Welcome Day tours begin

Welcome Day tours are scheduled to be given today, from 9:50 to 10:50 a.m. and from 11 a.m. to noon.

Students and faculty will assist in leading the tours. Most student tour guides are part of MHCC leadership programs. “Everybody from SOAR, SEED, and ASG are here to help,” said Sydney Frost, SOAR team leader and manager for recruitment, orientation & testing.

Paris Norris, director of public safety and campus stabilization, an ASG team leader who originally came from SOAR, said the tours are “the first steps that help a student realize that they want to go here.”

Frost said the SOAR team was already teaching people how to give tours, so taking on the Welcome Day tour duty was only natural.

Skye Troy, director of state and federal affairs, said the tours provide “a great opportunity to highlight valuable resources on campus and allow students to get involved with the community.”

While these tours are meant to showcase the campus for incoming students, Frost likes to do it for a different reason.

“The first day of school can be daunting to a lot of people. We (tour guides) are hoping to ease those tensions in advance,” she said.