Katy at UBC

So, today at UBC was Imagine Day – This is a day dedicated to welcoming new students to UBC. It involved meeting a bunch of new people from your faculty, meeting the Dean of your faculty, as well as participating in a Pep Rally with all the Freshmen at UBC. That’s about 7,000 students packed into one auditorium!

My schedule for Imagine Day was as follows:

8:30-9:00 am Morning Meeting – I met up with my MUG leader Katie Marochi as well as the other members of the group.

9:00-10:00 am Student Success Workshop – We met Professor Richardson and he talked about ways to make University a great experience. Some of his tips were to join clubs and get involved, make a study group, and study subjects that you actually like!

10:00-11:00 am Campus Tour– This was a great help for me because I get lost super easily, and the campus is huge!

11:00-12:30 pm Meet the Dean – Again, we were welcomed into the Faculty of Arts, and were informed about all the great experiences abroad that we could have. For example, Go Global.

12:30-1:30 pm Lunch – Free pizza!

1:30-2:15 pm Pep Rally Loading – We walked to the Thunderbird Arena and all 7,000 students packed in.

2:15-3:15 pm Pep Rally – There were more speeches and we were officially welcomed to UBC. There was so much cheering and each Faculty had their own cheer and colour of glow stick!

3:15-5:00 pm The Main Event – All the clubs and societies at UBC set up booths to try and entice you to join them. I had air-dried blueberries from the Food Science Club!

All in all, I think Imagine Day is a great way to start off your University career. It gets you mentally ready for classes, yet doesn’t scare or overwhelm you; lets you meet people from your Faculty before you “officially” start classes, and gets you on the right foot to start classes the next day.

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