: For Students, Faculty, and Staff 
By Adria Carpenter
Another year and another generation of Gophers.
The University of Minnesota Libraries was happy to celebrate a new semester with our incoming students during Welcome Week — a time to explore the Twin Cities campus, learn about the U of M, and find your community.
Students connected and kickbacked with the Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence at Walter Library, and new undergrad and graduate international students mingled during Global Gopher.
But the biggest draw was Friday’s Campus Exploration Fair, where the Libraries’ welcomed students with open arms and lots of books and flyers.
Students learned about our Makerspaces and The Toaster Innovation Hub — and played a few rounds of mini-golf — before spinning the wheel for challenges and prizes, while hearing about Libby, study spaces, student employment, Mapping Prejudice, and everything the Libraries has to offer.
Inside Walter Library, students explored the historic Arthur Upson Room, or escaped the heat in the Chill Zone, completing the community mandala and making buttons from magazines.
We hope you all have a great fall semester, and we look forward to seeing you around the Libraries throughout your academic career!
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- Students receive information about the Libraries during Welcome Week.(Photo/Adria Carpenter)
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- Students spin the wheel for a challenge and prize at the Libraries’ table for Welcome Week. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)
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- Students draw pictures of gopher’s for a prize during Welcome Week. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)
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- Students pick a prize of buttons, stickers, pencils, or candy for Welcome Week. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)
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- Community members learn about the Arthur Upson Room in the Walter Library. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)
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- Students in the Chill Zone room color a community mandala. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)
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- A student writes a postcard at the Libraries’ table outside Walter Library. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)
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- A happy heart and 3d-printed objects decorate the table for the Health Science Library’s Makerspace. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)
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- Students play a Toaster-themed mini-golf course. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)
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- Charlie Heinz, an academic technologist and VR program lead, talks with students about the Makerspace and the Toaster. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)
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- Kate Peterson, undergraduate services librarian, tells students about the Arthur Upson Room in the Walter Library. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)
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- Students in the Chill Zone room make buttons with cutouts from magazines. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)
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- Students scale a climbing wall for Welcome Week. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)
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- Rebecca Gillette, the community engagement lead for Mapping Prejudice, talks with students about racial covenants. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)
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- Students receive a map of the Libraries across the UMN campuses. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)
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- Students draw pictures of gopher’s for a prize during Welcome Week. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)
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- Students in the Chill Zone room color pictures for Welcome Week. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)
