Campus activity: Orientation week 2016 concludes at LUMS

The orientation week is designed to give students and their parents the chance to acquaint themselves with the campus

LAHORE: The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) orientation week 2016 concluded on Tuesday. It had commenced on August 19.

The event started with an orientation session for parents and students of the undergraduate class of 2020 held at the Syed Maratab Ali Sports Complex. Students, parents, and faculty members filled the auditorium. The LUMS community welcomed the new class on campus.

The orientation week is organised each year for the new batch to welcome them to the university. It is designed to give students and their parents the chance to acquaint themselves with the campus and the community by participating in group-based activities. These activities help equip the newcomers with vital information and provide guidance from faculty and senior students, to make an easy transition to university life.

Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences Dean Dr Kamal Munir welcomed the parents and students. He congratulated them and encouraged the students to make the best of what the LUMS had to offer. Later, the deans and senior faculty of the four schools at LUMS introduced their departments and programmes. Faculty members and staff also conducted seminars and information sessions to help students better understand life at the LUMS. The o-week includes a host of activities such as a batch photo, icebreaking sessions, food street, sports gala, scavenger hunt and a trip to joyland. The week concluded with an award night.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 24^th, 2016.