Schedule

2026 Welcome Week

Welcome Week groups will attend many required events together from August 22-24 that are designed to help new students start their semester successfully.

Additional activities scheduled through September 5 are recommended, but not required.

View your group's specific schedule here. If accommodations are needed to participate, please contact ndsu.welcomeweek@ndsu.edu or 701-231-8379.

See full event details on myNDSU

***Events are subject to change***

2026 Welcome Week Schedule

Time Event Location
6-8 am Sunrise Swim Wallman Wellness Center
8 am-5 pm Academic Advisors Help Desk Memorial Union, across from Design & Sign
12-1:30 pm Chamber Music Festival Concert Plains Art Museum (704 1st Ave N Fargo, ND 58102)
12:30-1:45 pm Open Choral Rehearsal: Concert Choir (SATB Voices) Challey Hall, Room 122
1-3 pm Meet the Farm Animals Shepperd Arena
1-3 pm Fascinating Food Science Peltier Complex
3:30-4:45 pm Open Choral Rehearsal: Cantemus (SA Voices) Challey Hall, Room 122
3:30- 4:45 pm Open Choral Rehearsal: Statesmen (TB Voices) Challey Hall, Beckwith Recital Hall

4-7:30 pm

 RDC Munchie Night Residence Dining Center
6-8 pm Women’s Soccer vs Prairie View A & M Dacotah Field
7-10 pm Block Party Reed/Johnson/Weible Recreation Area
7:30-9 pm Chamber Music Festival Concert Challey Hall, Beckwith Recital Hall

Time Event Location
7-10 am Bison Pride Breakfast Donuts Residence Dining Center and West Dining Center
8 am-5 pm Academic Advisors Help Desk Memorial Union, across from Design & Sign
11-11:50 am Open Choral Rehearsal: University Chamber Singers (SATB Voices) Challey Hall, Room 122
12-2 pm Bison Pride Friday & Meet the Yell Leaders Memorial Union, contact table
12:15-1 pm Green Bandana Project Memorial Union, Badlands
2:30-4:30 pm Drone Discovery Workshop
(sign up by August 26)
SIGN UP HERE		 South Engineering, Room 308
5-7 pm First Year Student Dodgeball Tournament Wallman Wellness Center
7-10 pm Bison Batters Newman Outdoor Field (1515 15th Ave N, Fargo, ND 58102)
9-11:45 pm Campus Live Memorial Union, Thundar's Game Room

Time Event Location
10 am-2 pm College Day at Red River Market Broadway Square (201 Broadway N, Fargo, ND 58102)
1-3 pm Canvas Painting ACE (lower level of West Dining Center)
2-4 pm Student Tailgate FargoDome
4:30-7:30 pm Bison Football vs Jacksonville State FargoDome
6-8 pm Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks Baseball Game Newman Outdoor Field (1515 15th Ave N, Fargo, ND 58102)
9-11:45 pm Campus Live Memorial Union, Thundar's Game Room

Time Event Location
11 am-9 pm Sunday Sundaes at WDC West Dining Center
1-3 pm Women’s Soccer vs Presbyterian Dacotah Field
2-4:30 pm Be Kind to Your Mind Cater Hall, Multi-Purpose Room
6-9 pm Theatre Auditions: Ride the Cyclone and Kimberly Akimbo Askanase Hall
6-10:30 pm Pool Party Wallman Wellness Center
1-4 pm Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks Baseball Game Newman Outdoor Field (1515 15th Ave N, Fargo, ND 58102)
7:30-8:15 pm Candlelight Yoga Cater Hall, Multi-Purpose Room

Time Event Location
10 am-2 pm Academic Advisors Help Desk Memorial Union, across from Design & Sign
12:30-4 pm Welcome Week Blood Drive Cater Hall, Multi-purpose Room
2-4 pm New Students Rock! Memorial Union, Sandbox
2:30-4:30 pm Drone Discovery Workshop
(sign up by August 26)
SIGN UP HERE		 South Engineering, Room 308
6-9 pm Theatre Auditions: Ride the Cyclone and Kimberly Akimbo Askanase Hall
6:30-9 pm A Night at Thunder Road Thunder Road (Buses will pick up in the Bolley Loop by the West Dining Center)

Time Event Location
10-11 am NDSU Gardens Tour Horticulture Research and Demonstration Gardens
10am-2pm Academic Advisor Help Desk Memorial Union, across from Design & Sign
12-2 pm College Survival Kits Memorial Union, Sandbox
1-1:30 pm Indigenous Smudging and Blessing Memorial Union, Anishinaabe Theater
3-4 pm NDSU Gardens Tour Horticulture Research and Demonstration Gardens
6-9 pm NDSU Night at the Ball Park Newman Outdoor Field (1515 15th Ave N, Fargo, ND 58102)

Time Event Location
10 am-2 pm Academic Advisors Help Desk Memorial Union, across from Design & Sign
11 am-3 pm Student Involvement Expo Putnam Green Space
7:02-9 pm Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks Baseball Game

Newman Outdoor Field (1515 15th Ave N, Fargo, ND 58102)
7:30-8:30 pm Wellness in Motion Cater Hall, Multi-purpose Room

Time Event Location
1-4 pm Part-Time Job Fair Memorial Union, Oceti Sakowin Ballroom
2:30-4:30 pm Barry Hall and Downtown Discover Barry Hall
6-9 pm Esports Kickoff Memorial Union/Ladd Hall
7:02-9 pm Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks Baseball Game

Newman Outdoor Field (1515 15th Ave N, Fargo, ND 58102)

Time Event Location
12-2 pm Bison Pride Friday & Meet the Yell Leaders Memorial Union, contact table
1-3 pm ACE Open House

ACE (lower level of West Dining Center)
9-11:45 pm Campus Live Memorial Union, Thundar's Game Room

Time Event Location
10 am-2pm Red River Market Broadway Square (201 Broadway N, Fargo, ND 58102)
11:30 am-2 pm Student Tailgate FargoDome
2:30-5:30 pm Bison Football vs Fordham FargoDome
9-10 pm Campus Live Memorial Union, Thundar's Game Room

Welcome Week

ndsu.welcomeweek@ndsu.edu Phone: (701) 231-8379 Campus Location: West Dining Center Lower Level Contact Page Manager