Family Weekend
A Special Invitation for Families - October 24-26, 2008
Friday | Saturday | Sunday
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2008
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Visits with faculty and administrators in their offices.
Appointments must be made in advance by students, subject to schedules and availability.
10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Hockey Ticket Pick-up Pick up reserved HOCKEY tickets for Friday and Saturday games at the Ticket Box Office, Main Street, Cheel Campus Center.
RESERVED SEATS ARE SOLD OUT FOR SATURDAY (10/28). Standing room tickets for Saturday will go on sale Friday, October 24th at 10:00 AM for Clarkson students and parents. These tickets will cost $10.00.
*Students and families will have to pay at the door $13.00 each if not ordered on line.
THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND
FIRST YEAR STUDENTS’ DIGITAL ARTS & SCIENCES EXHIBIT
First year students, who have declared the Digital Arts & Sciences Program as their major, and are currently taking DA 110: Drawing and Comm. 221: Digital Imagery, will be exhibiting their artwork created in these classes…Kodak Lounge, Cheel Campus Center
3 – 5 p.m.
Welcome Area Final Schedules, maps, questions, light refreshments
Main Street, Cheel Campus Center
4 p.m. – Midnight
CLUB 99 open:
Nonalcoholic and alcoholic beverages are available for sale. Next to Commons, Cheel Campus Center
Dinner:
The Empire Diner (4:30 – 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. – 12 a.m.)
Ross-Brooks Cafeteria (open to 8 p.m.)
Main Street Café, Cheel (open until 8 p.m.)
Bene Pizza Pasta, Cheel (open until 8 p.m.)
No reservations necessary pay at location.
AREA RESTAURANTS—PLEASE MAKE RESERVATIONS EARLY!
4:30 – 6:45 p.m.
Special Pre-Hockey buffet (cash bar) Barben Rooms, Cheel Campus Center
5 – 9 p.m.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE – Silent Auction hosted by the Clarkson CEO Club to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month. All proceeds benefit The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Come and bid on a variety of items. All for a good cause…second floor, Cheel Campus Center
7 p.m.
VARSITY HOCKEY GAME—CLARKSON VS. COLORADO COLLEGE ( limited tickets, please see Hockey Ticket Request Form)…Cheel Arena
Open skating 30 minutes after the completion of the hockey game-free skate for an hour, hot chocolate will be served
8 p.m.
Clarkson Theatre Company presents "Guys and Dolls." Tickets available at the door. Downtown Snell Hall Auditorium.
8 – 9 p.m.
Chemistry Magic Show (first of two shows) with Jim Peploski, Director of Freshman
Chemistry, Science Center 360, get there early for a seat
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2008
8:30 a.m. – Noon
WELCOME AREA
Schedules, maps, information at Main Street, Cheel Campus Center
Breakfast /Lunch:
Our Place, Cheel Campus Center (7:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.)
Brunch/lunch: Ross-Brooks Cafeteria (open at 9 a.m.)
Main Street Café, Cheel Campus Center (open at 11 a.m.)
Pay at location.
9 -9:45 a.m.
Faculty Presentation: “FINGERPRINTS, IRIS SCANS & VOICE RECOGNITION: THE REAL THREAT OF SPOOFING,” with Stephanie Schuckers, Associate Professor of electrical and Computer Engineering…Room 212, Bertrand H. Snell Hall
9:00 a.m – 2 p.m.
Trip with Clarkson Outing Club to Azure Mountain (45 minutes from campus—weather permitting). Bring your car. Meet in front of Cheel Campus Center at 8:45 a.m., caravan departs at 9 a.m.
10:00– 10:45 a.m.
WELCOME with President Tony Collins with an introduction by members of
the Parents Committee of the Parents Association. President Collins will talk about current academic programs and curriculum innovations. Atrium, Bertrand Snell Building
10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Hockey Ticket Pick-up at the Ticket Box Office, Main Street, Cheel Campus Center.
10:30 -11:30 a.m.
Air Force ROTC Drill team Demonstration…Walker Center
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry:
Meet representatives from those courses that your students are taking: Calculus I and II and Intro to College Math (MA 131, 132,180) Physics 131, 132, 141, Chemistry 103, 131 in the Barben Rooms, second floor, Cheel Campus Center.
(PLEASE NOTE: BECAUSE OF FERPA, FACULTY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SHARE GRADES WITH PARENTS)
11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
STUDENTS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING
Participate in a drunk driving simulation wearing drunk goggles while negotiating a course in a pedal cart. Sponsored by Safety & Security and Clarkson’s Fraternities and Sororities, by the front entrance of Cheel Campus Center
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE – Register for 5k Walk/Run with a minimum $25 donation to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Help the CEO club reach its goal of raising $15,000 for the Foundation…Main Street, Cheel Campus Center
11a.m - 9:30 p.m.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE – Silent Auction hosted by the Clarkson CEO Club to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month. All proceeds benefit The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Come and bid on a variety of items. All for a good cause…second floor, Cheel Campus Center
11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Clarkson University, in recognition of National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week, presents OKSOBERFEST TAILGATE PARTY. Sponsored by Greek Life, ARAMARK, Campus Safety, and the Counseling Center. Menu: Bratwurst, German Potato Salad, Coleslaw, hot apple cider, soda, coffee, tea. Patio/garden area to the left of Cheel Campus Center (Bavarian Garden). Free.
11:30 – 1 p.m.
SPEED Projects
Main Street, Cheel Campus Center
11:30 a.m. – noon
Faculty Presentation: “Health Care for Bridges: A Search for Diagnostic and Prognostic Tools,” with Kerop Janoyan, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering…Student Senate Room, 2nd floor, Cheel Campus Center
12 – 1 p.m.
