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Welcome Week

Welcome Week

Every October, UCF hosts a Welcome Week for all new Liberal Arts and Sciences students. We introduce you to the people and the structure of UCF and LAS, give you an overview of your foundational year, and provide some general information, e.g. on course and exam registration and academic advising. At the sign up, you will receive the widely traveled green LAS bag and your Student Handbook.

Most importantly, every new cohort of LAS students is introduced to each other and to current LAS students.  The UCF Student Council has hosts many fun activities – city tours, hiking, fun and games, pub crawls, jam sessions, and our Opening Celebration. Here are some impressions from previous years:

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Welcome Week 2022

This year our LAS Welcome Week started, in complete contrast to the two previous years, with no internet/wifi connection completely offline. Due to reconstruction work nearby, a cable was accidentially cut. But that did no harm and the Sign-Up and meeting with the UCF committees was a successful opening of the week.
Here you can have a look at our Welcome Week schedule with many fantastic fun events – including a jam session, hike, city-tour and movie night – organized by the UCF Student Council. One of our main events was, as always, our big Opening Celebration.

We warmly welcome our new LAS students and wish them a good start at UCF!

Here are some impressions:

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Welcome Week 2021

As always, we started the new winter semester with our LAS Welcome Week – with COVID restrictions still in place. Besides regulations and restrictions on site, this meant also livestreams for those who could not be there in person.

The Welcome Week featured various information sessions, meetings with peer-advisors, an Opening Celebration in the spacious Paulussaal with fun and games (and masks), and a hike. We all enjoyed to welcome our new LAS students mostly with in-person events and meetings, and are looking forward to a winter semester with more presence.

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Welcome Week 2020

The 2020 Welcome Week was a bit different... We invited all new students to our opening session in the Aula of the university – under physically distanced conditions. Those who could not make it to Freiburg joined via livestream. Small-group hikes outside were possible thanks to the weather and not overly strict coronavirus regulations. Also, the Student Council opened a virtual common room for gathering and games.

Our traditional Opening Celebration was moved from the Peterhofkeller to the Internet and, surprise, it was a fabulous party with music, costumes, welcome speeches, and that LAS spirit very visible in our 2020 LAS cohort!

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