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8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Socials will be hosted in common areas of every residence hall to welcome you to our communities! Come and get to know your neighbors, Resident Assistants, and the ResLife staff in your hall! Refreshments will be provided.
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Silent Disco Block Party
9:00 a.m.
NSU Convocation
Convocation is a gathering of the NSU community to celebrate and recognize our incoming undergraduate students as new members of our Shark family, and to officially begin the 2019-2020 academic year.
10:00 p.m. - Midnight
NSU Target Takeover
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
VIP Shopping Event
9:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Make S'more Friends Movie Night
Welcome back, Sharks! Join the Office of Residential Life and Housing for a movie night on the lawn! Showing: Avengers: Infinity War!
Noon - 2:00 p.m.
Get Ready To Dominate
Campus Life and Student Engagement
Don Taft University Center Spine
Are you ready for the semester? Join Campus Life and Student Engagement as they give you tips and giveaways to start your semester off prepared!
11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Unity Canopy
Alvin Sherman Library Quad
Join us as we celebrated our differences while joining together as one by constructing a unity canopy during NSU Weeks of Welcome! Stop by this event to complete your part in the canopy that makes us all part of 1 NSU! Participants are not required to stay the entire duration of the event. Installation will be available to view through Thursday, August 22 at Noon.
2:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Recfest
Recreation and Wellness
Don Taft University Center, Recplex Gym
Come experience all that the NSU RecPlex has to offer! Take a group exercise class, play basketball, climb the rock wall, and more! Food and drinks provided. Get your Shark Card scanned at this event.
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Start The Semester Off Sweet
Tutoring and Testing and Undergraduate Academic Advising
5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Fraternity And Sorority Life Welcome BBQ
Campus Life and Student Engagement/Fraternity and Sorority Life
Flight Deck Backyard
Come out and have a great time interacting with the members of our Greek Organizations and learn about Fraternity and Sorority Life at NSU!
**Fins Football Pre-Season tickets will be distributed at this event**
Scoop There It Is!
Tutoring and Testing and Residential Life and Housing
Goodwin Residence Hall Classroom
Stop by and cure your sweet tooth cravings (while networking, of course!) “Get the Scoop” on our exclusive NSU online community, NSUConnect, while sprinkling your favorite toppings on the ice cream of your choice
Come learn about the Office of Student Media at NSU and ways to get involved! Visit us and meet the team behind our student run television station (SUTV), newspaper (The Current) and radio station (RadioX)! There will be snacks, music, games and give-a-ways through our radio station you are not going to want to miss!
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Come learn about each cultural Fraternity and Sorority in the Unified Greek Council as they demonstrate their organization's history through strolling, stepping, and saluting.
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Meet The NSU Fraternities
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Splashdown
Nacho Average Tutoring
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Pie-A-Phi
Join Phi Delta Theta Fraternity for the 2nd annual Pie A Phi event to raise funds for the LiveLikeLou Foundation for ALS.
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Sharkapalooza
8:00 a.m. - Noon
Saturday of Service
Off Campus Location
Join SLCE as we kick off our first Saturday of Service event for the year! More information about this event will be provided on the sign up link on SharkHub. Space is limited and students must pre-register to attend. Transportation to service site from NSU Main Campus and lunch following service will be provided.
Get The Scoop!
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
T-Shirts And Iced Tea
Don Taft University Center, Shark Fountain
Are you looking to find out more about service opportunities in the community? Come hang out with the SLCE staff and students to learn more! Bring a gently used t-shirt, that will be donated to a local community affiliate in exchange for a new Shark Pride shirt! You will also get to learn more about where your donation will be going and how you can continue to help the Broward County community!
Noon - 1:00 p.m.
Meet The NSU Sororities
Bingo with USGA
Sex Signals
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Ride with Career Development: Let's Discuss Handshake
Career Development
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Campus Recon
Campus Recon with the Freedom Sharks will be a fun and interactive way for students to explore their university and become more comfortable and knowledgeable about NSU and our proud history. We will provide each team a list of items and locations to find and take a selfie in-front of. This event will have a time limit and Items will be assigned points based upon the difficulty of finding the item. The team with the most points that returns to the starting point on time will win!.
Pop Culture Trivia Night
Do you have what it takes? Come join the Tutoring and Testing Center to test your knowledge of all things pop culture and dominate the competition. Free light refreshments and giveaways will be provided.
Weeks of Welcome Fair
Join Alpha Phi Omega with a day full of festivities for everyone on campus including free food, music, t-shirts, and more! Enjoy lemonade, tie-dye, and temporary tattoos. Be a leader, Be a Friend, Be of Service!
Lettuce Taco 'Bout It...
Students will have the opportunity to meet staff from each office, ask questions, learn about upcoming programs, and engage with other students.
Ultimate Kickball
Join the Freedom Sharks in an evening game of Ultimate Kickball on the Library Quad! Bring some athletic attire as teams compete to score as many points as possible. While many of the rules are similar to traditional kickball, this variation allows for significantly more kicks, running, points, and fun.
Student Employment Fair
This fair is an opportunity for students to learn about student employment positions at NSU, to meet prospective employers and to gain insight in to job requirements/qualifications.
Get To Know IOC
Come out and get to know IOC and what upcoming events they have for the year while enjoying food and meeting your club ambassadors.
Welcome Home BBQ
Join old friends and meet new ones. Food, music and fun in the Mako Residence Hall, Courtyard. Sponsored by the NSU Office of Residence Life and Housing.
Splashin' With S.E.A Board
Come out and get to know S.E.A Board and what upcoming events they have for the year while enjoying food and giveaways. This is also a time to get your wavier's signed for WaterWorks.
***THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED***
WaterWorks
A Weeks of Welcome tradition is back for another year. Come out for music, water slides and a foam pit out in the library quad!
International and Multicultural Mixer
Come enjoy food and games while you meet other students from your respective country, multicultural student organizations, as well as the international affairs advisors.
Weeks of Welcome Brunch
Come munch on delicious brunch at Razor's Reef as Sharking Dining welcomes you to campus!
Greek Life Pool Party
Come hang out at the pool and enjoy some good music, free food and a great time with members of the Greek Community!