Friday, Aug. 18
7 a.m. – Dining Services Open
8 a.m. – Students Move In, Residence Halls Open
9 a.m. – Faculty / Staff welcome back convocation (Fine Arts Building)
11 a.m. – Sorority Bid Day (University Residence South)
11:30 a.m. – Residence Halls Parent/Family Welcome
1:30 p.m. – Multicultural Family Welcome (Office of Multicultural Affairs)
3:15 p.m. – Family Orientation (Copeland Hall 142)
3:45 p.m. – New Students: Class of the Eclipse Parade (Bell Tower)
4 p.m. – New Students: Welcome Convocation (Health & Sports Center)
5 to 8 p.m. – Blue/Gold Showcase (Campus Greens)
5:30 p.m. – Chancellor’s Picnic (Campus Greens)
7 p.m. – Marching Band Exhibition Performance (Foster Field)
7:45 p.m. – First Year Commuter Meeting (Student Union, Cedar Room)
7:45 p.m. – First Residence Hall Floor Meetings
9 p.m. – Playfair (Foster Field)
10:30 p.m. – New Students: Donut Miss This Event (Foster Field)
Saturday, Aug. 19
8:45 a.m. – New Students: Breakfast and Class Picture (Foster Field)
9:30 a.m. – New Students: Life as a Loper Orientation (Student Union, Ponderosa)
11:30 a.m. – New Students: Conversations with Faculty (Campus Greens)
5 p.m. – Loper Football Scrimmage, Futures Game (Foster Field)
5:30 to 7 p.m. – Barbeque (Holy Cross Campus Ministry)
7 to 8 p.m. – Paint the Road Blue (west of Health and Sports Center)
8 to 9:30 p.m. – Lopers Under the Lights with UNK Athletics (Foster Field)
9:30 p.m. – Loper Rock the Night dance (Student Union Courtyard)
Sunday, August 20
11 a.m. – Soccer exhibition vs Hastings College (Cope Stadium)
1 p.m. – Campus Class Roam guided tours (Student Union Atrium)
2 p.m. – PREclipse Talks (Miriam Drake Theatre)
2 to 4 p.m. – Transfer Orientation (Student Union Cedar Room)
5 to 8 p.m. – Party in the Park with Campus Recreation, Fraternity and Sorority Life: food, sand volleyball, big splash competition (6:15 pm) and other games. (Harmon Park)
6 p.m. – SUNday Sounds at MONA (Museum of Nebraska Art)
7 p.m. – Astronomer Tabetha Boyajian Pre-Eclipse Talk (Merryman Performing Arts Center)
Monday, Aug. 21
First Day of Classes
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Great American Eclipse Lunch and Watch Party (Foster Field)
3 p.m. – Yard Games (Newman Center)
5 to 6 p.m. – Kearney Symphony Orchestra Auditions (Fine Arts)
7 to 10 p.m. – Peer Health Back to School Bash: Inflatables, yard games, food and music. (Campus Greens)
