Dear Welcome Week,

Thank you for all you do. It didn’t occur to me just how much you did for me until I decided to join you, a year after experiencing my own Welcome Week. After spending time in “another person’s shoe” I decided I have a few words to the Leaders that helped make my transition to college last year the best it can be.

To the Leaders who moved my stuff from my car to my room in a blink of an eye. Literally.

Thank you so much for all you have done. Thank you for the warm similes you had while moving me in. Honestly, with the amount of energy you had, it didn’t occur to me that when I moved in that day at 10 AM, you have been moving other people in since 7 AM that morning. It didn’t even pass my mind how tired you must have been, carrying mini fridges, futons, boxes, and luggage up flights of stairs while my family and I happily rode the elevators. Thank you so much for doing it. I’m sorry it only took a year later for me to understand exactly how much you’ve done. I hope you celebrated after with a well deserved nap.

To my Decurion, Beadle and Guide,

Thank you for helping me adjust to Creighton. Thank you for consistently encouraging me to attend all of the Welcome Week events when all I wanted to do was stay in my room. It didn’t occur to me that while you led my group, you were also in the background, getting ready for all the next events for the day. Thank you for always being excited to see me, and getting me excited for the various events. It was not until I had my own RSP group, was I able to fully understand what you were going through. Thank you for taking out time in your day to make sure my RSP friends were okay. I hope you celebrated with some ice cream, or Starbucks, because you deserve it.

To the Exec Team who planned this wonderful week,

Thank you for spending a whole year making sure this week was just perfect for me. Thank you for training the Leaders who helped me transition into college. It must have been hard, trying to schedule all the events. Thank you for all the excitement you had and continued to hold, while welcoming my class to Creighton. I’m sure there were days where you just wanted to rest and sleep. Thank you for continuing to push through and drinking endless cups of coffee, just to make sure my transition, was the best and smoothest it could be. I hope you took some time out of the week later to treat yourself.

Overall, thank you to everyone who made my transition last year so perfect. I could only hope that I was able to do at least half of what you did for me, for these new students.

Sincerely,

A Welcome Week leader who doesn’t want Welcome Week to end.