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Homecoming & Family Weekend 2011: Passport to the Future
5 p.m. – 10 p.m. - Banner Competition – SC Back Patio
Float and/or Banner Application
Show off your Prof Pride with the annual Homecoming and Family Weekend Banner competition on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 from 5pm – 9pm on the Student Center Back Patio. The spirit of Homecoming Week is displayed in the banner created by a group of students or an individual. The banners will be hung in the Student Center Pit during the week to promote Homecoming, student organizations, and campus pride. All participants must bring their banners to the Pep Rally on Friday, October 21 and walk in the Homecoming Parade on Saturday, October 22. For more information, please contact Lauren Thompson, graduate coordinator for the Office of Student Activities, at thompsonL@rowan.edu or 856-256-4187.
Sponsored by: The Office of Student Activities
11 a.m. - 2 p.m. - T-Shirt Decorating Contest
Wear your pride on your sleeve and decorate a free t-shirt for homecoming. Stop by the Student Center main hall on Thursday October 20th from 11am-2pm to decorate and enter your free shirt. Enter your shirt that best depicts homecoming’s theme “Passport to the Future” and get a chance to win great prizes from the bookstore to help you sport your spirit all through the year. For more information contact Brandy Fletcher, Coordinator for Commuter Services & Community Standards at fletcher@rowan.edu or 856-256-5491.
Sponsored by: Commuter Services
7 p.m. - Women's Volleyball "Dig Pink" - Esby Gym
“Dig Pink” is an event hosted by high school and college volleyball teams around the country in a joint effort to promote Breast Cancer Awareness during the month of October. During the match, the Rowan women’s volleyball team will be wearing pink uniforms to show their support for breast cancer awareness. Fans are asked to wear pink to show their support as well. Donations will be collected the night of the match to benefit the “Side Out Foundation".
9 p.m. - Lip Sync Competition - SC Pit
Rowan's annual Lip Sync Competition is open to all current Rowan students. Students lip sync on stage to their favorite song! Judges from all over campus decide 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. If you are interested in signing up contact Director of Live Events, Dan Reeve, at reeved83@students.rowan.edu by October 18th.
Sponsored by: Student University Programmers.
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. - "Repetition: Repetition:" Exhibit by Artist Michael Garden - Westby Hall Art Gallery
This multi-media exhibition will include works that explore a synergistically enhanced aesthetic created through the use of repetitive action and/or materials. The exhibition will evoke questions with the viewer concerning consciousness, impulse, patterning, repetition, obsession, and compulsion.
Sponsored by: Rowan University Art Gallery
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. - Clean & Green – SC Back Patio
Join with fellow Profs to clean and beautify your campus community. Each semester, volunteers spread out across campus in a single-hour blitz to make us look our most beautiful. Over a ton of trash is picked up, and hundreds of flowers & trees have been planted. Once again this year, the Fall Clean & Green project coincides with Homecoming Week in preparation for all the weekend’s festivities. All students or student groups that are interested in participating can contact the Service-Learning office at volunteer@rowan.edu or simply show up to the Student Center Back Patio at the start of the event. We look forward to your help.
12:15 p.m. - 4 p.m.- Explore Life Inside the Classroom
Experience the academic life at Rowan with your son or daughter. Stop by the Student Center Information Desk for a listing of available classes.
4 p.m. - 6 p.m. - Push Cart Competition - Bunce Hall
Push Cart Application
Rowan students come out to compete in a push cart race competition. Racers compete in timed trials in an attempt to bring home the trophy! To sign up contact Tommy Balicky at balicky@rowan.edu or 856-256-4879
Sponsored by: Student Activities
7 p.m. - Rowan Field Hockey v.s. Kean University
7 p.m. - Pep Rally - Ebsy Gym
Show your Prof pride by wearing brown and gold to this year’s pep rally which will include many giveaways, contests and games.
8:30 p.m. - 11 p.m. - Barnes & Noble "Block Party" - Barnes & Noble
Join Rowan students, staff and alumni and the Glassboro community for an evening of great music, fun and fantastic food! Bookstore discounts will be given if you wear brown and gold or purchase anything brown and gold!
Sponsored by: Alumni Relations, Barnes & Noble Rowan University Bookstore, Sodexo and the Division of Student Life
8:30 p.m. - Float Building
Student organizations will spend the night building their float that represents the Homecoming theme, Passport to the Future. If your organization is interested in participating in this year’s float competition, please fill out the Float and Banner Competition Application packet and attend a mandatory information meeting on Wednesday, October 5 in the Student Center room 221 A & B at 4pm.
10 p.m. - Annual Cocoa Run
If you are participating in the float building competition, look out for the Alumni Association who will be delivering sweet treats to all the participants at their building sites.
Sponsored by: The Alumni Association
9 p.m. - 1 a.m. - Bingo Night - SC Pit
A $1000 worth of Rowan apparel will be given at this Bingo night.
Sponsored by: Rowan After Hours
9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Registration and Welcome Under the Tent - Coach Richard Wacker Stadium
10 a.m. - Homecoming Parade - Parking Lot D
Grand Marshall, Rozmes Family
The Annual Homecoming and Family Weekend Parade is one of Rowan’s biggest and longest running traditions. Come out and enjoy student organization floats and performances on Saturday, October 22, 2011. Students, alumni, Rowan families, and friends are invited to attend. Festivities begin at 10am in Parking Lot D.
