Spring Welcome Week
Welcome Week events are for ALL UNI students. This is your official welcome or welcome back to campus!
Check out the 2024 schedule below!
Tuesday, January 16
| Time | Event | Location | Event Details |
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| 9:00 - 11:00AM | Social Work Open House
| Social Work Office Suite (Sabin) | Join us for breakfast, meet social work faculty, and tour the social work department. Come and go as it works for you! |
| 9:00AM - 1:00PM | Library Welcome Table: Printing, Connecting Personal Devices, and Library Use
| Rod Library | Stop by and reduce the stress of beginning your journey at UNI. The library welcome table will ease the process of connecting your devices, associating your ID cards to campus printers, logging in to library computers, and learning a little about how to use the library. |
| 6:30PM | Department of Art Faculty Exhibition +1
| UNI Gallery of Art, Kamerick Art Building |
Join for a reception with food with art faculty and former students' recent work on display in the Gallery of Art.
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Wednesday, January 17
| Time | Event | Location | Event Details |
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| 8:30AM - 1:30PM | First Day of Class Pictures | Maucker Union Tabling Area | Snap a picture on your way to class to commemorate your first day of class this semester! New students, we will have Cat Crew ready to take your picture and help find your way around campus or answer any questions.
Grab a cup of free hot chocolate while supplies last!
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| 8:00 - 11:00AM | Welcome, DONUT feel good to be back?
| Communication Arts Center (CAC), 2nd Floor Lounge Area | Welcome back Communication Sciences and Disorders students! Please join the Retention and Well-being committee for donuts, coffee, and tea. |
| 8:00 - 11:00AM | CSD Goodie Bags from NSSLHA | Roy Eblen Speech & Hearing Clinic Lounge (CSD department) |
CSD students, please stop by and grab a motivational note & a treat! We wish you the best of luck in this new semester and we hope this will get you off to the right start. Come & go during 8-11 am on Wednesday, January 17th in the CSD lounges.
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| 9:00AM - 1:00PM | Library Welcome Table: Printing, Connecting Personal Devices, and Library Use
| Rod Library | Stop by and reduce the stress of beginning your journey at UNI. The library welcome table will ease the process of connecting your devices, associating your ID cards to campus printers, logging in to library computers, and learning a little about how to use the library. |
| 9:00AM - 2:00PM | Public Health Club Cocoa Grams | Maucker Union Tabling Area | Come see Public Health Club in Maucker Union to buy and send a hot chocolate gram to a friend! Come learn more about Public Health Club! |
| 10:00AM - 1:00PM | Ask an Alum
| Maucker Union Tabling Area |
Have questions about life after UNI? Stop by to submit your questions for UNI alums and receive real-world advice from Panther graduates.
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| 10:00AM - 1:00PM | Sweet Return
| Maucker Union Tabling Area |
UNIdos welcome back bake sale. Chocolate con pan, pastries, and hot chocolate!
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| 11:00AM - 1:30PM | Try a Slice of Study Abroad
| The Rod Library Learning Center |
Interested in learning about study abroad options at UNI? Come try a slice of study abroad! Chat with Study Abroad staff and course leaders about the program options. Free pizza provided!
Hosted by Study Abroad |
| 11:30AM - 1:30PM | Candy and Connection
| Maucker Union |
Stop by Maucker to learn about UNI Best Buddies and grab some candy! UNI Best Buddies builds friendships between college students and individuals in the community with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD).
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| 11:30AM - 1:30PM | UNI Orchesis Dance Company Technique Class
| Wellness and Recreation Center 185/187 |
The UNI Orchesis Dance Company is a pre-professional dance company, as well as a student organization. Orchesis focuses on modern, ballet, jazz and tap, as well as hip-hop. Orchesis is a great way to meet new people and dance alongside friends!
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| 6:30 - 7:30PM | WRC Night with TAIG | Wellness Recreation Center (WRC) |
Come Join Transfer Advocacy and Involvement Group for a fun night in the Wellness Recreation Center(WRC). We will enjoy each other’s company while climbing the rock wall, playing basketball, volleyball, board games and enjoying the pool. Make sure to bring your student id to get into the WRC.
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| 7:00 - 8:00PM | JO-YO! | Maucker Union Ballrooms | Jo-Yo (journaling yoga) is an interactive, immersive experience in journaling and yoga. Join us in getting ready for the semester! This session is led by UNI Alum Kayla Becker.
The first 50 UNI students in attendance will receive a free UNI yoga mat!
Hosted by Student Success & Retention |
Thursday, January 18
| Time | Event | Location | Event Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00AM - 1:00PM | Library Welcome Table: Printing, Connecting Personal Devices, and Library Use
| Rod Library | Stop by and reduce the stress of beginning your journey at UNI. The library welcome table will ease the process of connecting your devices, associating your ID cards to campus printers, logging in to library computers, and learning a little about how to use the library. |
| 10:00AM - 12:00PM | Filling out the new 2024-25 FAFSA
| Rod Library 287 |
With the new FAFSA recently out for the 2024-25 school year, our office wants to ensure you get it filled out and your questions answered! Stop by this event to complete your 2024-25 FAFSA and ask any questions you may have with the changes that have been made to the form this year.
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| 10:00AM - 3:00PM | Be Well at UNI
| Student Health Center |
Come to the Student Health Center's Mindful Space to learn how to BE WELL at UNI and what services are available to help! Flu vaccinations will be available. Enter to win a $50 Target gift card just for stopping by to see us!
