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FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
WELCOME WEEK 2013
Wednesday, August 21 - Sunday, August 25
***TENTATIVE! This schedule is based on Welcome Week 2012, and will be updated as events are finalized!***
Printable Full Schedule of Events (PDF)- will be available in August 2013 when schedule is finalized
Welcome Week events help get all students (commuter and residential alike) introduced to the Civic, Academic, Personal, and Social aspects of UofL (CAPS). Programming is designed to meet that goal while at the same time offering fun, engaging activities that allow students to make personal connections with faculty, staff, current, and new students.
NOTE: The SIGNATURE CAPS EVENTS ( ) are events that all first-year students are EXPECTED TO ATTEND. Please note the CAPS logo next to the 5 events on Friday and 1 event on Saturday which indicate those are Signature Events. Be sure to bring your student ID to these events to be checked in for attendance!
Parking: You can park for FREE August 19 - 25 at the Floyd Street Garage. Get directions to campus.
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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9:00am
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6:00pm
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Official Move-in Day
Welcome home! You’ll love the curbside service and flock of volunteers who'll help you get settled in no time flat!
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9:00am |
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6:00pm |
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Welcome & Info Lounge
Jazzman’s Café, Student Activities Center
Refresh with drinks, free samples and fun prizes sponsored by Sodexo. Event guides, local shopping/dining maps, answers to your questions, and computer access are all here!
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9:00am |
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6:00pm |
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UPS Family Welcome Stations
Louisville Hall (also serving Bettie Johnson/Kurz/Community Park), Threlkeld Hall, Unitas Hall, Miller Hall
Questions about UofL, Welcome Week, Campus Health and more? Parents Association and Health Promotion staff have your answers! Refuel with cold water and snacks, pick up your free Cardinal Parent Proud car decal, grab a Welcome Week schedule, maps to stores and restaurants, and more!
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8:00am |
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6:00pm |
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Book It to Barnes and Noble
Student Activities Center
Stop by our campus bookstore to pick up your textbooks, shop for essentials and enter to win UofL gear!
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8:00am |
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5:00pm |
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“Unbound” (permanent exhibit)
Mon. - Fri., 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. & Sat. 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., 2nd Floor East, Ekstrom Library
UofL’s Advanced Photography students defined diversity by examining the issue of banned books. Hands from all walks of life and anonymous books cover a series of interactive cabinets, which open to reveal illustrations of some of our country's most challenged works of literature.
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8:00am |
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5:00pm |
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“Tarzan: The 100th Birthday” (through Sept. 28)
Mon. - Fri., 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. & Sat. 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Rare Books Exhibit, Ekstrom Library
This collection of Edgar Rice Burroughs is the largest in any institutional library world-wide and features first editions, comics, posters, photographs and other memorabilia.
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8:00am |
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5:00pm |
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“Historic Louisville” (through Sept. 30)
Mon. - Fri., 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. & Sat. 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Photographic Archives, Ekstrom Library
The exhibit features books by Louisville historian Samuel Thomas and the images he used from the UofL collection.
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11:00am |
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7:00pm |
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Welcome Lunch (11:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.) and Dinner (4:30 – 7:00 p.m.)
Ville Grill, 3rd and Brandeis
FREE food for families! Students, purchase your meal on your meal plan and treat up to 3 family members free. Experience your all-you-care-to-eat "kitchen away from home."
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1:00pm |
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1:20pm |
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Health Insurance Literacy Workshops (1:00 – 1:20 p.m.; 1:30 – 1:50 p.m.)
Health Promotion Activity Room, Student Services Annex
Who pays for medical care if you get sick? Have you made the right decisions about health insurance and fees? Students and parents, take just 30 mins. to get info and ask questions about the health fee waiver, insurance enrollment, and medical care access.
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4:00pm |
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4:20pm
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Health Insurance Literacy Workshops (4:00 – 4:20 p.m.; 4:30 – 4:50 p.m.)
Health Promotion Activity Room, Student Services Annex
See above.
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7:00pm |
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Residence Hall Roundup
Meet on your floor
Meet and get to know your First Year Guide and hallmates before heading together to Playfair.
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7:00pm |
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Off-Campus Student Social
Commuter Student Lounge, Davidson Hall 105
Living off campus? Meet other new and upperclass commuter students, grab FREE snacks, and get some great tips! Then off to Playfair!
