Week of Fun Offers a Great Launch for Fall Semester

A great day on campus today capped a wonderful first-week festival.

On Wednesday, students, faculty and staff gathered for our main campus welcome back picnic, featuring exceptional Southern barbecue. There was also an incredible mix of displays from student and community organizations and academic departments covering the main campus quad around the Whitley clock tower.

Along with our mascot Cody, I had the chance to ride a Ferris wheel with a great panoramic view of main campus. My thanks go to the entire Student Affairs team, who orchestrated this great, engaging event for thousands of our students. In the midst of all the excitement, I ran to my entrepreneurship class for day two of our new venture creation odyssey.

Finally, late in the day, I visited with Tom Ingram  a third-year reporter for our terrific student newspaper, The Saber. The first fall issue is out, and I am so very proud of the efforts of so many of our students, resulting in wonderful and insightful coverage of campus issues.

Today, weather permitting, we hope 120-plus students will ride the rapids on Columbus' world class urban whitewater course. Our own aquatics coordinator, Koby Garick will help orchestrate this terrific event on the Class 3 and Class 4 rapids that run along the west side of our RiverPark campus.