Highlights for Saturday, September 24, 2011
Family Weekend Welcome Center
Saturday: 8 am – 4 pm
Elaine Langone Center Mall, Ground Floor
Plan on making your first stop the Family Weekend Center. Register and pick up tickets, a final schedule of events to guide you through the weekend and more. Receive a complimentary Bucknell Totebag, and enter to win hotel reservations for Commencement Weekend during your graduate's special day!
High School Seniors: A Senior Siblings Reception (Pre-registration Required)
8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Walls Lounge, Elaine Langone Center, 2nd Floor
For Bucknell siblings (who are high school seniors) and their families. This event will be an opportunity to meet with Admissions staff members for informal conversations and to participate in a question and answer session. A buffet style continental breakfast will be served. (www.bucknell.edu/x37216.xml to register, or 570.577.3016 for questions)
High School Sophomores and Juniors: College 101 (Pre-registration Required)
8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Freas Hall, Admissions Office
For all high school sophomores, juniors and their families. The topics covered will include pointers about embarking on the college search as well as Bucknell specific information.(www.bucknell.edu/x37216.xml to register, or 570.577.3016 for questions)
Presidential Address and Q & A with President John C. Bravman
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Weis Center for the Performing Arts
A highlight for Family Weekend and an event not to be missed! Join President John Bravman for this annual tradition.
Admissions Tour of Campus
11:00 a.m.
Freas Hall, Admissions Office
Open to all.
First Year Families Open House
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
President's House - 103 University Avenue
An invitation from President John Bravman and Professor Wendelin Wright to all first-year families to join them for a welcome reception in their home.
We Brake for Nobody ($)
12:00 p.m.
Elaine Langone Center, The Forum
Comedy Improv and sketch comedy - a Family Weekend tradition for years. Come enjoy an afternoon of comedy with central Pennsylvania's finest Comedy Improv group. Tickets sold at the door.
Family and Friends Cookout
1 - 3 p.m.
7th Street House
The Black Student Union welcomes friends and families of the Bucknell community to come out and meet current members and advisors of the BSU as well as meet other affinity groups on campus. At this meet and greet, we not only hope to better orient and educate parents and students to the resources and services available for students of color, but more importantly, we want to explore how families can become active members of the Bucknell support system. If you want to make the most of your student's time at Bucknell, you don't want to miss this event!
Field Hockey vs. Rider - 1 p.m.
Graham Field at Holmes Stadium
Library & IT Sessions
1 - 3 p.m. Various Informational Sessions:
Bucknell Mobile Web
Library & Compact Shelving Tours
Student Experiences in Special Collections/University Archives
Get your Photo Taken, Banned Books Week
Multimedia Tour
So your student needs to do library research
Using Maps and Spatial Analysis for Teaching and Research
Golf Scramble for Families and Students (Registration Required)
1:00 Registration
1:30 Shotgun Start
Bucknell Golf Club (across Rt. 15 from Bucknell on Smoketown Rd.)
Tee off for a beautiful day on the course!
Cost of $75 for non-club member $30 for club member
Informational Sessions - Choose one of the following
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Career Development Center Information - Career Success: The Value of Externships and Internships, Location: Rooke Chemistry Lecture Hall 116
1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Study Abroad Information - Learn about the various programs offered and get all of your questions answered. Location: Gallery Theatre, Elaine Langone Center, 3rd floor
*Mini Office of International Education Fair in Arches Lounge, Elaine Langone Center
Informational Sessions - Choose one of the following
2:45 - 4:15 pm
Off Campus Housing - Panel Discussion will allow you to get your questions answered from the perspective of student to landlord and everything in between. Location: Walls Lounge, Elaine Langone Center
Becoming a Man at Bucknell; Building Men of Integrity and Character. It DOES take a village
You are invited to attend a presentation that focuses on the topic of becoming a man of character and integrity. We all hear the phrase, 'boys will be boys.' That phrase, and all that it has come to mean in terms of normalized behavior, is at the root of this presentation. Historically male initiation ceremonies were intended to ensure that boys became balanced men that would benefit the community. Dr. Balistrieri will offer a brief history of male initiation, the process involved, what has happened to that aspect of male development in our country and what Bucknell is doing on a pilot basis to bring some components of male initiation back into the developmental picture. Location:The Forum, Elaine Langone Center
What is a Parent to Do?
3 - 4:15 p.m.
Center Room, Elaine Langone Center
Do you worry about financing your students' education? Are you concerned about your student's preparation for the job market? Would you like to know more about the resources outside of the classroom that can help your student achieve academically? This unique panel of Bucknell staff will inform the families of multicultural and underrepresented students about Bucknell's resources for providing academic support, financial management, and professional development to students. The panel, which grew from student interest, features several experts from Bucknell including:
-Deirdre O'Connor, Director of the Writing Center
-Marilyn Shull, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations and Career Services
-Andrea Leithner Stauffer, Director of Financial Aid
Grandparents and Students Tea with President Bravman (Registration Required)
3:30 - 4:30
Hunt Hall, Formal Living Room
President John Bravman cordially invites all Grandparents and their Bucknell Students to enjoy tea and conversation.
We Brake for Nobody ($)
4:00 p.m.
Trout Auditorium, Vaughan Literature Building
Comedy Improv and sketch comedy - a Family Weekend tradition for years. Come enjoy an afternoon of comedy with central Pennsylvania's finest Comedy Improv group. Tickets sold at the door.
Chips off the ol' Block
4 - 5:00 p.m.
Terrace Room, Elaine Langone Center, 2nd floor
Men's Soccer vs. Lehigh - 4 p.m.
Emmitt Field at Holmes Stadium
Bucknell Observaory Open House - Star Party!
8 - 11 p.m.
Come see the stars shine, and take a tour of the facility. Rain or shine, a lecture at 8pm will take place.
Theatre Showcase: The Zoo Story
8 p.m.
Tustin Studio Theatre
$5 General Admission
Christy's Entertainment A Capella Concert ($)
9:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Rooke Chapel
$10 per person - Tickets can be purchased online, www.bucknell.edu/boxoffice A Bucknell tradition, tickets sell fast for this concert featuring performances by Bucknell's student a cappella groups: the Silhouettes, Bison Chips, Two Past Midnight and Beyond Unison. Be sure to have your student purchase tickets before Family Weekend.