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7:30pm |
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9:00pm |
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Playfair – The Ultimate Icebreaker
Cardinal Arena, Student Activities Center
Always a favorite—meet current and other new students in this one-of-a-kind get-to-know-you activity.
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9:00pm |
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11:00pm |
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SAC Live!
Student Activities Center
The SAC is bringing the party to start a new year! Rock your way into Welcome Week with a concert from national recording artist A LION NAMED ROAR, plus check out all the activities and games, prizes, FREE food and FREE stuff. Swipe your student ID for a chance to win a “game night” prize pack of board games, cards, dice, and candy!
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Thursday, August 22, 2013
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9:00am
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4:00pm
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Welcome & Info Lounge
Jazzman’s Café, Student Activities Center
Refresh with drinks, free samples and fun prizes sponsored by Sodexo. Event guides, local shopping/dining maps, answers to your questions, and computer access are all here!
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8:00am |
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6:00pm |
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Book It to Barnes and Noble
Student Activities Center
Head over to your campus bookstore to pick up your textbooks, shop for other essentials and enter to win UofL gear!
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9:00am |
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9:45am |
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"Wake Up" Yoga
Health Promotion Activity Room, Student Services Annex
Newbie and experienced welcomed. Mats provided.
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10:00am |
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10:45am |
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“Energize” Yoga
Health Promotion Activity Room, Student Services Annex
Newbies and experienced welcomed. Mats provided.
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10:00am |
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11:00am |
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Morning Walk: Discover Old Louisville
Meet at the bottom of the Student Activities Center ramp
Take a scenic walk in Old Louisville with Intramurals.
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11:00am |
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Car-Free Lunch Trip to Gray St. Farmers' Market
11:00 a.m. meet up
Cyclists gather in front of the Red Barn. Bus riders bring UofL ID and meet at the TARC Route #18 stop across from the Floyd St. Garage and the Belknap Bus Station. Bring spending cash/debit card. Attendees get a reusable UofL Sustainability shopping bag!
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12:00pm |
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2:00pm |
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SGA Cares!
Red Barn/West Plaza (Rain: SAC Multi-Purpose Room)
Together we can improve the student experience of fellow Cardinals! Enjoy FREE lunch while you hear from your Student Government Association President, Vice Presidents, staff, and Senators, who will share what SGA has accomplished for students, what’s in the works, and what could be done with your input.
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1:00pm |
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1:20 pm |
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Health Insurance Literacy Workshops (1:00 – 1:20 p.m.; 1:30 – 1:50 p.m.)
Health Promotion Activity Room, Student Services Annex
Who pays for medical care if you get sick? Have you made the right decisions about health insurance and fees? Students and parents, take just 30 mins. to get info and ask questions about the health fee waiver, insurance enrollment, and medical care access.
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2:00pm |
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3:00pm |
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Preparing for Your Flight Plan: Take Off with Academic Success
Strickler Hall 102
Ready to take flight? On any flight plan, the first thing to do is a pre-flight check. Join REACH to review your pre-UofL study skills and learn about college study strategies that can help you set goals for academic success.
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3:00pm |
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4:00pm |
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Faculty Advice: Keys to Success in Your College Courses
Strickler Hall 102
Dr. Edna Ross has taught thousands of UofL students and knows what she and other faculty see as keys to success in any class. In this interactive session, Dr. Ross will help de-mystify faculty expectations and clarify some important dos and don’ts.
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4:00pm |
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5:00pm |
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REACH Ambassador Mentor Match
Strickler Hall Lobby
Ready to make the most of your first year at UofL? Join in the fun to meet and discover the identity of your new REACH Ambassador mentor!
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7:00pm |
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10:00pm |
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Night at the Museum: Mysteries and Magic
Speed Art Museum
This isn’t your third grade fieldtrip. The museum comes to life with a dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment. Experience interactive art projects, fire dancers and other performers, henna tattooing, a photo booth, music, an artwork scavenger hunt, and MORE! Swipe your student ID for a chance to win a digital camera and case! Discover. Explore. Expect to be amazed!
