Event State: Confirmed Organization: International Student Services Event Name: International COAST Grad Student Event Locator: 2024-AASRGT International orientation for new COAST Graduate Students - starting in Convocation Hall and lunch and social in the Flight Deck.

Event State: Confirmed Organization: International Student Services Event Name: International COB Grad Student Event Locator: 2024-AASRGV International orientation for new COB Graduate Students - starting in Convocation Hall and lunch and social in the Flight Deck.

Event Name: World's Largest Icebreaker Event Locator: 2024-AASRPA Event State: Confirmed Organization: Academic Services Welcome week event

Event Name: Welcome Week: Building Community Event Locator: 2024-AASRPH Event State: Confirmed Organization: Academic Services All new students are required to attend

Event Name: Get Your Henna On Event Locator: 2025-AATBHK Event State: Confirmed Organization: Student Engagement Come to the Student Center where you can get Henna and airbrush tattoos!  You can also get a caricature drawn of yourself!

Event Name: New Flyer Backyard Bash Event Locator: 2025-AASZST Event State: Confirmed Organization: Student Engagement Enjoy Welcome Week with a food truck, volleyball, a DJ, backyard games and more!

Event Name: New Flyer Convocation Event Locator: 2025-AATBFR Event State: Confirmed Organization: Academic Services All new students are required to be present

Event Name: New Flyer Photo Event Locator: 2024-AASRPJ Event State: Confirmed Organization: Academic Services All new students are required to be present

Event Name: Academic Connection Session Event Locator: 2024-AASRPC Event State: Confirmed Organization: Academic Services All new students are required to attend these sessions. 

Event Name: New Flyer Tringo Event Locator: 2025-AASZSS Event State: Confirmed Organization: Student Engagement Tringo is a combination of Trivia and Bingo game playing with fantastic prizes!

Event Name: First-week Prep Sessions Event Locator: 2024-AASRPD Event State: Confirmed Organization: Academic Services

Event Name: Flyer Picnic Event Locator: 2024-AASRPF Event State: Confirmed Organization: Academic Services All new incoming students are invited to attend

Event Name: Transfer Student Meet Up Event Locator: 2025-AATBHL Event State: Confirmed Organization: Student Engagement Connect with other transfer students, play some Bingo, win awesome prizes!

Event Name: 70s Disco Roller Rink Event Locator: 2025-AASZSX Event State: Confirmed Organization: Student Engagement Join us by ending the night roller skating 1970s themed!

Event Name: Welcome Back Bash Event Locator: 2025-AASZSV Event State: Confirmed Organization: Student Engagement Join us for fufn acivities including Henna and airbrush tattoos, caricature drawings, food trucks, zipline, rock climbing wall, raffles and more!!!! 

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 <strong data-start="131" data-end="220">"Imagining Freedom: 2nd Annual Black August Roundtable on Resistance, Resilience, and Abolition" <strong data-start="222" data-end="238">Description:<br data-start="238" data-end="241" />Join us for the <strong data-start="257" data-end="339">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. ?? <strong data-start="795" data-end="821">Wednesday, August 27th<br data-start="821" data-end="824" />?? <strong data-start="827" data-end="846">12:30 – 2:00 PM<br data-start="846" data-end="849" />?? <strong data-start="852" data-end="888">University Dining Room & on Zoom

Event Name: Black-at-Lewis Welcome Reception Event Locator: 2025-AATAMK Event State: Confirmed Organization: Office of Diversity <strong data-start="150" data-end="207">"Black at Lewis: Building Community, Honoring Legacy"<br data-start="207" data-end="210" /><strong data-start="210" data-end="269">Second Annual Welcome Reception | Black August at Lewis <strong data-start="271" data-end="287">Description:<br data-start="287" data-end="290" />You're invited to the <strong data-start="312" data-end="362">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 <strong data-start="515" data-end="561">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, <strong data-start="781" data-end="800">all are welcome to join in solidarity, celebration, and support. ?? <strong data-start="854" data-end="878">Tuesday, August 26th<br data-start="878" data-end="881" />?? <strong data-start="884" data-end="902">4:30 – 6:00 PM<br data-start="902" data-end="905" />?? <strong data-start="908" data-end="960">Faculty Dining Room (AS 103C), Romeoville Campus<br data-start="960" data-end="963" />??? <em data-start="967" data-end="1003">Light refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Dr. Shireen Roshanravan, Vice President for Diversity, at <strong data-start="1095" data-end="1122">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