Mission Statement
The mission of HBO-Week is to direct an environment where students are accepted as they are and are broadcasted all the possibilities their futures at Rice and Martel hold. We recognize diversity; but, even more so, seek to promote inclusivity and MAX-imize the perspectives of New Students, Advisors, and everyone involved in O-Week’s succession of the Culture of Care. We will equip students with both the academic and social knowledge/resources they need to continue to write their own game as they inherit their throne at Martel. HBO-Week will strive to be a time that New Students look back at as not merely a period of transition, but rather a euphoric episode at the start of their new season of life. This O-Week will have you saying HB-Woah! 😮
Meet The Coordinators
Before, during, and after O-Week, you will get to know and interact with a number of students and adults who will assist you throughout your transition to Rice. Many such individuals have put in a great deal of extra time to ensure that your experience at Rice is both memorable and successful. Among these students, three act as the foundation upon which your O-Week is built. Each college has three O-Week Coordinators, chosen to oversee the preparation and execution of O-Week for their college as well as collaborating with other colleges on larger, campus-wide events. These three Coordinators, selected in November, have spent the last eight months, meeting online and spending part of their summers in Houston, planning your first week at Rice. From choosing the theme and the mission, to interviewing and selecting the Advising team, to rooming New Students, creating a schedule and writing these O-Week books, all 33 Coordinators on campus have dedicated unquantifiable effort for you, the Rice Matriculating Class of 2020. In addition to your Advisors, the O-Week Coordinators are available to answer any questions you may have about O-Week and transitioning to Rice. After O-Week they will continue to be a resource you can reach out to for anything big or small and will continue to support you in anyway they can.
Click the picture to meet each of your amazing Coords!
