Open Houses and Panels - Various locations
There will be various Open Houses and Informational Panels. Some participating groups include:

• Transfer & Non-Traditional Students
• Student Government Association/Student Activities Council/Residence Life Council
• Greek Life: PH, IFC, and NPHC
• Multicultural Center

A full list of participating groups will be reviewed following Convocation. Please refer to the NSD for additional information on the Open Houses and Panels

President's Picnic - FREE FOOD     (REQUIRED)
Blanton House backyard (Rain location: Powell Overhang)

Cru Live (Campus Crusade for Christ) - Burnam Basement
It's a Fiesta! Karaoke, games, free food, and fun giveaways!

FIRST 6 WEEKS OF CLASSES

Week #1       (top)

REQUIRED EVENTS

20 Tips Program
Thursday, August 27 - 7pm - Brock Auditorium, Coates Building
Co-Sponsored by the College of Justice & Safety
"If I knew then what I know now, I would have done things so differently." Most of us have uttered a similar sentence at least once in our life. This program will expose you to issues you will face during your initial year in college and help you process ways to navigate the sometimes bumpy road of adapting to college life. Topics covered include: study habits, dating, learning life skills, goal setting, self-identity and esteem, humor, alcohol, roommates and the 5 stages all college students experience. A fast-paced, humorous and uplifting program aimed at creating sophomores!

ADDITIONAL EVENTS

Fall Fitness
Monday, August 24 - Friday, August 28
Sponsored by Campus Recreation
Group Fitness Classes begin. Free T-shirts!
For additional information please visit: http://www.campusrec.eku.edu/

Part-Time Job Fair
Wednesday, August 26 from 10:30am - 1:30pm - Powell Building Corner

FreshCru
Wednesday, August 26 at 7:30pm - Adams Room, Wallace Building
A Cru just for you including Pizza, worship, and a time to connect with other freshmen
For additional information please visit www.ekucru.com

1st Cru Weekly Meeting
Thursday, August 27 at 9pm - Ravine
Join hundreds of other students in the weekly meeting of Campus Crusade for Christ for worship, games, and connecting with others
For additional information please visit www.ekucru.com

Sorority Recruitment
Orientation: Thursday, August 27 - 9pm SSB O'Donnell Auditorium
Friday, August 28 - Monday, August 31
Bid Day: Tuesday, September 1
For additional information please visit: http://www.greeklife.eku.edu/NPCRecruitment/

EKU Soccer Game
Friday, August 28 at 5pm - vs. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Sponsored by Campus Recreation
For additional information and a full listing of fall athletic events please visit: http://www.ekusports.com

REQUIRED EVENTS

Involvement Fair & City Fest
Thursday, September 3 - 5:30pm-8pm - Powell Plaza area
Co-Sponsored by Career Services and Student Life
Local businesses, community groups and EKU departments will be showcasing their products and services. Learn about local resources, EKU Student Organizations, and how you can get involved on campus and in the community.

ADDITIONAL EVENTS

NPC Sorority Recruitment
Friday, August 28 - Monday, August 31
Bid Day: Tuesday, September 1
For additional information please visit: http://www.greeklife.eku.edu/NPCRecruitment/

Fall Career Expo
Wednesday, September 30 from 11am - 2pm - Keen Johnson Ballroom
For additional information please visit http://www.career.eku.edu/

Chautauqua Lectures: Sustainable Seas: The Vision and the Reality
Tuesday, September 1 at 7:30pm - O'Donnell Auditorium, Student Services Building
Guest Lecturer: Sylvia Earl
For additional information please visit http://www.chautauqua.eku.edu/09_lectures.php

Need Money - Find a Part-Time Job
Wednesday, September 2
Having a part-time job in college is also an excellent way to begin building your work experience. Learn how to search for part-time jobs off campus and get the job you want.
For additional information please visit http://www.career.eku.edu/

2nd Cru Weekly Meeting
Thursday, September 3 at 7:30pm - Adams Room, Wallace Building
Join hundreds of other students in the weekly meeting of Campus Crusade for Christ for worship, games, and connecting with others
For additional information please visit www.ekucru.com

REQUIRED EVENTS

DUI: A Powerful Lesson
Tuesday, September 8 - 7pm - Brock Auditorium, Coates Building
Just months from graduation, Mark and four of his fraternity brothers headed to Spring Break. Each night, one would be the designated driver. But on the final night, they decided that the least drunk among them would drive home. Mark ended up with the keys at the end of the night. The next morning, three of the men were dead, and Mark lay in the hospital critically injured and facing three felony counts of manslaughter. Instead of being the first in his family to graduate college, he would be the first to go to prison. In his acclaimed program, DUI: A Powerful Lesson©, Mark shares the bad decisions that changed his life and ended the lives of his friends. Mark doesn't preach or tell people what to do, but he leaves students with a real story that forces them to confront their own choices. Mark puts real faces to the tragic consequences of impaired driving by showing a videotape the friends made of their Spring Break, ending just minutes before the crash.

