More than 4,000 students, faculty and staff attended the postponed Welina Mānoa welcome back to campus event on September 4 at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
“I can feel a lot of excitement from the students here just like looking at the different clubs and stuff. And especially as a freshman looking at the different clubs they have over here is really good,” freshman Presley Okimoto said.
More than 100 booths stretching from Campus Center through Legacy Path featured resources and information from a variety of service offices, schools and colleges, clubs and food.
“I think there’s a lot of information about the stuff that I didn’t know there was and then like, the research stuff. I wasn’t like, if I didn’t go here then I wouldn’t know about it at all,” freshman Noah Castro said.
“So this is a chance for not just for students to explore what we offer, but also for other offices and departments to promote and get themselves out there because we have amazing resources out there,” Welina Mānoa organizer Allyson Lagatuz said.
The UH Band, UH Cheerleaders and Rainbow Dancers performed and spent time helping the crowd learn the football fight song.
The event was originally scheduled for the first day of classes on August 26, but was rescheduled because of the threat of heavy rains from the remnants of Hurricane Hone.
