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 "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