ADDITIONAL EVENTS

NPHC Informational
Wednesday, September 9th
Come visit with the chapters of the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC)
For additional information please visit: http://www.greeklife.eku.edu/GOGREEK/registration/

Exploring Careers & Selecting a Major
Wednesday, September 9
Utilizing some dynamic online career resources, we will explore careers and EKU majors that match with your values, strengths and career goals.
For additional information please visit http://www.career.eku.edu/

3rd Cru Weekly Meeting
Thursday, September 10 at 7:30pm - Ravine
Join hundreds of other students in the weekly meeting of Campus Crusade for Christ for worship, games, and connecting with others
For additional information please visit www.ekucru.com

REQUIRED EVENTS

Students MUST attend one EKU Reads event. The author presentation will satisfy this requirement.

EKU Reads: Jeannette Walls, Author of The Glass Castle
Wednesday, September 16 - 7pm - Brock Auditorium, Coates Building
The author will be here to discuss her book and her experiences as a writer. Book signing will follow.

ADDITIONAL EVENTS

Major Expo - Powell Building Lobby
Tuesday, September 15
11:30am - 2:30pm
For additional information please visit: http://www.advising.eku.edu

Counseling Center Workshop Series: Dealing with Procrastination - Student Services Building, Room 568
Tuesday, September 15
5pm - 6pm

Chautauqua Lectures: Ethics in a World of Strangers
Tuesday, September 15 at 7:30pm - Clark Room, Wallace Building
Guest Lecturer: Kwame Anthony Appiah
Kwame Anthony Appiah is our postmodern Socrates. He asks what it means to be African and African-American, but his answers immediately raise issues that encompass us all. His principal and abiding concern is how we individually construct ourselves in dialogue with social circumstance, both private and public, past and present. He probes the complexity of this process of personal formation, emphasizing the opportunities as well as the dangers for self-creation in today's ethnically fluid and culturally hybrid world. No less importantly, he provides standards to measure the moral valences of the lives we make and then charges us with the responsibility to examine and revise them constantly. For additional information please visit http://www.chautauqua.eku.edu/09_lectures.php

Thomas Jefferson: Revolutionary, Reformer, Radical, Racist: Alan Gibson - Adams Auditorium, Wallace Building
Wednesday, September 16
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Deals with Jefferson's scientific racism. It also directly confronts the question that everyone wants to know, "How could the man who wrote 'all mean are created equal' have owned slaves?"

4th Cru Weekly Meeting
Thursday, September 17 at 7:30pm - Adams Room, Wallace Building
Join hundreds of other students in the weekly meeting of Campus Crusade for Christ for worship, games, and connecting with others
For additional information please visit www.ekucru.com

Is Graduate School In Your Future?
Wednesday, September 16
Deciding on graduate schools, applying, personal statements, time lines ~ learn what you need to know about getting into grad school.
For additional information please visit http://www.career.eku.edu/

Family Weekend
Friday, September 18 - Sunday, September 20
Sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs
Events include: 5K Walk for Wishes®, Family Fun Festival, Family Weekend Picnic, Family Bingo, Sunday Brunch

IFC Fraternity Recruitment
Sunday, September 13 - Thursday, September 17
Bid Day: Friday, September 18
For additional information please visit: http://www.greeklife.eku.edu/GOGREEK/registration/

EKU Football Game
Saturday, September 19 at 7pm - vs. Tennessee Tech
For additional information and a full listing of fall athletic events please visit: http://www.ekusports.com

REQUIRED EVENTS

Funny Money
Tuesday, September 22 - 7pm - Brock Auditorium, Coates Building
Co-Sponsored by the Office of Rights & Responsibilities, ITDS and the College of Business & Technology
James Cunningham's award-winning "Fun" -ancial seminar "FUNNY MONEY" is radically changing the lives of fiscally challenged students everywhere. While being extremely informative about REAL money issues, this program will also have you laughing...all the way to the bank! Combining comedy and audience participation with an exciting multimedia presentation, James teaches the essential skills in earning, spending and saving money properly. He first guides you to financial stability and then takes you to the next level of achieving great wealth and prosperity.

