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Campus events – Welcome Week and beyond

By Colleen Miller
Posted: Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 at 6:27 pm | Last Updated: Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 at 6:33 pm Comments Print This Email This Tweet This Delicious

Monday, January 4

. Women’s Basketball: OU vs Western Illinois

6:30 p.m., O’Rena

Welcome Week @ Oakland University

January 5-9, 2010

Tuesday, January 5

. First Day of Classes

. FREE gaming at Bumpers Game Room

Noon-1 p.m., Bumpers Game Room

. Athletics Department, Grizz Gang and WXOU Present “OU Spirit Day!”

Meet the OU Women’s & Men’s Basketball Players and Coaches, play Sports Arcade
Games (Baseball, Golf, Hockey, and Hoops), giveaways, and much more

Noon- 2 p.m., Gold Rooms

Wednesday, January 6

. XXI Olympic Winter Games “Sneak” Preview: “Cool Runnings”

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Pioneer Food Court

5-6:30 p.m., Vandenberg Dining Center

. FREE gaming at Bumpers Game Room

Noon-1 p.m., Bumpers Game Room

Thursday, January 7

. Campus Recreation Presents FREE Preview Day

5:30 a.m.-10 p.m., Campus Recreation Center

. Center for Student Activities Presents “Get Involved Day!”

through Student & Greek Organizations Fair

11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Fireside Lounge & Main Hallway

. FREE gaming at Bumpers Game Room

Noon-1 p.m., Bumpers Game Room

Friday, January 8

. FREE gaming at Bumpers Game Room

Noon-1 p.m., Bumpers Game Room

. International Students and Scholars Office Presents

Host Family Program Information Session

4-6 p.m., Gold Rooms

. Residence Halls Programming Presents

Friday Night Live featuring Comedian Johnny Cardinale

7:00 p.m., Banquet Rooms

. Student Program Board Presents

“The Hippest Hypnosis Show” featuring Tom DeLuca

and “The Electric Glow” Dance Party

Hypnotist – - 9 p.m., Banquet Rooms

Dance – - 11 p.m.-2 a.m., Gold Rooms (Open to OU students)

Saturday, January 9

“Meet Me in the OC”

9 p.m.-1 a.m., Oakland Center

and it’s all FREE

. OC Mini-Club

featuring Music, Dancing, Karaoke, and Open Mike

9 p.m.-12:45 a.m., Gold Rooms

. Dance Lessons

featuring Salsa Lessons @ 9-9:45 p.m., Oakland Room

Ballroom Lessons @ 9:45-10:30 p.m., Oakland Room

Hustle Lessons @ 10:30-11:15 p.m., Oakland Room

. Psychics

9:30-11:30 p.m., Rooms 125, 126 and 127

. Speed Dating – OU Style

9:45-10:45 p.m., Pioneer Food Court

. OC Film Festival

Film 1: The Hangover

10:45 p.m.-1 a.m., Room 128-130

Film 2: The Ugly Truth

10:45 p.m.-1 a.m., Lake Michigan Room

Film 3: Paranormal Activity

10:45 p.m.-1 a.m., Lake Superior A Room

2009-2010 Major Programs for Winter Semester 2010

Monday, January 18 — Keeper of the Dream Scholarship Awards Celebration & Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Saturday, January 30 –  Meadow Brook Ball (SOLD OUT)

Thursday-Sunday, February 4-7 — OU Homecoming: Come Home to OU

Friday, April 16 — International Night

For more information on campus events, visit the Center for Student Activities in the basement of the Oakland Center.