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The preliminary schedule is posted on this web site.
Activities and events will be added throughout the summer.
Latest update to the schedule: Monday, June 30, 2008
Invitations, with weekend highlights, will be mailed in July.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
8:30 a.m. -- 5 p.m. Thursday
Rice campus store will be open for all your Rice gear!
Rice Memorial Center
10 a.m. Thursday
Admission information session (for prospective students)
Admission Office, Lovett Hall
11 a.m. Thursday
Walking tour of campus departs from the Sallyport, Lovett Hall
11 a.m. -- 7 p.m. Thursday
"The Great Indoors" installation by Aurora Robson
Rice University Art Gallery, Sewall Hall
www.ricegallery.org
3 -- 8 p.m. Thursday
Registration and Information Center
Schedules, guest IDs, maps and barbecue tickets
Farnsworth Pavilion, Ley Student Center
8 p.m. Thursday
Wiess College Theater presents "Wiess One Acts"
Wiess Commons
Please ask your student to purchase tickets from Wiess.
8 p.m. Thursday
Film at Rice Cinema
Rice Media Center
http://ricecinema.rice.edu
Friday, September 26, 2008
7 a.m. -- 6 p.m. Friday
Registration and Information Center
Schedules, guest IDs, maps and barbecue tickets
Farnsworth Pavilion, Ley Student Center
All day Friday
Attend classes with your Rice student
8:30 a.m. -- 5 p.m. Friday
Rice campus store will be open for all your Rice gear
Rice Memorial Center
9 -- 10:15 a.m. Friday
Coffee with the President
David W. Leebron, president of Rice University, and his wife,
Y. Ping Sun
Kelley Lounge, Ley Student Center
10 a.m. Friday
Admission information session (for prospective students)
Admission Office, Lovett Hall
Families Weekend Presentations and Discussions Friday
10 a.m. Friday
Leadership Rice presentation
Brad Smith, director
Jennifer Murray, assistant director
Kelly International Conference Facility, James A. Baker III Hall
www.ruf.rice.edu/~leading
11 a.m. Friday
Walking tour of campus departs from the Sallyport, Lovett Hall
11 a.m. -- 2 p.m. Friday
Rice International Programs fair
A presentation of opportunities to study and work abroad
Grand Hall, Rice Memorial Center
11 a.m. Friday
Center for Civic Engagement presentation
Stephanie Shirley Post, executive director
Robert Stein, Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science
Kelly International Conference Facility, James A. Baker III Hall
11 a.m. Friday
Career Opportunities discussion
Jackie Hing, associate director
Career Services Center, O'Connor House
http://careers.rice.edu
11 a.m. -- 5 p.m. Friday
"The Great Indoors" installation by Aurora Robson
Rice University Art Gallery, Sewall Hall
www.ricegallery.org
Noon Friday
Gallery Talk
"The Great Indoors" installation by Aurora Robson
Rice University Art Gallery, Sewall Hall
http://ricegallery.org
Noon Friday
Career Opportunities discussion (encore presentation)
Career Services Center
Jackie Hing, associate director
O'Connor House
http://careers.rice.edu
Families Weekend Lecture Series Friday
1 p.m. Friday
"Computational Neuroscience:
Thoughts on the Simulation of Thoughts"
Steven J. Cox, professor of computational and applied mathematics
Kelly International Conference Facility, James A. Baker III Hall
1 p.m. Friday
"Global Health Technologies:
How Rice Students are Changing the World "
Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Stanley C. Moore Professor of Bioengineering; professor of electrical and computer engineering
McMurtry Auditorium, Anne and Charles Duncan Hall
http://bioe.rice.edu/welcome.cfm?doc_id=6984
1 p.m. Friday
"Legacy of Leadership:
Edgar Odell Lovett and His Vision for the Rice Institute"
John B. Boles, William Pettus Hobby Professor of History
"University Builder: Edgar Odell Lovett and the Founding of the Rice Institute"
Book signing will follow the talk. Books will be available for purchase.
