As part of this year’s Welcome Week, Youngstown State U. will welcome special guest Tyrone Wells to perform once again on campus during a Penguin Pre-Party.

Wells, who recently released his fifth album, “Metal and Wood,” will take the stage for a second time after opening for Matt Nathanson and Augustana during last year’s Welcome Week.

Student programming intern Danielle Long said Wells was chosen after overwhelming support from the student body.

“Tyrone Wells was a pretty easy one. We picked him basically because he opened for Matt Nathanson and Augustana last fall, so we wanted to bring him back because we knew a lot of people liked him,” Long said. “It just happened to be a really good opportunity as far as routing because he’s going to be in Pittsburgh the night before…it just was one of those things that just fell together.”

Sophomore Susan Rowe voiced her support for the pick as well.

“I am definitely going to see Tyrone Wells,” she said. “I love everything about his music, especially his voice, and his lyrics are very relatable.”

The concert will begin at 7 p.m. in Peaberry’s Cafe on Sept. 9. It will be shortened to two hours, as opposed to the normal three-hour runtime, and features only the headlining band. Long said this was changed to reduce the number of students leaving before the set is finished.

The Penguin Pre-Party is free to students. A variety of prizes will be offered during the evening.

“As far as prizes this year, we have a lot of good concert tickets we’re giving away,” Long said. “If you come to all five [Penguin Pre-Parties], at the end of the last one, you can get put into a drawing for a free acoustic guitar and 12 free guitar lessons.”