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| 1:00 - 4:00PM | Making a Difference - Be a Special Education Teacher | Schindler Education Center, 2nd-floor lobby |
Join Special Education Faculty in Schindler Education Center on the 2nd-floor lobby--look for the Panther Purple tablecloth. Faculty will be ready to answer questions, and you can pick up SPED swag from 1-4. See you on Thursday.
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| 2:30 - 4:00PM | Explore History (Open House)
| Special Collections and University Archives, Rod Library (3rd floor) |
Join us in Special Collections & University Archives to explore unique, historical materials from our rare books collection, university archives, and more!
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| 4:30 - 6:30PM | Back to School Bash
| The Other Place on Main in Downtown Cedar Falls |
Welcome back to school with free food, relaxing, and hanging out with other accounting majors.
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| 5:00 - 6:00PM | Connecting Through Cancer | Mauker Union Presidential Room |
We will have our first meeting of the semester on this day and will be catching up with old member and meeting new members! We will have a variety of games and activities for everyone to take part in.
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| 7:00 - 8:45PM | CAB Movie Night | Maucker Union Ballrooms | Follow Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person (the MasterBuilder) and the key to saving his LEGO world. He is drafted into a fellowship of strangers -- including an old mystic and LEGO Batman on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the universe together -- a journey for which Emmett is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared. Now the fate of the world is in his tiny yellow hands.
Hosted by Campus Activities Board |
Friday, January 19
| Time | Event | Location | Event Details |
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| 9:00AM - 1:00PM | Library Welcome Table: Printing, Connecting Personal Devices, and Library Use
| Rod Library | Stop by and reduce the stress of beginning your journey at UNI. The library welcome table will ease the process of connecting your devices, associating your ID cards to campus printers, logging in to library computers, and learning a little about how to use the library. |
| 3:30 - 5:00PM | Friday Open House | Maucker Union 113 |
The Office of International Engagement invites YOU to learn more about the international community at UNI, meet our students, learn how to get involved, and have a great time! Coffee, cookies, and tea will be served alongside trivia games!
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| 6:00PM | Women's Basketball vs Murray State
| McLeod Center | Cheer on the Panthers with Panther Mayhem in the McLeod Center! |
| 7:00PM | Sons of Serendip | Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center |
Billboard charting classical-crossover quartet, Sons of Serendip, won the hearts of fans and judges alike as finalists on America's Got Talent (NBC) with their ethereal and emotionally stirring interpretations of pop music, arranged with a unique blend of vocals, harp, piano, and cello.
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Saturday, January 20
| Time | Event | Location | Event Details |
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| 7:00PM | Men's Basketball vs Southern Illinois
| McLeod Center | Cheer on the Panthers with Panther Mayhem in the McLeod Center! |
Sunday, January 21
| Time | Event | Location | Event Details |
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| 2:00PM | Women's Basketball vs Belmont | McLeod Center |
Cheer on the Panthers with Panther Mayhem in the McLeod Center!
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Monday, January 22
| Time | Event | Location | Event Details |
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| 5:00 - 7:00PM | NISG Launch Event
| Maucker Union Ballrooms |
We will be having yard Games. BINGO cards will be distributed that people have to complete for prizes. We will have the students go around and ask NISG members about their position. We will be having Chad’s Pizza.
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Tuesday, January 23
| Time | Event | Location | Event Details |
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| 6:00 - 7:00PM | Dorm Decor with Active Minds
| Maucker Union Ballroom A | Come hang out and do some crafts for your dorm or place! Learn more about Active Minds and what we have planned for the rest of the semester! |
| 7:00PM | Men's Basketball vs Evansville
| McLeod Center | Cheer on the Panthers with Panther Mayhem in the McLeod Center!
This is the Hope Always Wins pink-out game so come decked out in PINK! |
Wednesday, January 24
| Time | Event | Location | Event Details |
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| 8:00AM - 3:00PM | Get Inspired: Visualize Your Dream | Communication Arts Center (CAC) 212 |
Welcome back Communication Sciences and Disorders students! Please join the Recruitment and Well-being committee to get your craft on. Make a fun vision board while meeting up with friends. All supplies provided.
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| 11:00AM - 1:00PM | Student Org Fair | Maucker Union Ballrooms |
Come check out the various student organizations on campus and find out more on how you can get involved!
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| 3:00 - 5:00PM | Broomball with Outdoor Adventure | Panther Pond |
Throw on your winter gear and get competitive on the ice! Join Outdoor Adventure in an exhilarating game of Broomball, no experience necessary!!
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| 3:30 - 5:00PM | Green Dot Student Overview
| Rod Library 301 |
What’s Your Green Dot? You play a key role in preventing, discouraging, and/or intervening in power-based interpersonal violence. Register here to learn more about the role you play.
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Thursday, January 25
| Time | Event | Location | Event Details |
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| 12:00 - 2:00PM | Back to School Karaoke | Center for Multicultural Education Lobby and Classroom |
Join the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice for karaoke sing along and food!
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| 7:00 - 8:00PM | BINGO | Maucker Union Ballrooms | Try your luck at BINGO for your chance to win prizes, including items for your dorm room like portable speakers, a TV, tide pods, and keurigs!
Hosted by Student Success & Retention |
Friday, January 26
| Time | Event | Location | Event Details |
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| 4:00 - 5:00PM | OIE Coffee Hour at SS&R | Student Success & Retention, Gilchrist Hall 102 |
Join the Office of International Engagement and Student Success & Retention for some tasty treats and enjoy community!
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| 5:00 - 6:00PM | Murder Mystery Night
| Conference Room 287, Rod Library |
Join us for soda and spooky board games. We will be playing games such as Betrayal at the House on the Hill and Clue!
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Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all UNI-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Student Success & Retention at welcome@uni.edu at least one week prior to the event.