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An Epic Welcome: class of 2015 begins their scholarly quest

For Val Johnstone, coming to STU was an accident. The first year student from Harpswell, Maine was touring UNB when she stumbled upon the tiny liberal arts school at the top of the hill. “The people here were so great and they were putting such an emphasis on humanities and the importance of making a [...]

Holy Cross wins Welcome Week Cheer off

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Tonight Holy Cross, the residence with the smallest number of residents at St. Thomas University, beat out all the others in the Welcome Week cheer off. Vanier and Harrington Hall were the first to be eliminated. In the end it came down to Holy Cross and Chatham. This is believed to be the first time [...]

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If you don’t know your away around campus or Fredericton, check our interactive Welcome Week map for all the tips and tricks. Nicole Pozer is hoping this year’s crop of first year students have an epic first week at St. Thomas University. Pozer, this year’s Welcome Week chair, chose STU Epic as a theme because of the [...]

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STU Welcome Week 2011 schedule

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For updates about what’s going on follow us on twitter or check theaq.net. New to the city? Check out our map with places you will want to know about.   Saturday, September 3rd, 2011 – Move in Day! 9:00 am – 4:00 pm – 1st Years Move In, Pick up WW Kits (JDH/Forest Hill) 1:00 [...]

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Vanier girls: loud and proud

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STU’s all girls residence wins the cheer off. Vanier Hall has won its first Welcome Week cheer-off in four years. After two consecutive wins back in 2005 and 2006, the all-girls’ residence lost the cheer-off three years in a row. On Sept. 3, hundreds of first-year on- and off-campus students gathered in the lower courtyard [...]

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Final Round – Cheer Off 2010

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Final round of the STU 2010 Welcome Week Cheer Off. The Cheer Off is an annual event that pits the campus residences (and the off-campus students) against each other in a friendly competition.  Teams take turn showing their spirit with pre-planned cheers and general screaming.  At the end of each round the team of judges [...]

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With Hurricane Earl fast approaching, St. Thomas University’s Crisis Management Team has pushed back first year move-in to Sunday. STUSU president Ella Henry confirmed that the Cheer-Off (and our streaming coverage of it) has been moved to Sunday. The announcement  message was just sent out to Residence Life staff. Stay tuned to the Aquinian for more [...]

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STU Welcome Week 2010 Master Schedule

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If you want updates every morning about what activities are going on, follow us on twitter or check us out here at TheAQ.net. Saturday, September 4, 2010 9:00 am – 4:00 pm – First Year Students Move In 9:00 am – 4:00 pm – Pick up Welcome Week Kits in James Dunn Hall 4:00 pm [...]

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Diane Cole – The Aquinian Students are gearing up to head back to school. Many of them are making that giant leap from high school to university. As a way of making this transition a little easier, members of the St. Thomas community have spent the summer preparing a rocking week of orientation events to [...]

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