The first 300 students to arrive will receive a card for a free download for one song from Starbucks/Itunes!

ADDITIONAL EVENTS

Open Discussion Groups on The Glass Castle
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 from 3:30pm-5:30pm - Crabbe Library, room 201
This is an informal student discussion group led by a faculty member. Call 859-622-2285 to sign up.

Counseling Center Workshop Series: Time Management - Student Services Building, Room 568
Tuesday, September 22
5pm - 6pm

Building Your Six Degrees of Separation
Wednesday, September 23
Building a strong network is essential in the job search process. Gain insight into effective ways to build your network and create your own degrees of separation.
For additional information please visit http://www.career.eku.edu/

5th Cru Weekly Meeting
Thursday, September 24 at 7:30pm - Adams Room, Wallace Building
Join hundreds of other students in the weekly meeting of Campus Crusade for Christ for worship, games, and connecting with others
For additional information please visit www.ekucru.com

Counseling Center Workshop Series: Stress: It's in the Mind of the Beholder - Student Services Building, Room 568
Tuesday, September 29
5pm - 6pm

Carolina Chocolate Drops
Tuesday, September 29 - 7pm - Brock Auditorium, Coates Building
Co-Sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs and the Office of Student Life
The Carolina Chocolate Drops are a group of young African-American string-band musicians that have come together to play the rich tradition of fiddle and banjo music in Carolina's piedmont. The musicians draw their musical heritage from the foothills of North and South Carolina. Under the tutelage of Joe Thomson, said to be the last black traditional string band player of Mebane, NC, they strive to carry on the long standing traditional music of the black and white communities. For more information please visit: http://www.carolinachocolatedrops.com/ and http://www.studentaffairs.eku.edu/multicultural/.

REQUIRED EVENTS

Diversity According to South Park & Family Guy
Thursday, October 1 - 7pm - Brock Auditorium, Coates Building
Using animated comedies such as "Family Guy" and "South Park", Matt Glowacki has developed revolutionary interactive programs which give his audiences an animated look at diversity. Matt aims to help students feel comfortable when interacting with others regardless of their differences. Unlike other speakers, Matt's presentations resonate with his audiences long after he has left, leaving participants excited about the potential that they see in others.

ADDITIONAL EVENTS

Health Sciences Fair
Monday, September 28th from 2pm - 6pm - Fred Darling Gym, Alumni Coliseum

Fall Career Expo
Wednesday, September 30th from 11am - 2pm - Ballroom, Keen Johnson Building

Open Discussion Groups on The Glass Castle
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 from 3:30pm-5:30pm - Crabbe Library, room 201
This is an informal student discussion group led by a faculty member. Call 859-622-2285 to sign up.

6th Cru Weekly Meeting
Thursday, October 1st at 9pm - Adams Room, Wallace Building
Join hundreds of other students in the weekly meeting of Campus Crusade for Christ for worship, games, and connecting with others
For additional information please visit www.ekucru.com

Cru Fall Getaway
Friday, October 2 - Sunday, October 4
Join us for a perfect ending to New Student Days. You will love this break. Events: E-town Ho-down, Volleyball, Basketball, Worship, Huge group games, Lip Sync, and more
For additional information please visit www.ekucru.com

Counseling Center Workshop Series: Ingredients of Effective Relationships - Student Services Building, Room 568
Tuesday, October 6
5pm - 6pm

Doing Your Best on the GRE
Wednesday, October 7
An introduction to the Graduate Record Exam -Learn the basics about the test, how to do your best, and where to find additional resources for taking the GRE.
For additional information please visit http://www.career.eku.edu/

EKU Reads will be hosting a viewing of 20/20: Children of the Mountains followed by an Appalachia Panel
Thursday, October 8 at 4pm - O'Donnell Auditorium, SSB
Video: 4pm-4:45pm - Panel: 5pm

Chautauqua Lectures: Current Challenges to Free Speech
Thursday, October 8 at 7:30pm - Clark Room, Wallace Building
Guest Lecturer: Nadine Strossen
For additional information please visit http://www.chautauqua.eku.edu/09_lectures.php

Counseling Center Workshop Series: Making Friends with Math - Student Services Building, Room 568
Tuesday, October 20
5pm - 6pm

Counseling Center Workshop Series: Prescription Drugs: Monsters in the Medicine Cabinet - Student Services Building, Room 568
Tuesday, October 27
5pm - 6pm