We’re off and running! Today marks the beginning of Preview 2007, with the first group of new students learning about campus and signing up for fall classes. Honors Preview began with photo IDs in the Fern Young Terrace and a welcome session in the Young Auditorium, and will conclude after registration with an information fair in the Terrace and checkout back in the Auditorium Lobby.
Visitors to campus (including new students and their families) find a beautiful campus, with flowers blooming all around. The various construction projects are showing progress. The Connor University Center construction is proceeding rapidly. Sayles Hall has been taken down. And changes occur almost daily at the Multisport Complex.
Last week, I stopped by in Roseman to visit the new offices for Admissions and for the Registrar. These offices are situated on the second floor in spaces that most recently housed Project ASSIST, Research and Sponsored Programs, and the Roseman Auditorium
Admissions is entered off the second floor hall; a wonderful new main entrance on the southwest corner of the building will open once the James R. Connor University Center remodeling is completed. The new offices are bright and cheerful, making Admissions a welcoming, inviting environment.
The Registrar’s Office is also entered off the second floor hall, with a sunny southern exposure. This suite, like Admissions, creates a positive first impression for the visitor, with an attractive reception area and pleasant offices.
I urge you, as you are walking around campus, to stop by to see the new offices.
Richard Telfer, Interim Chancellor
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of meeting an energetic group of Student Orientation Leaders. These students greet our incoming freshmen on Preview days during the summer. The students come from all over Wisconsin, from Medford and Kiel, from Darlington and Shullsburg, from Milwaukee and Franklin, and from Wausau and Middleton. One Orientation Leader is from Evanston, Illinois. The Orientation Leaders represent freshmen through seniors, and academic disciplines across all four colleges.
I look forward to working with our Student Orientation Leaders as they greet our incoming students. Their enthusiasm is contagious. I am excited about the upcoming Previews, starting on June 18th.
Richard Telfer, Interim Chancellor
