Schedule for 2014 as of September 16

The schedule has been changed to accommodate the 11 a.m. Saturday football kickoff.
Many activities and events have been rescheduled or cancelled.
The traditional Families Weekend barbecue has been reinvented as a morning pregame with appropriate food and beverage. The time has been changed to 9 a.m. with continuous service to game time (11 a.m.)

Thursday, September 18, 2014

3–7 p.m. Thursday
Information Center
Brochstein Pavilion

7:30 p.m. Thursday
Wiess College Theater presents Wiess One Acts
Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for guests

Friday, September 19, 2014

7 a.m.–6 p.m. Friday
Information Center
Brochstein Pavilion

Daytime Friday
Attend classes with your Rice student

All Day Friday
Rice Fall Invitational Tennis (Men's Tennis)
George R. Brown Tennis Center

9–10:30 a.m. Friday
Families Weekend Coffee
President David W. Leebron and his wife, Y. Ping Sun
Brochstein Pavilion

9 a.m. Friday
Fondren Library tours

9:30 a.m. Friday
Preparing for Medical School
Brian Gibson, associate dean of undergraduates, director of academic advising
Farnsworth Pavilion, Ley Student Center

10 a.m. Friday
Career Opportunities presentation
Jackie Hing, associate director
Center for Career Development, Peter and Nancy Huff House

10:30 a.m.–4 p.m. Friday
Center for the Study for Written, Oral and Visual Communication open house
Jennifer Wilson, director
Mezzanine Level, Fondren Library

10:30 a.m. Friday
Rice Volleyball Invitational II
Rice vs. Texas Southern
Tudor Fieldhouse

10:30 a.m. Friday Families Weekend Lecture Series
Jefferson in France
John B. Boles '65, William P. Hobby Professor of History; Journal of Southern History, editor emeritus
Introduction by Erin Baezner
Sewall Hall 301

10:30–11:30 a.m. Friday
The Arts at Rice presentation
Sponsored by School of Humanities, Shepherd School of Music and Rice Public Art
Moderated by Christina Keefe, professor; Rice Theatre Program, director
Leone Buyse, Joseph and Ida K. Mullen Professor of Flute; woodwinds, chair
Nicolas Shumway, Francis Moody Newman Professor of Humanities; dean of humanities
View a map of Rice Public Art
Rice Chapel, Rice Memorial Center

11:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Friday
The Arts at Rice tour
Sponsored by School of Humanities, Shepherd School of Music and Rice Public Art
View a map of Rice Public Art
Meet at Rice Chapel and Ray Courtyard, Rice Memorial Center

11 a.m. Friday
Center for Civic Engagement and Leadership presentation (including Leadership Rice)
Robert M. Stein, faculty director; Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science
Caroline Quenemoen, director of fellowships and undergraduate research
Kelly International Conference Facility (ICF), James A. Baker III Hall

11 a.m. Friday
Study Abroad presentation
Erika Zanetti, director
Farnsworth Pavilion, Ley Student Center

11 a.m. Friday
Preparing for Law School
Brad Blunt, assistant director of academic advising
James Lloyd '06 (UT Law '11)
Peter and Nancy Huff House

12 p.m. Friday
Gallery Talk
Christine Medina, manager
Rice University Art Gallery, Sewall Hall

12 p.m. Friday
Preparing for Business School
The presentation by Sue K. Oldham, Jones Graduate School of Business, director of admissions development will be replaced by a presentation by Marie Bergeron, director of experience hires in the Career Management Center, Jones Graduate School of Business
Janice and Robert McNair Hall, Classroom 312

1 p.m. Friday Families Weekend Lecture Series
The Heart of Social Psychology
Mikki Hebl, professor of psychology
Introduction by Dan Stypa
Kelly International Conference Facility (ICF), James A. Baker III Hall