Living and Learning at Clarkson:
Meet the Deans and representatives from other academic and administrative areas. A time to ask questions! Cheel Commons, Cheel Campus Center
12:00 – 1 p.m.
Clarkson Orchestra performance, Camp Atrium
12:30 -3:30 p.m.
ANNUAL ROTC/AIR FORCE/ARMY SOCCER GAME at Woodstock Field
12:30-2p.m. Clarkson School Family Luncheon, Hamlin-Powers 138
1- 5 p.m.
Family Fun: The Original Butt Sketch, enjoy a charcoal sketch of your “back view,
or have your” picture on a magazine cover.” Both activities are free!, Cheel Campus Center
1 – 2:30 p.m.
STUDENT PERFORMANCES, Cheel Commons, Cheel Campus Center
1-1:20 p.m. – Golden Knotes, a cappella chorus
1:20 – 1:30 p.m. – Clarkson Goldies, dance team
1:30 – 2 p.m. – Salsa Dance Demonstration and lesson with SHEP (Society of Hispanic
Engineering Professionals
1 p.m.
DIGITAL ARTS & SCIENCES EXHIBIT OPENING RECEPTION…Kodak Lounge, Cheel Campus Center
1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Honors Program Open House at ERC 110
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE – 5K Walk/Run hosted by the Clarkson CEO Club with help from Delta Zeta to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Help the CEO Club reach its goal of raising $15,000 for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation…meet by the parking lot behind Cheel Campus Center
1:30 – 2:15 p.m.
WHY TO: STUDY ABROAD, GO CO-OP OR HAVE A SUMMER INTERNSHIP,
Discussion with the Career Center staff and students who have participated in the programs… Student Senate Room, 2nd floor, Cheel Campus Center
2 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Faculty Presentation: “THE DIGITAL ARTS & SCIENCES MAJOR,” with Dave Beck, Assistant Professor of Communications and Media. View a 20 minute slide and video presentation, highlighting the variety of digital art that has been produced by students in the Digital Arts & Sciences major over the past few years. Beck will talk and answer questions about classes, student work, and career options for this new and exciting program…Kodak Lounge, 1st floor, Cheel Campus Center
2 p.m.
Clarkson Theatre Company presents "Guys and Dolls." Tickets available at the door. Downtown Snell Hall Auditorium.
2:45 – 3:15 p.m.
“AVALANCHE TRAINING: NAVIGATING THE MIDTERM MOUNTAIN.” Checking in on your son/daughter during mid-semester with the Dean of Students and other Student Affairs staff. Student Senate Room, 2nd floor, Cheel Campus Center
3p.m. Men's Varsity Soccer vs. Skidmore, Clarkson Field, across from the lower Cheel parking lot
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
CHEMISTRY MAGIC SHOW with Jim Peploski (2nd of two shows – see also Friday, 8 p.m.). Science Center 360
4 p.m. – Midnight
CLUB 99 Open, next to the Commons, Cheel Campus Center
Dinner:
Our Place, Cheel Campus Center (4-8:30 p.m.)
The Empire Diner, Cubley-Reynolds (4:30-7 p.m. and 8 p.m.-12 a.m.)
Ross-Brooks Cafeteria (open until 8 p.m.)
Main St. Café, Cheel (open until 8:30 p.m.)
Bene Pizza/Pasta, Cheel (open until 8:30 p.m.)
4:30 -6:45 p.m.
Special Pre-Hockey Buffet (cash bar), Barben Rooms, cheel Campus Center
5- 6 p.m.
FAMILY COOK-OFF
Family members will submit recipes to ARAMARK at claryber@clarkson.edu by October
15th. The executive chef and a committee of students and staff will choose four main dish recipes. The family teams, or the individual parents, will prepare a main entrée at the Homezone in Ross-Brook Cafeteria. A panel of judges will rate the dishes and decide on a winner. After the teams have prepared the dish for the panel, ARAMARK workers will continue making all the entrees for the rest of the student diners. Prizes will be awarded to each participant, Homezone, Ross-Brooks Cafeteriat.
AREA RESTAURANTS—PLEASE MAKE RESERVATIONS EARLY!
7:30 p.m.
VARSITY HOCKEY GAME: CLARKSON vs. COLORADO COLLEGE
Cheel Arena
Open skating 30 minutes after the completion of the hockey game—free skate for an hour; hot chocolate will be served.
8 p.m.
Clarkson Theatre Company presents "Guys and Dolls." Tickets available at the door. Downtown Snell Hall Auditorium
10 – 10:30 p.m.
Stop by the Clarkson CEO table to find out if you won any items from the Silent Auction. You must come to the table to receive your item…2nd floor, Cheel Campus Center
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2008
7 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Sunday Brunch, pay at door. Ross-Brooks Cafeteria
10 a.m. – noon
Stop by the Clarkson CEO table to find out if you won any items from the Silent Auction. You must come to the table to receive your item…2nd floor, Cheel Campus Center
HOCKEY TICKET INFORMATION
You must fill out the Hockey Ticket Request Form for the games on Friday, October 24th and Saturday, October 25th. There is a limit of four (4) tickets per family for the game. To purchase tickets, please print out this form and send it along with a check payable to Clarkson University or fill out the section for MasterCard or VISA and send to:
Robin Howard
Clarkson University
Box 8734
Potsdam, NY 13699-8734
All tickets will be available on Friday, October 24 and Saturday, October 25 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Ticket Box Office, to the left of the main entrance, Cheel Campus Center. All ticket sales are final and the deadline for ticket requests is October 5. If you have any questions about the hockey game please call 315 268-7750 between the hours of 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
SATURDAY GAME TIME is 7:30 p.m.
Family Weekend is being held in conjuction with Clarkson's Homecoming Weekend. Check out their schedule to see what else is happening on campus!