Join the Warm Welcome Crew

Help welcome students to campus. Multiple opportunities are available, and much help is needed! See the information and sign-up links below in the drop-down menu for each event.

Get a Warm Welcome Crew T-shirt

A limited number of t-shirts are available. Shirts can be picked up at the Alumni Memorial Union Info Desk. Just give your name and say you're there to get your Warm Welcome Crew shirt while supplies last.

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Gesu Church

Church of the Gesu,  8/19, 8/20, 8/21, & 8/22 | Noon to 3 p.m.
Noon to 5 p.m on 8/21

Volunteers (2 for each hour) needed to be present in the upper church, which will help the parish community keep the space open for visitors. 

Volunteers may contact michael.simone@marquette.edu to sign-up.

Residence Hall Move-in

Wednesday, August 21, 2024 and Saturday, August 24, 2024

  • Various shifts available
  • Various residence halls

Roughly 150 people needed. Volunteers will greet people as they pull up and direct them to check-in. Volunteers may also help carry items into res halls if family requests OR may be asked to watch items on curb as family carries things to room in several trips.

         

Sign-up Deadline: 8/14/2024

For questions, contact: Tyler Lenz-Fisher.

New Student Orientation Check-in

Wednesday, August 21, 2024 | Alumni Memorial Union

5 volunteers needed for each of the following shifts:

  • 9am – 11am
  • 11am – 1pm
  • 1pm – 3pm

Arrive 10 minutes before shift.

Volunteers will arrive at the AMU 3rd floor ballrooms for specific position instructions and then will be positioned in and around the AMU to aid with traffic flow and wayfinding.

Sign-up Deadline: August 14, 2024

For questions, contact: Marianne Di Ulio.

Family Liturgy

Wednesday, August 21, 2024 | Church of Gesu

5:30 p.m. (Mass starts at 6pm)

Volunteers needed to help with Liturgy:

  • 5 people for hospitality, welcoming students and their families to The Church of Gesu
  • 5 Eucharistic Ministers, must be Catholic
  • 2 Readers, must be Catholic

Sign-up Deadline: August 14, 2024

For questions, contact: Marianne Di Ulio.

Commuters at Marquette

Wednesday, August 21, 2024 | Alumni Memorial Union ÏòÈÕ¿ûÊÓƵPlace

4:00 – 5:30 p.m.

New commuter students and their families are invited to dinner and a program where they get to know their peers and learn about campus resources. Staff and faculty are welcome to attend (no need to sign-up; just show up). There will be an opportunity to introduce yourself to new students.

Convocation

Wednesday, August 21, 2024 | Al McGuire Center

7:00 – 9:00 pm (Program begins at 7:30)

Meet at Al McGuire Center, in the lobby by McGuire Statue

10 people needed

Convocation is the formal welcome to the class of 2028. Volunteers are needed for wayfinding to the Al McGuire Center Concourse & Hospitality, welcoming students and families, greeting them as they come into the Al and directing them to seating.

Sign-up Deadline: August 14, 2024

For questions, contact: Marianne Di Ulio.

Parent Send Off

Wednesday, August 21, 2024 | Annex Restaurant

8:15 p.m. (Event: 8:30pm - 10pm)
Volunteers do not need to stay for entire duration.

The Send-Off is a social gathering for families after Convocation. Volunteers needed to socialize with families and extend hospitality.

5 people needed

Sign-up Deadline: August 14, 2024

For questions, contact: Marianne Di Ulio.

Multicultural Welcomes

Saturday, August 24, 2024 | Alumni Memorial Union (vaious rooms)

2:00 – 3:30 p.m.

The Center for Engagement and Inclusion (CEI) of the Office of inclusion and Belonging (OIB) will host 5 multicultural welcome events in rooms throughout the Alumni Memorial Union. An opportunity for new and returning students to connect over food and build community in a relaxed atmosphere. These events seek to foster a sense of belonging for our incoming and returning students. Students can attend multiple welcome events during the 2-3:30 p.m. time. These events are drop in style events for students to come and go as their schedules allow during New Student Orientation.

  • Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Student Welcome in Alumni Memorial Union Room 157
  • Akwaaba – Black/African American Student Welcome in Alumni Memorial Union Room 163
  • Native American and Indigenous Student Welcome in Alumni Memorial Union Room 111/Center For Engagement and Inclusion (CEI)
  • Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) Student Welcome in Alumni Memorial Union Room 137/Arrupe Center
  • Bienvenidos - Hispanic/Latinx Welcome Student Welcome in Alumni Memorial Union Room 227

Seeking 10 volunteers, who are needed to check students in, using the ÏòÈÕ¿ûÊÓƵInvolve app as well as to extend hospitality and socialize with new students.

  • NOTE: You do not have to be a member of a specific identity group to assist with the event. If you are interested in assisting with these events, please complete this brief volunteer interest form and the Office of Inclusion and Belonging will reach out to you with further instructions.

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Sign-up Deadline: August 14, 2024

For questions, contact: Sarah Pinon.

Rollerskating and Arcade Night

Saturday, August 24 | Alumni Memorial Union Ballrooms

Volunteers needed to check students in using the ÏòÈÕ¿ûÊÓƵInvolve app as well as to extend hospitality and socialize with new students.

 6:45 – 9:00 p.m. (event runs 7 – 10 p.m.)

Sign-up Deadline: August 14, 2024

For questions, contact: Dr. Jen Reid.

LGBTQ+ Fall Welcome

Wednesday, August 28, 2024 | LGBTQ+ Resource Center (AMU 140)

3:00 – 6:30 p.m.

An opening community event for the incoming and returning students, staff, and faculty who are within the LGBTQ+ Communities, or are Advocates for the LGBTQ+ communities to gather and create connections.

Event Operations Volunteer: 2 Folx

  • Volunteer opportunities of this kind would encompass event check-in support, event set-up, and teardown support.

Community Building & Engagement Volunteer: 3 Folx

  • Volunteer opportunities of this kind would encompass supporting activity facilitation and serve as a part of the welcome crew that greets event participants and creates new connections.

Sign-up Deadline: August 12, 2024 at 11:59 PM (CT)

For questions, contact: Zabrian Oglesby.

O-Fest and Community Service Fair

Thursday, September 05, 2024 | Cental Mall

Check-in 3:00-4:00 pm

Clean-up 6:45-7:15pm

Student organizations, campus departments, and community agencies will have tables to share info with students on how to get involved in various ways.

  • 6 people needed for check-in
  • 6 people needed for clean-up

Sign-up Deadline: August 27, 2024

For questions, contact: Stephanie Dooge.

LGBTQ+ Student Support Services Fair

Wednesday, September 25, 2024 | Father Naus Room, Alumni Memorial Union 163

11:30 AM – 2:30 PM

This is an event where Milwaukee and Wisconsin-wide LGBTQ+ Support Service providers will be featured on campus and able to share their services with ÏòÈÕ¿ûÊÓƵstudents (undergraduate, graduate, and professional) .

Volunteers are needed for check-in support, event set-up, and teardown.

Sign-up Deadline: August 30, 2024 at 11:59 PM (CT)

For questions, contact: Zabrian Oglesby.