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Wildcat Welcome Weekend Schedule
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| Friday, September 19th:
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| 9:00am - 4:00pm | On-Campus Student Check-In
Residence Halls
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| 11:00am - 1:00pm | FREE Lunch
Holmes Dining Room and North Village Café
Soup/salad buffet, compliments of Dining Services.
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| 3:00pm - 4:00pm | Off-Campus Student, Wildcat Welcome Weekend Check-In
Student Union/Recreation Center Pit Area (SURC)
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| 4:00pm - 5:00pm | Parent & Family Reception
Sue Lombard Room
Relax after a long day at this informal gathering with other parents and CWU community members. Light refreshments will be served.
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| 4:00pm - 6:00pm | FREE Family BBQ
SURC Holmes Dining Hall & Central Market Place
BBQ compliments of Dining Services.
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| 6:00pm - 7:00pm | Your Central Home Away from Home
On-Campus Students: In your residence hall with your RA
Off-Campus Students: SUB 137 A & B
Find out information about opportunities, services and the staff available to support you. Bring your Wildcat Welcome Weekend (WWW) schedule book to every session of WWW.
(Topics to cover: introduce staff, explain why they decided to be staff, services – mail, office hour, kitchens, phone list, safety, fire, alcohol, noise policies)
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| 7:50pm - 9:20pm | University Welcome and Keynote
Nicholson Pavilion
University Welcome: Parents and students, please join us for a “Wildcat Welcome” from CWU President Dr. Jerilyn McIntyre, administrators, and your ASCWU student government leaders.
Keynote: Welcome to the Time of Your Life: 20 Keys to Success in College and Life! David Coleman, 10-time National Collegiate Speaker of the Year, delivers a fast-paced, humorous and uplifting program that covers issues you may face during your initial year here at CWU and helps you process ways to navigate the sometimes bumpy road of adapting to college life.
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| 10:00pm | Meet Your Neighbors
On-Campus Students: In your hall
Meet your neighbors – have some snacks and meet and greet who you are living next to. Sign up to represent your hall in the Wildcat Cup Competition.
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| Saturday, September 20th
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| 8:00am - 10:00am | FREE Continental Breakfast
Holmes Dining Room
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| 10:00am - 11:30n | Community Meetings
On-Campus Students: In your hall
After classes, you want to come back to a place that feels like home. We’ll discuss roommate agreements & community expectations. If you didn’t do it last night, sign up for today’s Wildcat Cup competition. Review WWW schedule and ask questions.
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| 12:00pm - 1:30pm | Lunch - Connection Card Required
SURC Holmes Dining Room and North Village Cafe
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| 1:00pm - 3:30pm | Football Game
CWU Football Stadium
CWU vs. Humboldt State
GO WILDCATS! Wear crimson and black and show your spirit!
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| 3:30pm - 5:00pm | Wildcat Cup
Nicholson Pavilion Fieldhouse
The Almonty-Kennedy team is the reigning Wildcat Cup Champion! Will your hall take this year’s title and have bragging rights for a year? Join us for the most wild and wacky relay race on earth. Sign up for specific events with your hall staff or WWW Leader at your community meetings and then come out to prove your hall is a “juggernaut” (n. jeg-er-not: a massive, inexorable force…which crushes anything in its path).
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| 5:30pm - 7:00pm | FREE Tailgate Dinner
SURC East Patio
Tailgate dinner compliments of Dining Services.
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8:00pm-11:00pm
Food will end at 10:00pm | SURC-us
Student Union and Recreation Center
Bring Connection Card for food and beverages!
Ever have a desire to play Twister with 12 of your closest new best friends? How about getting "zapped" in an electrifying game of Laser Tag? Become the game while you play Human Foosball. For the more gentle at heart, have your caricature drawn by the incredible Steve Hartley...have your picture taken in the always fun and fabulous Photo Booth. Student clubs and organizations will also be on hand so that you can find out information about how to get involved and have fun at CWU.
For the recreation minded--the incredible Recreation Center will be in full swing with plenty of room and activity for you to re-energize from your busy day. Climb the 50 foot climbing wall; get a pick-up basketball game together with some new friends. Walk or run on the 1/8 mile indoor track or make like a washing machine and try spinning and cycling…
Join your new "class of 2012" at the SURC for an evening of awesome entertainment and fun....And food!!! Bring your Connection Card to load up on food and beverages.
...And food!!! Bring your Connection Card to load up on "Circus Style" food and beverages. At 9:00 p.m. the Wildcat Shop will have a t-shirt giveaway to all Freshmen!!!
