Welcome Back Bash

Event Name: Fall Student Engagement Fair Event Locator: 2025-AASZTA Event State: Confirmed Organization: Student Engagement Join us in the Fieldhouse to learn how to get engaged this semester!

Event Name: Mass and Community Meal Event State: Confirmed Organization: University Ministry Event Locator: 2025-AATBHW All are welcome to attend Mass in Sancta Alberta Chapel and enjoy lunch in the D'Arcy Great Room. 

Event Name: Black August PEP-Faculty Roundtable Event Locator: 2025-AATAMG Event State: Confirmed Organization: Office of Diversity "Imagining Freedom: 2nd Annual Black August Roundtable on Resistance, Resilience, and Abolition" Description:Join us for the Second Annual Black August Prison Education Program Student/Faculty Roundtable, a powerful dialogue between Lewis University’s Prison Education Program students and faculty. Together, we’ll explore the lived realities of systems-impacted individuals and the transformative potential of Black liberation struggles. Through the lenses of African American and Abolitionist Studies, this conversation will center voices from within carceral spaces to envision a world beyond violence, rooted in justice, resistance, and radical hope. ?? Wednesday, August 27th?? 12:30 – 2:00 PM?? University Dining Room & on Zoom

Event Name: Black-at-Lewis Welcome Reception Event Locator: 2025-AATAMK Event State: Confirmed Organization: Office of Diversity "Black at Lewis: Building Community, Honoring Legacy"Second Annual Welcome Reception | Black August at Lewis Description:You're invited to the Second Annual Black at Lewis Welcome Reception, a vibrant community-building and networking event that brings together Black students (new and returning), faculty, staff, and alumni. Held as part of Lewis University’s Black August observance, this reception offers a space to build meaningful connections, celebrate Black presence and leadership on campus, and welcome new members of the Lewis community. While the event centers Black community experiences, all are welcome to join in solidarity, celebration, and support. ?? Tuesday, August 26th?? 4:30 – 6:00 PM?? Faculty Dining Room (AS 103C), Romeoville Campus??? Light refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Dr. Shireen Roshanravan, Vice President for Diversity, at sroshanravan@lewisu.edu.

Event Name: Tasty Treat Thursday Event State: Confirmed Organization: University Ministry Event Locator: 2025-AATBHX Enjoy freshly baked treats in the San Miguel Center for Mission and Ministry

Event Name: Confines of Place - Film Screening Event Locator: 2025-AATAMJ Event State: Confirmed Organization: Office of Diversity Join Dr. Tennille Allen, Lewis professor and chair of sociology, for a Black August screening of a documentary on mass incarceration created in collaboration with men incarcerated at Stateville Prison. Directors of the film will be present for a post-screening discussion. This event is part of Lewis's month-long observance of Black August. All are welcome.