1 p.m. Friday Families Weekend Lecture Series
The Hidden Part of the Iceberg: The Role of Cognitive Constructs in Language
Michel Achard, professor of linguistics; Linguistics, department chair
Introduction by Erin Baezner
Sewall Hall 301

1 p.m. Friday Families Weekend Lecture Series
Global Health at Rice: How Designing Low Cost Technologies Teaches Courage and Creativity
Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Stanley C. Moore Professor of Bioengineering;
Rice 360°: Institute for Global Health Technology, director
Introduction by Kate Harrison
Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK) Classroom

2–4 p.m. (new time) Friday
Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK) open house

2 p.m. Friday
Tours of Rice Campus
Tours depart from the Brochstein Pavilion

3 p.m. Friday Families Weekend Lecture Series
Elegant Nomad: The Mughal Emperor and His Pursuit of Pleasure
Lisa Balabanlilar, associate professor of history
Introduction by Dan Stypa
Kelly International Conference Facility (ICF), James A. Baker III Hall

3 p.m. Friday Families Weekend Lecture Series
The Changing Face of Houston and America:
Tracking the Economic and Demographic Transformations through 33 Years of Houston Surveys
Stephen Klineberg, professor of sociology; Kinder Institute of Urban Research, co-director
Introduction by Jessica Austin
McMurtry Auditorium, Anne and Charles Duncan Hall

3 p.m. Friday Families Weekend Lecture Series
BRAIN: Building Rice Academics in Neuroscience
Steve Cox, professor of applied and computational mathematics
Introduction by Erin Baezner
Sewall Hall 301

3 p.m. Friday
Centennial Celebration Documentary Screening
Beyond the Hedges: Rice & The City of Houston
This documentary was produced in honor of Rice’s Centennial Celebration, and chronicles
the intertwined stories of Rice and Houston.
Farnsworth Pavilion, Ley Student Center

3–5 p.m. Friday
Houston Hillel Student Center open house
1700 Bissonnet, Houston, TX 77005
713-526-4918
www.houstonhillel.org

4:30–6:30 p.m. Friday
College Receptions
Baker College, Presidential Quad and Commons
Brown College, Brown Quad
Duncan College, Location TBA
Hanszen College, Upper Commons (yes, upper is correct)
Jones College,Jones Quad
Lovett College, Location TBA
Martel College, Martel Rotunda
McMurtry College, McMurtry Quad (3:30-6:30 p.m.)
Sid Richardson College, Location TBA
Wiess College, Location TBA
Will Rice College, Will Rice Quad

7 p.m. Friday
Rice Volleyball Invitational II
Rice vs. Louisville
Tudor Fieldhouse

7 p.m. Friday
Rice Philharmonics and Spontaneous Combustion
Hanszen Commons

7:30 p.m. Friday
Wiess College Theater presents Wiess One Acts
Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for guests

8 p.m. Friday
Paganini rehearsal; Kinda Sketchy will perform four sketches
Rice Players and Rice Theatre Program
Hamman Hall

8 p.m. Friday
Faculty Recital
The Shepherd School of Music
Duncan Recital Hall, Alice Pratt Brown Hall

Saturday, September 20, 2014

8 a.m.–3 p.m. Saturday
Information Center
Brochstein Pavilion

All Day Saturday
Rice Fall Invitational Tennis (Men's Tennis)
George R. Brown Tennis Center

Morning Saturday
College Roundtables
Connect / Explore / Experience
Discussions in the colleges hosted by college masters, resident associates, and Rice students
It is anticipated that the College Roundtables/Coffees will begin at 8:30 a.m. in order to allow students, parents and guests to attend the football game and pregame activities.

Baker College Commons -- 8:30 a.m.
Brown College PDR (Private Dining Room) -- 8:30 a.m.
Duncan College Commons -- 8:30 a.m.
Hanszen College Upper Commons -- 8:30 a.m.
Jones College Masters' House -- 8:30 a.m.
Lovett College Masters' House -- 8:30 a.m.
Martel College Master's House -- 8:30 a.m.
McMurtry College PDR (Private Dining Room) --8:30 a.m.
Sid Richardson College Master's House-- 8:30 a.m.
Wiess College Commons -- 8:30 a.m.
Will Rice College Commons -- 8:30 a.m.

