{"id":43284,"date":"2026-01-15T13:16:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T18:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=43284"},"modified":"2026-01-15T20:45:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T01:45:57","slug":"sinclair-students-kick-off-the-semester-at-welcome-week-bash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2026\/01\/15\/sinclair-students-kick-off-the-semester-at-welcome-week-bash\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinclair students kick off the semester at Welcome Week Bash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Jan. 15, Sinclair hosted the Welcome Week Bash. This event aimed to bring students together and see all the clubs and organizations that Sinclair has to offer. Attendees were treated to free pizza, games and goat petting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"43285\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2026\/01\/15\/sinclair-students-kick-off-the-semester-at-welcome-week-bash\/attachment\/img_2576\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_2576-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_2576\" 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Sinclair faculty members at the Welcome Week Bash on Jan. 15 in Building 8<\/strong><strong>. <\/strong>NOAH SCHLARMAN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"43289\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2026\/01\/15\/sinclair-students-kick-off-the-semester-at-welcome-week-bash\/attachment\/img_2553\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_2553-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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