How was your Welcome Weekend? (masking for a friend)
Published 08.17.2020
– Photos by Cindy Davis Meixel, writer/photo editor;
and Tom Wilson, writer/editor-PCToday
Latricia R. Yocum (left), physician assistant studies; Bridgette R. Snyder, secretary to Public Relations & Marketing; and men's basketball head coach Geoff B. Hensley greet students and their families arriving for check-in at the Bush Campus Center. Yocum, from Watsontown, also works as a health assistant/EMT with College Health Services.
Getting lined up for his temperature check is freshman Ryan P. Eash, of Hooversville. A first-year student in heating, ventilation and air conditioning technology, Eash is about to become well-versed in the importance of an optimal thermal readout.
With the added safety of distancing and Plexiglas shields in The College Store, students pick up textbooks and supplies to start the semester.
Masked movers exhibit an abundance of energy, making them picture-perfect ambassadors for the task ahead.
Even four-wheeled members of the college family kept a wide berth on move-in day!
Freshman Destiny K. Kingkiner, a pre-nursing student from Ambler, clutches her stuffed cat for safe transit to a comfy home away from home.
Seth J. Bradley follows the Wildcat's path, toting his comforter, pillow, etc. into York Hall. A Pottstown resident, he’s enrolled in landscape/horticulture technology: landscape emphasis.
Bountifully blue skies and a gorgeously green campus accompany new students (and the U-Hall Crew) in delivering provisions by the binload.
"Grab-n-go lunch bags" (with disposable flatware in buckets) stand ready for pickup in Capitol Eatery. Guests walked through the dining unit's various stations to place their choices into the bags - a sandwich or salad, one side dish, a dessert, chips and a beverage - for a complimentary meal during their respite from Welcome Weekend chores.
A pause for refreshment before rejoining physician assistant classmates
Chalk it up to wisdom! Student leaders shared sidewalk messages across campus as the semester got underway.
Campus signage helps with opening-day acclimation.
Resident Assistant Danielle E. Malesky, a construction management major from Biglerville, snags a snack on the campus mall.
Three Wildcat Welcome tables – this one at the ATHS entrance, attracting first-year plastics students Jon J. and Jake T. Twardowski – provided convenient (and individually wrapped) goodies for the first day of fall classes.