Winter Welcome Week kicks off semester

Winter semester Welcome Week runs Monday, Jan. 7 through Saturday, Jan. 12, and offers students a variety of ways to cheer on the Golden Grizzlies, learn about campus and have fun.

Welcome Week Schedule:

Monday, Jan. 7

• Welcome Back Prize Patrol, noon and 12:30 p.m. in the Fireside Lounge, 5 and 5:30 p.m. in Vandenberg Café

Tuesday, Jan. 8

• OU Winter Fest, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Oakland Center

Wednesday, Jan. 9

• Free use of Bumpers Game Room, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Bumpers Game Room
• College Bowl Demonstration, noon-1 p.m., 112 Vandenberg Hall

Thursday, Jan. 10

• Cookies & Coffee at Kresge Café, 8 a.m.-10 p.m., Kresge Library Student Lounge
• “Come Chill with the Greeks,” 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Oakland Center
• Student Program Board (SPB) Open House, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Bumpers Game Room
• Pre-game pep rally for men’s basketball game, 5:30 p.m., Vandenberg Cafe
• Men’s basketball vs. Centenary, 7 p.m., O’rena

Friday, Jan. 11

• Cozy Coffeehouse featuring Tom Butwin, noon-1 p.m., Fireside Lounge
• Friday Night Live with comedian Myq Kaplan, 7-8:30 p.m., Oakland Center Banquet Rooms
• Pizza & Pop Break, 8:30-9 p.m., Oakland Center Banquet Rooms
• “Dueling Pianos” from JD’s Key Club, 9-11 p.m., Oakland Center Banquet Rooms
• “Guard the Grizz,” 11 p.m., Grizz statue outside Recreation & Athletics Center

Saturday, Jan. 12

• Winter Free Day, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Recreation Center
• Pre-game tailgate party for men’s basketball game, 11 a.m.-noon, outside Recreation & Athletics Center
• Men’s basketball vs. Oral Roberts, noon, O’rena
• Pre-game tailgate party for women’s basketball game, 2-2:30 p.m., outside Recreation & Athletics Center
• Women’s basketball vs. Oral Roberts, 2:30 p.m., O’rena

For more information on the Welcome Week events, contact the Center for Student Activities at (248) 370-2400 or csa@oakland.edu.