Prospective students and their families get to know UND at the event, which continues on Thursday and Friday
A highlight of the tour is a visit to the Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences, where banners from the UND Flying Team’s 17 national championships are on display. Photo by Mike Hess/UND Today.
Not every UND event is going virtual this fall. The UND Fall Open House remains as in-person as ever, and prospective UND students and their families have signed up to attend.
The Fall Open House began last week, and photos of some of the talks, tours and other events that took place are featured on this page.
This week’s sessions will be held on Thursday, Oct. 22 and Friday, Oct. 23.
At the sessions, prospective students and their families are able to:
• Tour campus with current students
• Attend academic sessions presented by the individual colleges
• Visit a residence hall
• Learn what it’s like to be a UND student from current students
• Get their questions answered by an Admissions representative.
Tour guides must master the “backwards walk” as they lead tours past residence halls, dining halls and other facilities. Photo by Mike Hess/UND Today.
The Office of University Admissions is located in the Gorecki Alumni Center, the welcome center for prospective students and their families. At the center, admissions staff lead sessions to introduce visitors to UND. Photo by Mike Hess/UND Today.
The space suits designed at UND, and which the tour guide is highlighting here, may one day be worn on the first manned mission to Mars. Photo by Mike Hess/UND Today.
The walking tours typically leave from the Gorecki Alumni Center or the Chester Fritz Auditorium. The campus tour route typically takes visitors to Wilkerson Hall, Brannon Hall or Johnstone Hall, Gamble Hall, the Chester Fritz Library, O’Kelly Hall, the Education Building and Twamley Hall, among other buildings. Photo by Mike Hess/UND Today.
UND Information sessions in the Chester Fritz Auditorium help introduce visitors to the University. Photo by Mike Hess/UND Today.
Tour guides and residence-hall residents tell visitors about residence-hall life. Photo by Mike Hess/UND Today.
As one study concluded, “campus visitation — more specifically, the campus tour — is frequently cited as the most important aspect of the college recruitment process.” Photo by Mike Hess/UND Today.
