Classes for the 2024-25 school year begin Monday, Aug. 26, at the University of Tennessee at Martin, and before the first bell rings, students will experience the annual Welcome Weekend.
Welcome Weekend begins with Move-In Day on Thursday, Aug. 22. Housing and First-Year Experience check-ins begin at 8 a.m. at the residence halls.
At 6 p.m., the Welcome Home Picnic gets underway on the Ellington Hall and Conner Community residence facility lawns. The picnic will feature campus recreation games, free UTM swag, a photo booth, a scavenger hunt and several door prizes.
Commuter check-in will take place at 8 a.m. Friday, Aug. 23, in the Office of Student Life in Room 245 of the Boling University Center.
After moving in, a full slate of activities is available to welcome students back to campus. Some of the welcome-back events include:
Friday, Aug. 23
Saturday, Aug. 24
Sunday, Aug. 25
Special events for all students will also be held on the evenings of Monday, Aug. 26, and Tuesday, Aug. 27.
Other activities for the first week of school include:
Organizations and departments will set up tables around the quad.
Brooks and Oher will speak to students at noon in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. Brooks will have a keynote address to the public at 2:30 p.m. in Watkins Auditorium in the Boling University Center.
Important dates on the fall 2024 academic calendar include: