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.

***Events are subject to change***

2026 Welcome Week Schedule

Please see the NDSU Residence Life website for move-in details.

Optional events designed to enhance your Move-In Experience:

Time Event Location
9 am-5 pm Opening Weekend Help Desk Memorial Union, near Caribou Coffee
Academic Advisors Help Desk Memorial Union, near Caribou Coffee
Books, Bison Gear and More Memorial Union, Bookstore
NDSU IT Service Center Quentin Burdick Building, Room 206
9 am-4 pm Connect With One Stop Memorial Union
11 am-3 pm Dine with Us Residence Dining Center/West Dining Center/Memorial Union Food Court
11-11:15 am NDSU Gold Star Marching Band Reed/Johnson Hall/Residence Dining Center
12-3 pm Chill Out at the Library Main Library
1-3 pm NDSU Volleyball vs Minot Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse
Student Health Service Tours Wallman Wellness Center
Wellness Center Tours Wallman Wellness Center
2-3 pm Ice Cream Social Shepperd Arena South Lawn

Time Event Location
4:30-7:30 pm

Rotation 1

(NDSUconnect/Meeting 1/Dinner)

-required for first year students-

 Various (see your group's schedule for times & locations)
7:45-11 pm

Saturday Night Live

(Caribou Coffee open for business until 9pm)

 Memorial Union

Time Event Location
8-10 am Breakfast (on your own) West Dining Center
9 am-5 pm Opening Weekend Help Desk Memorial Union, near Caribou Coffee
Academic Advisors Help Desk Memorial Union, near Caribou Coffee
NDSU IT Service Center Quentin Burdick Building 206
10 am-5 pm Books, Bison Gear and more Memorial Union, Bookstore
10 am-3 pm Connect with One Stop Memorial Union
11 am-2 pm

Rotation 2 (NDSUbelong/Meeting 2/Lunch)

-required for first year students-

 Various (see your group's schedule for times & locations)
2-4:30 pm Welly 101 Wallman Wellness Center
Student Health Service Open House and Tours Wallman Wellness Center
2-5 pm Reflect & Connect Cater Hall, Multi-Purpose Room
4:30-9 pm Dinner Various (see your group's myNDSU for times & locations)
7-8:30 pm Hypnotist Challey Hall, Festival Concert Hall
7:30-8:30 pm Cater Crew Unite Cater Hall, Your Floor Center Lounge
MLLC Welcome Back Gathering MLLC, Your Floor
Niskanen Welcome Back Gathering Niskanen Hall, Your Floor
Pavek Welcome Back Gathering Pavek Hall, Your Floor
9-10:30 pm Hypnotist Challey Hall, Festival Concert Hall

Time Event Location
7-8:15 am Breakfast (on your own) Residence Dining Center / West Dining Center / Union Market
8 am-5 pm Academic Advisors Help Desk Memorial Union, across from Design & Sign
8:30-10:15 am

Meet Your Academic Community

- required event for first-year students -

Locations vary by college - check myNDSU for additional information.

Unsure of your college? Find it on the comprehensive academic programs list.
10:15-11 am Walk Through the Gates Main Gates
11 am-3 pm

Rotation 3

(Welcome to the Academy/Lunch/Classroom tours/ Meeting 3)

-required for first year students-

 Various (see your group's schedule for times & locations)
12:15-1:30 pm Transfer Meet, Greet and Eat West Dining Center, ACE Tutoring
6:30-8 pm Residence Hall/Apartment Socials Your Residence Hall/Apartments

Time Event Location
8 am-5 pm Academic Advisors Help Desk Memorial Union, across from Design & Sign
8:30 am-1:30 pm All Aboard the MATBUS! Transit Hub
9:30 am-1:30 pm First Day of School Photos Bison Statue
10:45 am-3 pm IT Pop-Up: Get Started in Blackboard Memorial Union, contact table
11 am-2 pm Meet the Career and Advising Center Memorial Union, outside South entrance
11 am-3 pm Hall Government Interest Table Memorial Union, contact table
12:15-12:45pm Magic Show Memorial Union, Thundar’s Den
12:30-1:45 pm Open Band Rehearsal: Jazz Ensemble Challey Hall, Room 118
1-3 pm Nacho Average Library Main Library
1-4 pm Richard Offerdahl '65 Engineering Complex Open House Richard Offerdahl '65 Engineering Complex
2-3:15 pm Open Band Rehearsal: Jazz Lab Band Challey Hall, Room 118
7-8 pm Magic Show

Memorial Union, Oceti Sakowin Ballroom
7:02-9 pm Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks Baseball Game Newman Outdoor Field (1515 15th Ave N, Fargo, ND 58102)
7:30-9 pm Chamber Music Festival Concert Challey Hall, Beckwith Recital Hall

Time Event Location
8 am-5 pm Academic Advisors Help Desk Memorial Union, across from Design & Sign
8:30-10:30 am Learn to Ride MATBUS Transit Hub
11 am-2:30 pm Memorial Union Open House Memorial Union
11 am-2:30 pm Herd You Like Cookies Memorial Union, Union Market
11:45 am-12:45 pm Music in the MU Memorial Union, Thundar’s Den
3-3:50 pm Open Band Rehearsal: University Band Challey Hall, Room 118
4-5:30 pm Theatre Open House Askanase Hall, South Lawn
5-7 pm Greek Chill Out Churchill Field
5:30-7:30 pm Tie-Dye Night Babbling Brook
6-8:30 pm Climbing 101 Wallman Wellness Center
7:02-9 pm Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks Baseball Game Newman Outdoor Field (1515 15th Ave N, Fargo, ND 58102)
8-9 pm Hall Government Interest Session Cater Hall, Multi-Purpose Room
9-10:30 pm Night Swim Wallman Wellness Center

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
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
7:02-9 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 Putman 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
9-11:45 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