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University Libraries welcomes new, returning students for its annual Camp Alden

Aiden Ryan
September 9, 2025

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ University Libraries hosted its annual Camp Alden event to celebrate new and returning Bobcats during Welcome Week. On Wednesday, Aug. 28 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., students celebrating their return to the Athens campus joined staff outside the fourth floor at Wolfe Garden with lawn games, art-making stations and a scavenger hunt through all seven floors of the building.

As a part of Welcome Week, the staff at Alden Library hosted a free event to familiarize students with its many resources and learning spaces. Students participated in button-making, a hot-button activity that used recycled materials like magazines and yearbooks. Additionally, students enjoyed eating s’mores, and they played mini golf and cornhole.  

The scavenger hunt also returned this year, featuring new clues and locations. The event allowed students to discover study areas and resources on various floors as well as service desk locations for future studying needs.

From winning new prizes to discovering new study spots, every attending student had the chance to get to know their Library better.

If you missed Camp Alden – no worries! Alden Library will continue hosting more events this semester. Stay tuned and head to the Libraries’ Blog for more information about all the fun activities ahead!

Students at Camp Alden 2025 flipping through magazines to cut images to make into buttons
(From left) Freshman Larissa Harris, a linguistics student, sophomore Lindsay Arbez, a psychology student, and Ava Nussbaum, a studio art student, look through magazines to create art buttons at the button-making station at Camp Alden.
Staff at Camp Alden 2025 preparing students to begin the Scavenger Hunt to find library resources
(From left) Senior Kate Dinan, a French and linguistics student, Yashvita Kanuganti, a linguistics and religious studies student, and Sarah Braun, an art history student, get ready for Camp Alden’s scavenger hunt with the Libraries’ Janet Carleton, Digital Initiatives coordinator.
Camp Alden 2025 fourth floor entrance button making, scavenger hunt and prize table, and smore making
As night falls, students and staff inside Alden Library enjoy all the activities offered at Camp Alden.

Photos by Presley Chen / Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ University Libraries