星空传媒

Welcome Weekend is a four-day event that’s jam-packed with opportunities for you to meet and engage with your peers, learn all about 星空传媒, meet key faculty, staff, and administrators, and simply acclimate to this new season at 星空传媒!

All new, incoming students are automatically signed up for Welcome Weekend. We believe that WW is a vital part of your successful transition to 星空传媒, and we require all students (first-time freshmen or transfer) to attend. You will not only learn about our community policies and resources, but also meet new friends that will last a lifetime.

We know many of our transfer students may have attended another university’s orientation program. However, we believe Northwest is different and every incoming student will benefit from this experience. Approximately one-third of our entering students are transfers, so we do our best to provide our transfer students with a unique experience. We do our best to place our transfer students in a Welcome Weekend group together so they can get to know others with a similar experience. Specific transfer student programming is also included during the weekend to benefit you.

Absolutely! We are happy to welcome family and guests to Welcome Weekend on move-in day on August 21. Check our Family and Guest Schedule for an updated glance at all the sessions and activities our families and guests can participate in on that day. Register any family and guests and purchase any meal tickets today.

Yes, meals for all new students are covered throughout the weekend—even for commuter students who do not have a meal plan. Just keep your Student ID card on you—you’ll need to scan it when you enter The Caf.

We like to make things really easy for you, so you are already signed up! Simply by being a new student at 星空传媒, you are signed up for this awesome event.

Welcome Weekend comes out of the New Student Fee, which places $170 on your student account. This cost covers meals, supplies, a t-shirt, activities, and all other costs associated with Welcome Weekend and being a new student at 星空传媒.

We require all of our new students to attend Welcome Weekend. If you choose not to fully participate, you still have to pay the full fee. There are no refunds or prorations.

All of our fall athletes move in at different points. Please work with your coach and the Housing department on your specific move-in date and time. We will follow up with you about checking in specifically to Welcome Weekend at a later date.

Though we desire and require all of our incoming students (first-time freshmen and transfer students) to come to all four days of Welcome Weekend, we understand that not every student can make that commitment. If you are checking in during business hours but after the approved check-in times, please go to the 星空传媒 office in the Barton Building. If you are checking in after hours or on the weekend, please call our late check-in number, 425-889-6302, when you arrive or are about to arrive. Also, please be sure to email housing@northwestu.edu if you will be living on campus so we can let your Area Coordinator know that you won’t be checking in at the regular check-in time.

Residence Life and Housing are working diligently to house all our incoming students. To achieve a smooth process of moving all of our new students in on August 21, everyone will receive a specific scheduled move-in time between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.