From Feb. 9 to Feb. 13, the Office of Orientation and Commuter Involvement will host the first semi-annual Commuter Week to bring commuter and residential students together.
Graduate Assistant for the Commuter Student Organization Nehemiah Chung said CSO got the idea for Commuter Week by seeing other schools host similar events.
“Hopefully, through Commuter Week, we can provide an opportunity for commuter students to get involved and be engaged within the NSU community,” he said.
The week will kick off on Feb. 9 with a party in the Don Taft University Center Pit with free snacks and giveaways and a three-on-three basketball tournament in the RecPlex. Later events will include a commuter cab to transport commuters to their classes, lunch with commuter peer leaders, a general CSO meeting with free ice cream and a commuter lounge with free food and giveaways.
Orientation Coordinator for Commuter Involvement Vanessa DuBoulay, sophomore political science major, planned the week of events and said she’s most excited for this week to be a new tradition for commuter students to feel appreciated at NSU.
“What we are ultimately trying to do is to show commuters that they can stay in school and feel comfortable, instead of just coming over for classes and then leaving,” she said. “We want them to be as attached to the school as any other residential student would be.”
The events throughout the week are a compilation of events that CSO hosts throughout the semester. Although they are primarily aimed at commuter students, all of the events are open to residential students as well.
“We want to provide that NSU experience, whether you’re a residential or a commuter student, and students now have that opportunity to come together to help build that relationship,” Chung said.