location tba
http://www.rice.edu/sallyport/2008/spring/bookshelf/RevealingBuilder.html
3 p.m. Friday
"Wireless Networking for Under-Resourced Urban Communities"
Edward W. Knightly,
professor in electrical and computer engineering and computer science
McMurtry Auditorium, Anne and Charles Duncan Hall
3 p.m. Friday
"Developmental Biology: Two and a Half Millennia of Insight Into Life, Death and Many Things in Between"
Mary Ellen Lane, assistant professor of biochemistry and cell biology
location tba
3 p.m. Friday
"The Visual Language of Movies"
J. Dennis Huston,
professor of English
Kelly International Conference Facility, James A. Baker III Hall
(2 p.m.) Friday
Admission information session (for prospective students)
Admission Office, Lovett Hall
3 p.m. Friday
Walking tour of campus departs from the Sallyport, Lovett Hall
3 -- 4 p.m. Friday
Wellness Center open house
Morton L. Rich Health and Wellness Center
Between Jones College and Brown College;
across from O'Connor House
Emily Page 713-348-5194
www.ruf.rice.edu/~wellness
Families Weekend College Gatherings Friday
Enjoy a casual reception at your college!
Baker College (time and location tba)
Brown College (time and location tba)
Hanszen College (time and location tba)
Jones College (time and location tba)
Lovett College (time and location tba)
Martel College (time and location tba)
Sid Richardson College (time and location tba)
Wiess College (time and location tba)
Will Rice College (time and location tba)
6:30 p.m. Friday
Shabbat Service and Dinner
Rabbi Kenny Weiss 713-526-4918 x102
kweiss@houstonhillel.org
Hillel Student Center, 1700 Bissonnet
http://houstonhillel.org
7:15 p.m. Friday
Shabbat Service and Dinner
Rabbi Yitzhok Shmukler
Please RSVP by Friday at Noon 713-522-2004
Chabad House, 1955 University Boulevard
www.chabadhouston.org
8 p.m. Friday
The Shepherd School of Music presents guest pianist Gustavo Romero
"Beethoven Sonatas: Program I"
No charge, open seating, early arrival recommended
Stude Concert Hall, Alice Pratt Brown Hall
http://music.rice.edu
8 p.m. Friday
Rice Philharmonics present the First Show of the Year
Rice Memorial Center
The new CD "Phils So Good" will be available for purchase at $15
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~phils/history.html
8 p.m. Friday
Film at Rice Cinema
Rice Media Center
http://ricecinema.rice.edu
9 p.m. Friday
Hanszen College presents Movie Night
"Charlie Wilson's War"
location tba
8 p.m. Friday
Wiess College Theater presents "Wiess One Acts"
Wiess Commons
Please have your student purchase tickets from Wiess College
10 p.m. -- 2 a.m. Friday
Baker College hosts Baker Blues
Saturday, September 27, 2008
8 a.m. -- 11 a.m. Saturday
Registration and Information Center
Schedules, guest IDs, maps and barbecue tickets
Farnsworth Pavilion, Ley Student Center
Morning Saturday
Women's Flag Football a.k.a. "Powderpuff"
College Freshman Football
9:30 a.m. Saturday
Admission information session (for prospective students)
Followed by a tour of the Rice campus
Admission Office, Lovett Hall
Morning Coffee with the Masters and Roundtable Discussions
Hosted by College Masters, Resident Associates and Rice Students
Saturday (time and location tba)
Jones Coffee with the Masters and Roundtable Discussion
Jones College
Saturday (time and location tba)
Sid Richardson Coffee with the Masters and Roundtable Discussion
Sid Richardson College
Saturday (time and location tba)
Martel Coffee with the Masters and Roundtable Discussion
Martel College
Saturday (time and location tba)
Brown Coffee with the Masters and Roundtable Discussion
Brown College
Saturday (time and location tba)
Will Rice Coffee with the Masters and Roundtable Discussion