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| Sunday, September 21st
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| 10:00am - 12:45pm | Brunch - Connection Card Required
SURC Holmes Dining Room, North Village Café, East and West Cat Trax
Espresso Stands, and C-Stores
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| 10:00am - 1:00pm | Student Clubs & Organizations Fair
SURC
Learn about dozens of exciting clubs and organizations at CWU and how you can get involved. Can’t find what you are looking for??? Learn how to start your own officially recognized club right here at CWU.
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| 1:00pm - 4:00pm | Educational Sessions
Money Matters
-Science Building
Central Experience
-Black Hall, Mary Grupe Center, Science Lawn
Academic Connections
-Student Union
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| 4:30pm - 7:00pm | Dinner - Connection Card Required
SURC Holmes Dining Room, Central Marketplace, North Village Café, East Cat
Trax Espresso Stand, and C-Stores
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| 6:00pm - 6:45pm | Meet with your International Peer Advisor! (IPA)
Individual Hall Lobbies
If your roommate is a participant of the Asia University America Program (AUAP), please come down to your hall’s lobby at 6:00pm to speak with your IPA.
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| 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Lions, Tigers, and Floyd! Oh, My!
Student Union Theatre
Explaining it in writing doesn’t do it justice—you have to see and hear it to believe it! Experience the great, and now legendary, mystery of why Pink Floyd decided to synchronize their album, “Dark Side of the Moon”, to the classic film, “The Wizard of Oz”…or did they? Hosted by (the near legendary) Scott Drummond of Campus Activities.
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| 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Intramural Tournaments
Nicholson Pavilion and the Recreation Center
Participate in the very first intramural sports tournaments of the year. Sign up with your RA or WWW Leader Friday or Saturday at your community meetings for one of these events: 3-on-3 basketball, dodgeball, volleyball, or 6-on-6 kickball. Feel the impact of intramural sports!
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| 9:30pm - 11:30pm | Pool Party
Meet in Student Union Pit to walk to City Pool
Head to the pool for a relaxing moonlight swim. Enter the now-famous diving contest or practice your cannonball. Snacks will be provided (forget about the half-hour thing…lifeguards are on duty).
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| Monday, September 22nd
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| 7:00am - 8:15am | Breakfast - Connection Card Required
Holmes Dining Room, East and West Cat Trax Espresso Stands
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| 8:15am - 12:00pm | Session Rotations - See specific times and group numbers below!
- Nonviolent Sexuality
Student Union Ballroom
Bob Hall's presentation on sex, conflict, alcohol, and intimacy provides an opportunity for students to be part of a nonviolent atmosphere in which they can engage in conversation without feeling uncomfortable or threatened.
- Diversity at CWU: The Naked Truth on Stereotypes
Music Building
Stereotypes can hurt deeply and impair our abilities to see and accept the complex truths of our selves and one another. This theatrical production seeks to heal our fractured selves and
communities by unveiling and debunking the socially constructed myths of identity that divide-to-conquer us daily. Featuring CWU student voices, this original social he Artistry production honors and amplifies truth, exposing constructs and expanding concepts and capacities through personal expression.
- Mixed Drinks, Mixed Emotions: Alcohol Abuse and Mental Health
Student Union Theater
In his program, Ross Szabo addresses the growing number of college students that are dealing with mental health issues and how the use of alcohol can play a negative role in coping strategies.
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| 12:00pm - 1:30pm | Lunch - Connection Card Required
Holmes Dining Room, Central Marketplace, North Village Café, East and
West Cat Trax Espresso Stands, and C-Stores
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| 2:00pm - 2:50pm | MUS 104 (all sections)
Music Building 150
All sections of MUS 104 meet at 2pm in the Music Education Building 150.
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| Optional Programs
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| 1:00pm - 5:00pm | Yakima River Float Trip
Experience all the wonders of the Yakima River with our amazing staff. There will be a dance contest, juggling, water games, and maybe even a Pirate encounter. $20.00 per Participant. Preregistration required. For reservations and information please call 963-3537.
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| 1:00pm - 5:00pm | Challenge Course
Enjoy an afternoon on the Challenge Course with our fantastic facilitators. Come climb the Alpine Tower and take a ride on the Giant Swing. $15.00 per Participant. Preregistration required. For reservations and information please call 963-3539.
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| 4:00pm - 6:00pm | Top-Rope Climbing Course
Want to learn how to use the 50' foot Climbing Wall? This is your chance to take the Top-Rope Belay course. This course is designed to teach the skills needed to pass a Top-Rope belay exam. $15.00 per Participant. Preregistration required. For reservations and information please call 963-3512.
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| 8:30pm | Outdoor Movie
SURC East Patio
Iron Man
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