September 11 Morning News

WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY’S COLLEGE OF ARTS, HUMANITIES, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES HAD ITS WELCOME EVENT SEPTEMBER 10TH FROM 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM IN THE ATRIUM. THE EVENT BROUGHT TOGETHER THE BIGGEST COLLEGE OF THE UNIVERSITY, ALL 9 DEPARTMENTS BEING INVITED TO SOCILIZE AND NETWORK. THERE WERE SEVERAL FESTIVITIES, CONSISTING OF RAFFLES, ICE CREAM, AND BINGO.

THE CAHSS DEAN, WARTINYA DAVIS, EXPLAINS THE PURPOSE OF THE EVENT: “WE’RE HOLDING THIS EVENT BECAUSE WE WANT TO WELCOME ALL OF OUR NEW STUDENTS TO THE CAMPUS”.

SHE WANTS TO REMIND STUDENTS THAT THE COLLEGE IS A PLACE FOR GROWTH AND SUPPORT. “WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THEIR FACULTY, TO LEARN ABOUT CLUBS ON CAMPUS, BUT ALSO LET THEM KNOW THAT THE COLLEGE IS A HOME FOR THEM”.

STUDENTS FROM A VARIETY OF MAJORS  ATTENDED THE EVENT, HAPPY TO HAVE A PLACE TO COME TOGETHER AS A COLLEGE.

TALKING ABOUT THE EVENT AS A WHOLE, GABBI, WHO DID NOT PROVIDE A LAST NAME, IS A POP MUSIC MAJOR. WHEN ASKED ABOUT WHAT SHE ENJOYS ABOUT THE COLLEGE, SHE SAID: “HONESTLY JUST THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE HERE TO MEET EACH OTHER AND BE PART OF A LARGER COMMUNITY. THATS WHAT I REALLY LOVE ABOUT WILLIAM PATERSON IN GENERAL: ITS VERY COMMUNITY FOCUSED”.

FATIMAH ABBASSI, PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION, IS A POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR WHO ENJOYED THE OPPORTUNITY THE EVENT PROVIDED. “I REALLY LIKE THAT THE COLLEGE IS HAVING THIS EVENT, KIND OF LIKE AN OPEN HOUSE FOR THE NEW STUDENTS ESPECIALLY. I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO GET USED TO THEIR COLLEGE AND THE PEOPLE THAT WORK AT THE COLLEGE.”

THE EVENT WAS PRODUCED BY INTERIM ASSOCIATE DEAN, PAYTON MACDONALD. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE TURN OUT OF THE EVENT, HE SAID: “AWESOME, A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME OUT. IT FEELS REALLY GOOD, ITS A GREAT ENERGY”.

MACDONALD SHARED WHAT HE ENJOYS MOST ABOUT THE COLLEGE, FOLLOWED BY ADVICE FOR TO ITS STUDENTS: “I JUST LOVE THE DIVERSITY OF THE COLLEGE, WE HAVE SO MANY COOL MAJORS AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. IT'S BEEN REALLY FUN FOR ME TO GET TO KNOW PEOPLE IN ALL 9 DEPARTMENTS, AND SEE THE AMAZING WORK THAT'S GOING ON ACROSS THE WHOLE COLLEGE.  MY ADVICE IS REALLY GET OUT AND MEET PEOPLE, AND CHECK THINGS OUT AND USE THIS TIME IN COLLEGE TO REALLY BUILD YOUR NETWORK, NOT ONLY SOCIALLY BUT ALSO PROFESSIONALLY.” 

THE EVENT WAS SUCCESSFUL, LEAVING MANY STUDENTS WITH A NEWFOUND SENSE OF COMMUNITY.