Get to Know Your Campus & Community
Mark your calendar for Welcome Week: August 14-22, 2025.
The Office of Student Development is excited about welcoming you to your new home and introducing you to the many wonderful opportunities you have as a new Blazer. This week is full of fun and purposeful activities for new and returning students as well as opportunities to get to know our campus and community.
We can't wait to welcome you to campus! A schedule of activities will be available late spring 2025. Contact Student Development with any questions.
We had so much fun welcoming students to campus last August and can't wait to meet our new students in 2025!
What Happens During Welcome Week?
Join other new students and families and hear from Belhaven leaders, including Belhaven President Dr. Roger Parrott, as they welcome you into the Belhaven family.
Meet your Peer Leaders and other new freshman and transfer students! Join the BU Sessions & Peer Group Meetings to meet friends, learn about life at Belhaven, and celebrate the start to the semester.
Celebrate the first day of classes with barbeque, music, lawn games, food eating contests, and other competitions for the entire Belhaven University community!
Don’t miss the most popular tradition of Welcome Week! The Blazer Beach Bash celebrates the first week of classes with music, snow cones, food, and many more surprises!
Meet professors from the many academic departments across campus. This is a great time to learn about the many ways to get involved and enhance your academic experience while studying at Belhaven.
New students will have the opportunity to serve in the community, living out Belhaven’s motto, “To Serve, Not To Be Served.”
Contact Us
Office of Student Development
Phone: 601-968-5969Belhaven University
Student Center | 2nd Floor
1500 Peachtree Street, Box 167
Jackson, MS 39202
Verse of the Year
For the Lord is good. His unfailing love continues forever, and his faithfulness continues to each generation.
Psalm 100:5