LRU Family Weekend

September 28-29, 2012

While we know you will want to visit with your student(s), we hope you will consider attending many of the weekend's events. The schedule has a wide variety of engaging opportunities, including classroom experiences, co-curricular opportunities, conversations with faculty and staff, and athletic events. Families are allowed to pick and choose the events they would like to attend. If you have any questions about Family Weekend, please call the Dean of Students Office at 828-328-7247.

After checking out the schedule, please R.S.V.P. with the Best of LRU registration form.

 

Thursday, September 27, 2012: Pre-Weekend Event: The Visiting Writers Series presents Nicholas Carr, author of LRU's summer read, The Shallows.

7:00pm-9:00pm in P.E. Monroe Auditorium (FREE Event)

Friday, September 28, 2012 

11:00am-5:00pm

Check-in for Family Weekend

Cromer Center Lobby

Check-in for name tags, campus maps, and weekend schedules.

11:00am-2:00pm

Getting REAL in the Classroom

Locations will be available upon check-in.

Sit in on a variety of classes. Classes begin on the hour.

  11:00am-11:50am

ART 341: Art History I

EDU 274: Global Education

MUS 200: Music Appreciation

  12:00am-12:50am

ECO 121: Macro-Economics

  1:00pm-1:50pm

ENG 231: Writing about Literature

HIS 121: US History to 1865

REL 100: The Christian Faith

11:00am-2:00pm

Lunch

On-campus options: Cromer Dining Hall (regular line service; pay at door) OR Bear's Lair (a la carte service)

3:00pm-4:00pm

Accomplishing Career Success

Career Services Library, Mauney Hall (1st floor)

Learn how the Office of Career and Personal Development is supporting your student to reach his/her optimal goals. Staff will share the programs, resources, and technologies available to your student for career exploration, mentoring, shadowing, internships, and graduate school preparation.

3:00pm-4:00pm

Profiles of Civic Engagement

The Lohr Learning Commons, Rudisill Library (2nd floor)

Throughout the year, LR's Americorps/VISTA Office offers a range of service opportunities and educational programs that address what it means to be civically engaged. Come learn about some of the ways that students work and learn within the local community.

4:30pm-6:00pm

Dinner

On-campus Options: Cromer Dining Hall (regular line service; pay at door) OR Bear's Lair (a la carte service)

7:30pm-9:00pm

Playmakers' Rehearsal and Tour

P.E. Monroe Auditorium

Sit in on the Playmakers' rehearsal of "The Clean House" and then take a behind the scenes tour.

7:30pm-9:00pm

Dessert Social and Bingo

Cromer Dining Hall

Come back to campus for dessert and BINGO! It's sure to be a great event with fun prizes to be won!

8:00pm-10:00pm

CANCELLED: Star Gazing at LRU (weather permitting)

Saturday, September 29, 2012

LRU Bookstore will be open from 9:00am until 4:00pm

Cromer Center (lower level)

9:00am-12:00pm

Check-in continues

Cromer Center Lobby

Stop by the check-in desk for name tags, campus maps, and weekend schedules.

9:30am-11:30am

Brunch

Cromer Dining Hall (regular line service; pay at door)

10:00am-1:00pm 

Academic and Campus Buildings Open for self-guided tours:
Minges Science Building, McCrorie Center, Mauney-Schaeffer Hall, Cloninger Alumni House, Rudisill Library including the Lohr Learning Commons.

1:00pm-1:50pm

Science Alive!

Minges Science Building

Join the LRU School of Natural Sciences for some chemistry and physics fun!

1:30pm-4:30pm

Light Lunch

On-campus options: Cromer Dining Hall (regular line service; pay at door) or Bear's Lair (a la carte service)

2:00pm-3:00pm

Open House for Families of LRU Honors Academy Scholars

Fritz-Conrad Hall Lobby

Drop-in for a visit with the Honors Academy faculty, learn what the Honors Academy students have been up to this semester, and enjoy some light refreshments.

3:30pm-4:30pm

Multicultural House Open House

Ike Jr., (behind Isenhour Hall)

Come enjoy an opportunity to meet with students in the newest theme house as well as meet the new Director of Multicultural Affairs.

4:30pm-6:00pm

Dinner

Cromer Dining Hall (regular line service; pay at door)

7:00pm-10:00pm

LRU Football Game

Moretz Stadium

Join the whole LR community to support the LR Bears against North Greenville University. (Tickets required-available at the stadium gate.)

GO BEARS!

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