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. - "Repetition: Repetition" Exhibit by Artist Michael Garden - Westby Hall Art Gallery
This multi-media exhibition will include works that explore a synergistically enhanced aesthetic created through the use of repetitive action and/or materials. The exhibition will evoke questions with the viewer concerning consciousness, impulse, patterning, repetition, obsession, and compulsion.
Sponsored by: Rowan University Art Gallery
10 a.m. - 11 a.m. - The Competitive Edge: Career Related Experience - Career Management Center 2nd Floor, Savitz Hall
This roundtable discussion will provide an overview of the steps necessary for your students to be competitive in their post-Rowan pursuits. The Career Management Center staff will make the case for students obtaining career-related experience, beginning in the first year at Rowan and will highlight the important role that families play in helping students with this process.
Sponsored by: Career Management Center
11 a.m. Alumni Baseball Game - Athletic Baseball Field
All past baseball players are invited to participate in this year’s alumni game. Come play and show that you still have the same swing and ability to chase down a fly ball!
11 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Homecoming & Family Weekend Picnic - Tent Behind Coach Richard Wacker Stadium
Picnic- $12 for adults; $7 for children under 12. Student meal plan accepted.
Enjoy a new menu under a bigger tent!
11 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Thanksgiving Food Drive/Craft Project
The Service-Learning office will once again be collaborating with the Athletics department to support the Cans Across The Conference food drive competition. Non-perishable food items will be collected all week through the Service-Learning office in the Student Center, and a collection table will be set-up at the Homecoming Picnic on Saturday as well. The collection table at the picnic will accept non-perishable food items as well as monetary donations. The Service-Learning office will also be sponsoring a craft project for younger siblings/family. After donating to the drive, feel free to stick around to create a personalized Thanksgiving holiday card to be contributed to the food baskets being distributed throughout the season. Support the food drive, support the Athletics teams in their competition with other conference schools, and support South Jersey families in need. Go Profs!
1:30 p.m. - Football Rowan vs. Buffalo State University
4 p.m. - Edelman Planetarium "Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity"
The show provides a groundbreaking, scientifically accurate perspective on black holes and presents the latest compelling evidence that black holes are real. Narrated by Liam Neeson, Black Holes brings viewers along on a thrilling ride to the inside of a supermassive black hole. The visuals are stunning and are powered by a Black Hole Simulator developed by University of Colorado astrophysics professor Dr. Andrew Hamilton.
4 p.m. - 6 p.m. Alumni Happy Hour - Landmark Americana
Show your picnic wristband for 1/2 price appetizers!
5:30 p.m. Rowan Division 3 Ice Hockey vs. Stevens @ Hollydell Ice Arena
For information contact Lorri Brewer at brewerlo@rowan.edu or 856-404-3393 for directions to the rink visit our website www.rowanicehockey.com
6:30 p.m. - 11 p.m. Class of 1966 45th Reunion - Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center
Please call the Alumni Relations Office for more details 856-256-5400
8 p.m. – 28th Annual Step Show– Wilson Concert Hall
This year, the Nu Iota chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. will be hosting the annual Step Show Competition in the Wilson Concert Hall. Come support fraternities and sororities as they compete and perform to the beats of DJ Wallah. Doors open at 7pm. For questions and information concerning ticket sales, please contact Julius Grayson at 516-770-8239.
Sponsored by: The Office of Greek Life
8:15 p.m. Rowan Division 2 Ice Hockey vs. University of Delaware @ Hollydell Ice Arena
For information contact Lorri Brewer at brewerlo@rowan.edu or 856-404-3393 for directions to the rink visit our website www.rowanicehockey.com
9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Beatle Mania - SC Pit
Recapture the excitement, the mood, and the frantic intensity as "Beatlemania Now" performs live-on-stage. Against a backdrop of stunning images, this performance will evoke memories of one the most turbulent decades of modern times... the 1960's!
Sponsored by: Rowan After Hours
9 a.m. A Service of Many Faiths - SC Pit, Chamberlain Student Center
An all-faith service where alumni and family members can explore and celebrate what they believe together as one community committed to support of and respect for different faiths and religions.
11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Black Jack Walk - Student Rec Center
Enjoy a 1.2 mile walk around campus at your own pace (about 25 minutes at most). Using a map and clearly marked directions, you will encounter 5 stations of small tokens/giveaways along the way. Upon returning to the Rec Center you will be dealt one blackjack hand for a chance to win prizes. This prize is always a campus favorite!! Note: there is no start time, come anytime between 11:00 am – 1:30pm. Free event.
12 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Holly Bush Mansion Tour
Discover the long and varied history, first as the home of a prominent Glassboro family and later as a part of Rowan University on this relaxing fifteen-minute tour. Visit Hollybush, the Whitney Mansion at Rowan University, built in 1849 by Thomas Whitney, co-owner of Whitney Brothers Glassworks. Here you will find an Italian-style villa, or, as the theorists of the mid-19th century might have said, “an irregular villa in the Italian mode.” Please join us for a journey back in time at Glassboro's premier historic landmark.
1 p.m. - Rowan/GSC Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center
Celebrate the accomplishments of Prof athletes at a brunch. Inductees include: Shane Larkin, Van Lynch, David Humphrey, Diane Giebel, Becky Peterson, Jenn Denby, Kara Gilligan, Christy Grozales and Alex Stepanow (posthumously) For more information, call the Alumni relations Office at 856-256-5400 Pre-registration required. Adults $32 Children $15
