In pictures: Welcome Week 2024

Fun and friendly, optimistic and exuberant: Thanks to thousands of reps, volunteers, staff and faculty, university life for this year's cohort of first-years is off to an unforgettable start.

August 30, 2024

Three smiling people blow bubbles
Fun and friendly, optimistic and exuberant: Thanks to thousands of reps, volunteers, staff and faculty, university life for new students is off to an unforgettable start.

What a week! Thanks to thousands of Welcome Week Reps, volunteers, faculty and staff members, the university life of the newest cohort of McMaster students is off to an unforgettable start.

From move-in through air bands, there is no way anyone could’ve been at every single event. So here’s a quick recap in photos from a high-energy week we hope you’ll never forget.

The cheers were loud; the signs were great. Thousands of Welcome Week reps and volunteers brought boundless energy to supporting new students this Welcome Week.
A group of WW reps in different coloured jumpsuits walk across campus holding signs and smiling.
Anyone looking lost at Welcome Week 2024 quickly attracted a friendly guide – and maybe a free compliment too!
One DeGroote greensuit WW rep leap frogs over another, watched by other greensuits.
DeGroote School of Business greensuits are here to support you as you take any leap.
A group of Engineering reps, some dressed as superheroes, stand on each other's backs and cheer.
We don’t know what’s going on here, but the crowd loved it.

There were more than 150 activities, events, concerts, workshops and more for incoming students. It was informative and helpful – and a LOT of fun.

Five young people sit in an inflatable wading pool full of colourful plastic balls with their hands up in the air as more plastic rain down on them.
We’ll just say it – they’re having a ball.
A group of students pulls hard in a tug of war.
The BSSC cookout featured tug-of-wars and the competition was fierce.
A stiltwalker with enormous butterfly wings stands with students and a person dressed like a fairy, outdoors on campus.
Students enjoying vendors, artwork and more at Burke Science Building (BSB) field.
Students fill the stairs and lobby of PGCLL building on campus during welcome week
PGCLL is full and never felt better.
Two students smile widely at each other.
It’s the smiles for us.
A person on a bouncy castle laughs in the background. in the foreground, you can see the legs and feet of someone who has fallen over on the castle.
Bouncy castles are for all ages.
Seen from below: Three people in helmets and climbing harnesses at the top of the altitude climbing tower.
Part of Welcome Week is helping students see their potential to reach amazing heights. Sometimes we take it literally.
Students paint T shirts in the MSU hub space.
There were also indoor activities, like painting T shirts and totes in the beautiful new Hub space.
A WW rep draws with chalk outside Burke Science Building
Artist at work!
People stand on both sides of a table full of stickers and other swag outdoors on campus.
Smoothies, swag and safety: The Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office organized an outdoor smoothie social.
A group of students pats a donkey from a petting zoo on the field during Welcome Week.
Triple C Farms brought their petting zoo to campus and it was a hit.

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