banquet in McCormick Dining Center.
Activities continue throughout the day on Tuesday with the annual Back to School Splash at Wetlands Water Park in Jonesborough. Classes begin at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 24.