9 a.m. Saturday
Tours of Rice University
Tours depart from at Brochstein Pavilion

9 a.m. Saturday (continuous service 9 to 11 a.m.)
Rice Families Weekend Pregame Event
Goode Company at Rice Stadium West side of Stadium

Tickets are $15 per person (parents, guests and students)
Registration information and ticket orders must be received by Tuesday, September 16 at 11 p.m. CT.

Pregame (and student section football) tickets can be picked up at Brochstein Pavilion until 9 a.m. on Saturday and then at the pregame at Rice Stadium.

On game day, pregame tickets are $20 per person and football tickets are full price.

11 a.m. Saturday
Rice Owls Football
Rice vs. Old Dominion at Rice Stadium

Student section football tickets are $10 per person (parents and guests)
(Students are admitted to the Student Section at no charge with Rice I.D.)

Registration information and ticket orders must be received by Tuesday, September 16, at 11 p.m. CT.

Student section football (and pregame) tickets can be picked up at Brochstein Pavilion until 9 a.m. on Saturday and then at the pregame event at Rice Stadium on Saturday.
On game day, football tickets are full price and pregame tickets are $20 per person.

Reserved and box seat football tickets, not located in the student section, can be ordered online at www.riceowls.com or by calling the Rice athletic ticket office at 713-522-OWLS (6957) beginning August 1. These ticket orders placed 7 or more business days before the event will be shipped from the athletic ticket office unless the person purchasing the ticket(s) requests for them to be held in Will Call. Tickets purchased less than 7 business days in advance will automatically be held in Will Call. Tickets not mailed can be picked up at the Rice Athletic Ticket office (8:30 a.m.–5 p.m., Monday–Friday) located at Tudor Fieldhouse or at Will Call on game day at Rice Stadium. Will Call opens an hour and a half before game time and is located at the Southwest corner of the stadium at Gate 1. Any persons picking up tickets at Will Call will be required to show a photo ID.

11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday
Brunch in the Seibel Servery and North Servery
Tetra points and checks accepted

1 p.m. Saturday
Rice Volleyball Invitational II
Rice vs. Stephen F. Austin
Tudor Fieldhouse

7 p.m. Saturday
Rice Soccer vs. Air Force
Holloway Field

6:30 p.m. Saturday
Second Annual Undergraduate Public Policy Conference
Energy Policy in the United States
Rice University's Baker Institute Student Forum
Keynote at 7 p.m.
Poster Show at 7:45 p.m.
Baker Institute for Public Policy
James A Baker III Hall
http://bakerinstitute.org/students/baker-institute-student-forum/

7:30 p.m. Saturday
Wiess College Theater presents Wiess One Acts
Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for guests

8 p.m. Saturday
Cello recital by the students of Norman Fischer
The Shepherd School of Music
Duncan Recital Hall, Alice Pratt Brown Hall

Sunday, September 21, 2014

Sunday is traditionally a study day at Rice and activities are limited.

Daytime Sunday
Student organization and athletic events, intramural and club sports

All Day Sunday
Rice Fall Invitational Tennis (Men's Tennis)
George R. Brown Tennis Center

11:30 a.m. Sunday
Brunch in select Serveries
Tetra points and checks accepted

Questions? 713-348-6094 or harding@rice.edu / 713-348-6181 or ebaez@rice.edu

Programs are subject to change without notice. For information, call the Shepherd School Concert Office at 713-348-8000.
Unless otherwise noted, admission to all events is free and tickets are not required.

Kelly International Conference Facility (ICF), James A. Baker III Hall
Farnsworth Pavilion, Ley Student Center
McMurtry Auditorium, Anne and Charles Duncan Hall