O-Week Programming

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ISSUE 193.1 | CAMPUS 101 0-WEEK PROGRAMMING

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2

Residence Community Hangouts

• 5:30pm – 6:30pm • Various Locations • Hosted by RLS for each community.

IHC Programming

• 7:00pm – 8:30pm • Various Locations • Three programs running concurrently in

East, South, North. Each is anticipated to have a small audience of 30-50.

SEL Programming

• 8:00pm – 10:00pm • UC Courtyard, Peter Clark Hall, UC 2nd

Floor, MacKinnon, Branion Plaza • SEL will be running escape rooms, hosting a social space with snacks and games, and directing students to the variety of

Athletic activities open late.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 3

Residence Community Hangouts

• 5:30pm – 6:30pm • Various Locations • Hosted by RLS for each community.

IHC Drag Makeup Tutorial

• 7:00pm – 9:00pm • Peter Clark Hall • Interhall Council is hosting a drag queen who is teaching students some tips and tricks of drag make-up.

CSA Chill Vibes Clubhouse

• 8:00pm – 11:00pm • UC Courtyard, Peter Clark Hall, UC 2nd

Floor, Branion Plaza • The CSA will be providing food, games, and live music.

SEL Outdoor Movie Night

• 9:00pm – 11:00pm • Johnston Green • SEL will have the large inflatable movie screen and will be showing a free movie (voting is still in the works).

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 4

Off-Campus Kick Off, Tours, Lunch

• 10:00am – 11:00am • Peter Clark Hall • Off Campus Living and OCUS will be running this event to welcome off-campus students. Following the event OCUS is running tours and returning to have lunch together.

Opening Welcome - Ready, Set, Gryphon!

• 12:00pm – 1:15pm or 1:45pm – 3:00pm • Event Centre • Hosted by the Student Experience Department, this welcome is to hype students up for O-Week, review the IAAG Commitments, provide context on O-Week events,

OVs, and help prepare them to make the most of their O-Week.

University 101

• 3:00pm – 4:00pm • Various Classrooms and Online • The first in a series of three. This session is led by OVs and focuses on wayfinding.

Block Party

• 4:30pm – 11:00pm • Johnston Green • Hosted by the CSA. There will be inflatables, and acoustic music in the first half, followed by more of a higher vibe music in the second half. Food trucks will be the dinner option, available on site.

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 5

University 102

• 11:30am – 12:30pm • Various Classrooms and Online • The second in a series of three. This session is led by OVs and focuses on student resources including clubs and non-academic supports.

GryphFest

• 1:00pm – 4:00pm • Johnston Green • Hosted by the SEL. Will include inflatables, food trucks with carnival style foods/snacks, a DJ, and a variety of activities led by student groups.

Football Game

• 1:00pm – 4:00pm • Alumni Stadium • The home-opener football game.

Can I Kiss You?

• 4:15pm – 5:15pm or 5:45pm – 6:45pm • Event Centre • Wellness is bringing back Mike Domitrz for his annual consent presentation.

Residence Building Meetings

• 4:15pm – 5:15pm or 5:45pm – 6:45pm • Various Locations • Hosted by Student Housing for each building.

SEL Outdoor Movie Night

• 8:00pm – 10:00pm • Johnston Green • SEL will have the large inflatable movie screen and will be showing a free movie (voting is still in the works).

IHC Silent Disco

• 9:00pm – 11:00pm • West Gym • IHC is bringing in a silent disco, where students get headsets and tune in to a variety of DJ’ed music channels. This event is ticketed.

CSA Sexy Bingo

• 9:00pm – 11:00pm • Peter Clark Hall • CSA, in collaboration with the Wellness

Education Centre, is running their classic

Sexy Bingo night. Topics around consent, safe sex, and sex toys will be part of this bingo night.

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 6

Go Vaxx Bus

• 10:00am – 6:00pm • Outside Thornbrough • For any students or campus members in need of a Covid vaccine, there will be a mobile vaccination clinic outside Thornbrough all day long.

Degree Program Meetings

• 10:30am – 11:20am or 11:30am – 12:20pm • Various Classrooms and Online • Program Meetings run by Program Counsellors designed to share information about the Degree and it’s policies with students.

CSA Subs & Clubs

• 12:30pm – 1:30pm • Johnston Green • The CSA is hosting a club fair while handing out free subs

University 103

• 1:30pm – 2:30pm • Various Classrooms and Online • The third in a series of three. This session is led by OVs and focuses on academics, health, and wellness.

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7

Meetings for Majors

• 10:00am – 10:50am or 11:00am – 11:50am • Various Classrooms and Online • Run by program advisors, these sessions share information about each Major and what to expect as a student in that major.

Induction of Scholars

• 12:00pm – 1:30pm • Event Centre • Run by the President’s Office, this formal ceremony is most easily described as a

“reverse convocation” where members of administration and different staff and faculty welcome students to the beginning of their academic journey.

Special Lecture Series

• 2:00pm – 2:50pm and 3:00pm – 3:50pm • Various Classrooms • A number of professors will be giving mock lectures on a variety of interesting topics to give students a chance to learn something new while experiencing what a university lecture feels like.

Room Burn

• 4:00pm – 4:15pm • Johnston Green • The Fire Prevention Office will be demonstrating the importance of fire safety with a mock bedroom set up on Johnston

Green that will be purposely set on fire to see the speed at which fire moves.

Boogie Practice & Dinner

• 4:30pm – 6:30pm • Various Locations • IHC (with support from RLS) and OCUS will be running boogie practices for each residence community and/or off-campus community. During this time the SEL will be

giving students pizza for dinner. Community shirts will be handed out at this time too.

Pep Rally

• 7:00pm – 9:00pm • Alumni Stadium • Hosted by the SEL, this is the annual Pep

Rally where students will compete their

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8

Resource Fair

• 11:00am – 2:30pm • Branion Plaza • The SEL is hosting a resource fair with a variety of campus partners.

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9

Culture Jam

• 12:00pm – 2:00pm • Branion Plaza • The Student Experience Department is running an event to celebrate the variety of cultures present on campus through live music and food.

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