University offers new Blue Hens wide variety of campuswide programs

8:23 a.m., Aug. 25, 2015--The University of Delaware will welcome more than 4,000 new Blue Hens to campus for 1743 Welcome Days this weekend, with a wide variety of programs. 

Highlights of the weekend include:

Campus Stories

From graduates, faculty

As it neared time for the processional to open the University of Delaware Commencement ceremonies, graduating students and faculty members shared their feelings about what the event means to them.

Doctoral hooding

It was a day of triumph, cheers and collective relief as more than 160 students from 21 nations participated in the University of Delaware's Doctoral Hooding Convocation held Friday morning on The Green.

• Doctoral hooding
• Old Swedes
• Summer SAT, ACT prep
• 'Opus 13' pre-sale

• Campus Breakout, the preview of Perkins Live and Trabant Now at the Perkins Student Center, the Trabant University Center and The Green on Saturday, Aug. 29.

• "We Are Blue Hens!", a spoken word performance featuring the values and privileges associated with being a Blue Hen through the voices of current students in Mitchell Hall on Sunday, Aug. 30.

• Activities Night, an opportunity to connect with UD's 300-plus registered student organizations at Perkins and Trabant on Sunday, Aug. 30.

• First Day workshop and Academic JumpStart resource fair at Morris Library on Monday, Aug. 31. 

• Lavender Reception, an annual welcome for all allies and members of UD's LGBTQ community in Perkins' West Lounge on Monday, Aug. 31.

• Twilight Induction Ceremony, a formal welcome to the University of Delaware that will feature the annual candle-lighting ceremony and banner signing. All members of the campus community are encouraged to attend this event to help welcome the Class of 2019.

More details on these events and many more can be found at the 1743 website as well as on the University of Delaware app.