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Welcome Weekend and First 50 Days

2025 Schedule Overview

Thursday, August 21, 2025 (Early Arrivals)
Event Time and Location Description
Welcome Weekend Welcome Center

7-9 p.m.
Armstrong Student Center - Atrium

Check-in for Welcome Weekend! Learn how to access your individualized schedule, take a photo to commemorate Welcome Weekend, and grab a sweet treat.
Late Night Miami Preview

9-11 p.m. 
Location TBD

More information to come soon!

 

Friday, August 22, 2025
Event Time and Location Description
Welcome Weekend Welcome Center

2-6 p.m.
Armstrong Student Center - Atrium

Check-in for Welcome Weekend! Learn how to access your individualized schedule, take a photo to commemorate Welcome Weekend, and grab a sweet treat.
Residence Hall Meetings

6:15-7:30 p.m. 
Residence Halls

Meet your residence hall staff and the other students in your hall, while reviewing hall details and expectations. Check with your residence hall staff for specific details.
Welcome Home with MAP

7:30-11 p.m. 
Various Locations

Welcome Home! Join Miami Activities and Programming for an amazing Friday night featuring many activities, crafts, and games! Visit Lewis Place to plant your roots and end the night with a fireworks show behind Benton Hall!

 

Saturday, August 23, 2025
Event Time and Location Description
RedHawk Ready

8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Various Locations

Follow your individualized Welcome Weekend schedule to attend a variety of events throughout the day.
Residence Hall Rendezvous

7-8:30 p.m. 
Residence Halls

Rendezvous at your residence hall! Check with your residence hall staff for your hall-based activity.
Saturday Under the Stars

8:30-11 p.m. 
Central Quad

Spend Saturday under the stars! Based on the Class of 2029 popular vote, we’ll watch a movie, capture your night in the photo booth, make your own flower bouquet, enjoy some snacks, and grab a giveaway!

 

Sunday, August 24, 2025
Event Time and Location Description
Choose Your Own Adventure

10 a.m.-3 p.m. 
Various Locations

Looking for ways to get connected to campus? Try out one of these campus spaces:
  • Check out a new dining hall.
  • Explore Miami/Oxford natural areas.
  • Craft room: coloring pages, scratch art, friendship bracelets, and pencil pouch decorating.
  • Visit the poster sale (ASC Atrium)
  • Visit the Brick & Ivy Campus Store.
  • Check out the Rec Center.
Love and Honor Convocation

3:30-4:30 p.m. 
Millett Hall

Join President and Dr. Crawford for Love and Honor Convocation! Celebrate the academic year, get your class t-shirt, and learn the Miami fight song!
Transfer Student Social

6:30-8 p.m.
Armstrong Student Center

Are you a new transfer student? Come meet other new transfer students, map your classes, and sign up for the transfer mentor program – all while enjoying an ice cream sundae bar!

More event dates, times, and details will be available on the Miami University Events app later this summer. You'll download the Miami University Events app from your app store, and then select the Orientation and Welcome Weekend 2025 guide to access Welcome Weekend and First 50 Days details.