Will Rice College
Saturday (time and location tba)
Hanszen Coffee with the Masters and Roundtable Discussion
Hanszen College
Saturday (time and location tba)
Wiess Coffee with the Masters and Roundtable Discussion
Wiess College
Saturday (time and location tba)
Lovett Coffee with the Masters and Roundtable Discussion
Lovett College
10 a.m. -- 3 p.m. Saturday
Rice campus store will be open for all your Rice gear
Rice Memorial Center
10 a.m. Saturday
Shabbat Service followed by Kiddush
Rabbi Yitzhok Schmukler
713-522-2004
www.chabadhouston.org
Chabad House, 1955 University Boulevard
10 a.m. -- 4 p.m. Saturday
Museum District Shuttle
Complimentary transportation to the museums surrounding Rice University
Departs from Ley Student Center
11 a.m. -- 5 p.m. Saturday
"The Great Indoors" iInstallation by Aurora Robson
Rice University Art Gallery, Sewall Hall
www.ricegallery.org
11 a.m. Saturday
Rice International Programs information session
Information about studying and working abroad
Kelly International Conference Facility, James A. Baker III Hall
11 a.m. Saturday
Keynote Address
Robin Forman, dean of undergraduates
"Leadership and the Rice Undergraduate Program"
Location: McMurty Auditorium, Anne and Charles Duncan Hall
2 -- 4 p.m. (continuous service) Saturday
Families Weekend Goode Company Barbecue
Rice Stadium, Gate 3 (Rice Boulevard Entrance # 17)
(Rain site, Rice Memorial Center and Ley Student Center)
(Rain plan information 713-348-3697)
Please order tickets by calling 713-348-6094, with the registration card in the invitation or online.
Click to register online and purchase barbecue tickets
Registration opens July 15, 2008
4 p.m. Saturday
Rice Owls Football
Rice vs. North Texas at Rice Stadium 4 p.m.
Please order tickets by calling 713-348-4068, with the registration card in the invitation or online.
Click to purchase football tickets
Tickets available July 15, 2008
promo code FW2008
Important notice regarding Rice vs. North Texas football tickets!
Rice students are admitted to the Rice student section at no charge with their student ID
May we answer a question? 713-348-6094 Jennifer Harding
Afternoon Saturday
Women's Flag Football a.k.a. "Powderpuff"
College Freshman Football
8 p.m. Saturday
Wiess College Theater presents "Wiess One Acts"
Wiess Commons
Please have your students purchase tickets from Wiess.
8 p.m. Saturday
Film at the Rice Cinema
Rice Media Center
www.ricecinema.rice.edu
8 p.m. Saturday
Harvest Moon Ball
Sponsored by the Rice Social Dance Society
Live band, swing, ballroom and salsa performances
Free lesson before the dance
Grand Hall, Rice Memorial Center
Purchase tickets at the door
rsds@rice.edu
Sunday, September 28
Morning and Afternoon Sunday
College Flag Football
Women's Flag Football a.k.a. "Powderpuff"
11:30 a.m. -- 1:30 p.m. Sunday
Enjoy brunch at the North or South serveries
Please use Tetra points or pay with a check.
If you have neither check nor tetra points available, a billing form will be provided.
Noon -- 5 p.m. Sunday
"The Great Indoors" installation by Aurora Robson
Rice University Art Gallery, Sewall Hall
www.ricegallery.org
3 p.m. Sunday
Rice Symphonic Band Concert
Chuck Throckmorton, Director
Grand Hall, Rice Memorial Center
8 p.m. Sunday
The Shepherd School of Music presents guest pianist Gustavo Romero
"Beethoven Sonatas: Program II"
No charge, open seating, early arrival recommended
Stude Concert Hall, Alice Pratt Brown Hall
http://music.rice.edu
To be added to the schedule:
Student Taught Courses
Engineers Without Borders
Results of Senior Survey
Documentary Screening at Rice Media Center
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