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10:00pm |
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12:00am |
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Horses and Haunts at Churchill Downs
Exclusive UofL ghost tour and museum visit. Space limited to the first 160 interested students in line to enter Night at the Museum.
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Friday, August 23, 2013
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9:00am |
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9:45am |
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"Wake Up" Yoga
Health Promotion Activity Room, Student Services Annex
Newbie and experienced welcomed. Mats provided.
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10:00am |
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10:45am |
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“Energize” Yoga
Health Promotion Activity Room, Student Services Annex
Newbies and experienced welcomed. Mats provided.
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10:00am
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11:00am
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Morning Walk: Discover Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium
Meet at the bottom of the Student Activities Center ramp
Get up, get out, and get into Cardinal Stadium with Intramurals.
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10:00am |
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11:30am |
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Student Affairs Interactive Café
1st Floor Atrium, Student Activities Center
Come meet the Dean and Student Affairs staff, and enjoy refreshments!
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12:00pm |
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12:45pm |
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SOSer Reunions
Humanities Quad (Rain: Red Barn)
Reunite with your SOSer and meet more students in your program.
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12:45pm |
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1:30pm |
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Meet Your Mentor Lunch
SAC Multi-Purpose Room
It’s finally time to meet that person who’s been emailing you all summer! Join your CAPS Leader for lunch and get to know your orientation course classmates, too!
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12:00pm
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3:00pm
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Family Friendly Dining & Info Station
McAlister’s Deli, Miller IT Center Lower Level
While students reunite with SOSers and get to know CAPS Leaders, families can chat with Parents Association staff, ask questions, grab a free Cardinal Parent Proud decal and resources, and get a McAlister’s Deli coupon for a discounted lunch. Campus tours will depart at 1 and 2 p.m.
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1:30pm |
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3:00pm |
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Explore Moore with Book-in-Common
SAC Multi-Purpose Room to various locations
You read The Other Wes Moore, so let’s talk about it! Faculty, staff, and upperclass students will small group discussions with you and your classmates. Bring your favorite quote or question!
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3:00pm |
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4:00pm |
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Unit Open Houses
Enjoy getting to know faculty, staff, and students associated with your intended area of study.
Arts & Sciences: Gardiner Hall Lawn (Rain: SAC Atrium)
Business: Business Atrium
Education and Human Development: College of Education Atrium
Music: Music Main Lobby
Nursing/ Dentistry: Strickler Hall Lobby
Speed: Ernst Hall Auditorium
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4:00pm |
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4:30pm |
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Convocation Concert
Comstock Hall, School of Music
Enter at your leisure to hear this School of Music jazz trio.
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4:30pm |
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5:30pm |
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New Student Convocation and CAPS Ceremony
Comstock Hall, School of Music
Hear greetings from President Ramsey, Provost Willihnganz, the SGA President, and be part of the 2013 CAPS Ceremony.
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5:30pm |
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7:00pm |
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Alumni BBQ & Networking Event
Quad by Humanities and Ekstrom Library (Rain: SAC Multi-Purpose Room)
Once a Cardinal, always a Cardinal! UofL Alumni welcome students and families and host you for dinner, music and games.
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7:00pm |
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8:30pm |
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President’s Coffee and Dessert Reception
Grawemeyer Hall
Meet President Ramsey as well as faculty members from across campus.
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7:30pm |
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9:00pm |
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Keeping the Connection (Porter Scholars and CONECT Mentoring)
SAC Multi-Purpose Room
This is your opportunity to get CONECTed! Join your CONECT Peer Mentor and other incoming African American students in interactive activities to help make your start at UofL a great one!
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8:00pm |
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11:00pm |
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Free Planetarium Shows to UofL students/families on the hour
Rauch Planetarium
8:00 – BIG; 9:00 – Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon; 10:00 – Oasis in Space; 11:00 – Pink Floyd's The Wall
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9:30pm |
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Drive-in Movie
West Lawn (Rain: Floyd Theatre)
Bring a blanket and friends to watch The Hunger Games under the stars. Swipe your student ID for a chance to win a “movie night” prize pack, including a Blu-Ray player, DVDs, and candy! Sponsored by Student Activities Board and First Year Initiatives.
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Saturday, August 24, 2013
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9:00am |
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9:45am |
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"Wake Up" Yoga
Health Promotion Activity Room, Student Services Annex
Newbie and experienced welcomed. Mats provided.
