The 2013 summer orientation has started at the University of Texas at Austin. About 1,200 incoming freshmen will swarm across campus during each of the six orientation sessions. There’s a lot going on and Christian Students on Campus will be there all six sessions to help new students around campus find meaningful Christian community. It is a great opportunity to serve our campus and exalt our Lord Jesus.
This morning Christian Students on Campus was featured in the Daily Texan online! Check out the story below:
Finding community on campus
A group of about 15 students in bright blue shirts stood out from the sea of burnt orange outside Jester Residence Hall Wednesday. Their task: to welcome students and help them make sense of the campus maps.
The students are part of the Christian Students on Campus, a Christian faith organization. Staffer Cary Ard said the group had been their since 7:30 a.m. Wednesday to welcome students and inspire them to find community at UT.
‘Sometimes a lot of kids come here without knowing anyone and they’re looking for community here, we provide that,’ Ard said. ‘It may not be as institutional or stark, but it is a real personal feeling.’
Ard said he had seen students and families from Houston, San Antonio, Corpus Cristi and even Colorado Wednesday.
Morgan May, an advertising junior in the organization, said she hopes new students will make finding a community on campus their priority.
‘Be very open with people,’ she said. ‘You get a couple months to meet a lot of people where no one thinks you’re weird.’
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