Honors Welcome 2015

Honors Welcome is a series of events for new Ogden Honors College students that takes place in the lead-up to the first day of classes. These events are part of LSU’s Bengal Bound schedule but are specific to Ogden Honors College students and their families. All incoming Honors students are required to register for Honors Welcome and Community Bound using the link below.

Move-In Day

Wednesday, August 19 from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM

Honors College Welcome Leaders and Residential Life staff will be available to assist you in moving into East and West Laville Halls. For more information about move-in procedures, please visit the Department of Residential Life's Move-In Day page.

Honors College Family Picnic

Wednesday, August 19 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM in the Laville Courtyard

Bring your family and join the Ogden Honors College staff and students for lunch at our annual Family Picnic, hosted by the Honors College parents' organization, Les Amis des Etudiants.  All Ogden Honors College students and their families are invited.

Honors Welcome

Thursday, August 20 at 10:00 AM in Bo Campbell Auditorium (located in the Gym Armory/Cox Communications Academic Center)

You will receive your LSU Honors College Student Handbook, learn more about the requirements and opportunities the Ogden Honors College offers, and have a chance to ask questions of current Honors  students. All first-year Honors students must register for Honors Welcome.

Community Bound

Saturday, August 22 at 8:00 a.m. in the LSU Student Union Theater

As service is the theme for your first year in the Ogden Honors College, all incoming Honors students will participate in a day of service fixing up local public schools and other community sites.  You will be re-directed to the Community Bound registration page after signing up for Honors Welcome below. Registration for Community Bound is required.

Honors Convocation

Wednesday, September 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the LSU Student Union Ballroom

To launch the academic year, LSU alumnus Michael Pitre, author of Fives and Twenty-Fives, will address the Ogden Honors College Class of 2019. You are expected to purchase and read Fives and Twenty-Fives before you arrive in August. The book follows the lives of Marines tasked with clearing potholes of explosive devices in Iraq. The book is intended to spark the type of vibrant conversations that are fundamental to the Honors experience at LSU.

If you plan to participate in Fraternity Recruitment, Sorority Recruitment, or Tiger Band, and/or if you are in a Residential College (e.g., Business, Engineering, Mass Communication, etc.), please be sure to check the appropriate selections on the Honors Welcome registration page.