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10:00am |
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10:45am |
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“Energize” Yoga
Health Promotion Activity Room, Student Services Annex
Newbies and experienced welcomed. Mats provided.
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10:00am |
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10:50am |
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Boot Camp Fitness Class
Aerobics Studio, SAC Gym
Newbies and experienced welcomed.
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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Pancake Brunch
Baptist Campus Ministries
Join us for a great breakfast before SOUL!
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12:00pm |
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6:00pm |
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SOUL: Connecting Your Best You with Our Community
Meet at the SAC Multi-Purpose Room
(12:00 – 12:30) Check in
(12:30 – 6:00) Get to know fellow students and UofL faculty and staff while exploring diversity on campus and in the Louisville community. Discover how to make the most of UofL service and leadership opportunities, then work alongside those you met to learn first-hand about the many facets of our “Possibility City.” This exciting opportunity to meet lots of great people includes free lunch and SOUL tee (only for those pre-registered), interactive group discussion, and a group service project. Register online to reserve your lunch and t-shirt!
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5:30pm |
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7:00pm |
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Parking Office Cookout
Parking Office, Floyd Street Garage
The Parking Office staff and Kentucky Telco are cooking you dinner, complete with music, fun and prizes!
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8:00pm |
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9:30pm |
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Welcome Party: You Don’t Have to Come Out to Come In!
SAC West Plaza and The Intersection
The Office for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Services and the LGBT student groups on campus welcome ALL students with ice breakers, popsicles, and a tour of the Intersection, the gathering place for LGBT students, their friends, and allies. It's a place where "Be who you are!" is both the motto and a way of life. Everyone welcome!
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9:00pm |
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10:00pm |
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Shake It Up at the IFC
InterFaith Center
Come and enjoy a FREE MILKSHAKE and find out what that strange concrete building in the center of campus is all about.
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9:00pm |
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12:00am |
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CARDnival
Red Barn and West Plaza (Rain: SAC Multi-Purpose Room)
Kick back at our luau under the stars featuring FREE Qdoba, tropical drinks, make your own lei and other activities, airbrush tattoos, and dancing to the beats of Louisville’s award-winning DJ PRiSM! Swipe your student ID for a chance to win an iPod Touch and Cardinal earbuds! Sponsored by Student Activities Board and First Year Initiatives.
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Sunday, August 25, 2013
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12:00pm
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12:50pm
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Surviving and Thriving in ENGR 101
Strickler Hall 102
Starting SPEED Engineering? Be cool and calculated your first weeks of class. Get a sneak preview of the ENGR 101 syllabus and learn from a student leader how to be more successful in this challenging course.
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12:00pm |
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12:50pm |
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Surviving and Thriving in BIOL 240
Davidson Hall 111
Biology major? Thinking pre-med? Be a natural your first weeks of class. Get a sneak preview of the BIOL 240 syllabus and learn from a student leader how to be more successful in this challenging course.
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1:00pm |
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1:150pm |
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Surviving and Thriving in CHEM 201
Strickler Hall 102
Ready for college chemistry? Don’t let your success be periodic. Get a sneak preview of the CHEM 201 syllabus and learn from a student leader how to be more successful in this challenging course.
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3:00pm |
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Intramural Extravaganza
SAC Gym and Game Room
Try out the open gym, dodgeball and rock/paper/scissors games, club demonstrations and SAC Game Room.
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3:00pm |
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4:30pm |
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Blue Light Special
During this required program for first year students you’ll increase your campus safety savvy. Residents, meet your First Year Guide on your hall floor. Off-campus students, meet your guide at Jazzman’s Cafe in the Student Activities Center.
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5:00pm |
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Roman Catholic Mass, dinner following
InterFaith Center
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6:00pm |
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8:00pm |
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21st Annual Icebreaker & All Campus Cookout
Presented by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.
Red Barn/West Plaza (Rain: SAC Multi-Purpose Room)
National Pan-Hellenic Council’s (NPHC) Greek organizations welcome all new students to our campus community and invite everyone to come meet UofL faculty, staff, and students. Enjoy free food and swipe your student ID for a chance to win a “video game” prize pack, including a PlayStation 3, controller, and game!
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