Northwestern Campuses Prepare to Welcome Students for Fall 2025 Semester

August 7, 2025

Members of the Northwestern Student Government Association serve meals to Northwestern students during the 2024 Aloha! Northwestern event.

Alva, Okla. — Northwestern Oklahoma State University continues to ready its campus for the return of students for the Fall 2025 semester.

Students may begin to move-in to their respective residence halls from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 14 through Sunday, Aug. 17.

The required freshmen and transfer orientation for students on the Alva campus is Saturday, Aug. 16. Registration will begin 8:30 a.m. and Freshmen orientation will begin at 9:00 a.m. in Percefull Fieldhouse, followed by breakout sessions across campus. Transfer orientation will be from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. in the Joe J. Struckle Education Center, room 109.

“Zero Day” orientation for all students at the Woodward campus is scheduled for Aug. 14 from 4 to 6 p.m. and orientation at the Enid campus is scheduled for Aug. 14 from noon to 1 p.m. These orientations are voluntary.

On Monday, Aug. 18, the Northwestern Foundation and Alumni Association starts off the first week of classes by hosting a free breakfast for students starting at 7:30 p.m. The Northwestern Student Government Association (SGA) then kicks off Howdy Week with their annual Aloha! Northwestern event from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. with free food, music, inflatables, games and more.

A group of Northwestern students play volleyball outside Coronado Hall during the 2024 Aloha! Northwestern event.

Northwestern students can grab some free popcorn and catch movie night on the lawn Tuesday, Aug. 19 starting at 9:00 p.m. at the south wall of Coronado Café, and on Wednesday, Aug. 20, check out all of Northwestern’s clubs and organizations on the J.W. Martin Library lawn starting at 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Then come out for the Glow, Rangers, Glow scavenger hunt and yard games starting at 8:30 p.m. on the intramural field.

Rialto Cinema in downtown Alva is offering the first 75 Northwestern students (with student id) free movie tickets for the 7:00 p.m. showing on Thursday, Aug. 21, courtesy of SGA. Howdy Week wraps up on Friday, Aug. 22, with the Monroe Street block party from 9:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. with music, dancing and more free food.

There is still time to enroll in the Fall 2025 semester; Aug. 26 is the final day to enroll for the fall semester. Visit www.nwosu.edu/course-schedules to see a full list of Fall classes.

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