100 Ways to Engage | First-Year Experience and Family Programs

The last block of your new student Roadmap is called Engage. As your first year begins, engaging in your new community will be an integral part of your success as a CWRU student. We will be showcasing the many opportunities you will have to get involved, dive deeper into what you explored during Discover Week and continue to form relationships with faculty, staff and your peers.

Date specific programs:

All times are U.S. Eastern unless otherwise noted.

Oct. 14 | 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. | Flamenco Dance
Oct. 14 | 3 p.m. | All About Finding Research and Creative Endeavors
Oct. 14 | 4 to 5 p.m. | Flamenco: Continuing Evolution
Oct. 15 | 12:45 to 2 p.m. | Biomedical Engineering Tracks Meeting (Nord 356)
Oct. 15 | 12:45 to 2 p.m. | WRC Workshop for Undergraduates: Considering the Source—Using Evidence Effectively
Oct. 17 | 1 p.m. | Zoom Info Session on the Origins Sciences and Evolutionary Biology Programs
Oct. 19 | 12 to 1 p.m. | A College Students' Guide to Budgeting 2.0
Oct. 20 | 1 p.m. | Origins Sciences and Evolutionary Biology — Lunch at Falafel Cafe and Ice Cream at Mitchell's (meet at Falafel Cafe, 1-2 p.m. or Mitchell's, 2-3 p.m.)
Oct. 20 | 3 to 4 p.m. | Mindfulness Matters in the Classroom
Oct. 21 | 11 a.m. | Study Abroad — Find us at Tink (first floor)
Oct. 21 | 8:30 p.m. | CWRU Homecoming: Fireworks sponsored by UPB
Oct. 22 | 8:30 a.m. | All About Finding Research and Creative Endeavors
Oct. 22 | 12:30 p.m. | Weatherhead School of Management Fall 2021 Open House (Peter B. Lewis 208)
Oct. 22 | 7 to 9:30 p.m. | CWRU Homecoming: Showcase of Stars
Oct. 23 | 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. | CWRU Homecoming: Stephanie Tubbs Jones 5K race and fun walk
Oct. 23 | 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. | CWRU Homecoming: Spartan Tailgate
Oct. 23 | 1:30 to 4 p.m. | CWRU Homecoming: Football Game & Royalty
Oct. 26 | 3:30 p.m. | Rhodes, Truman, Fulbright, Oh My! Pursuing Prestigious Awards Information Session
Oct. 26 | 3 p.m. | Study Abroad for Undecided Majors
Oct. 27 | 4 p.m. | All About Finding Research and Creative Endeavors
Nov. 1 | 8:30 a.m. | All About Finding Research and Creative Endeavors
Nov. 9 | 7 p.m. | All About Finding Research and Creative Endeavors
Nov. 11 | 10 a.m. | Study Abroad Programs for Business Majors
Nov. 16 | 3 p.m. | All About Faculty-Led (AKA "Short Term") Study Abroad Programs
Nov. 18 | 6 p.m. | Fulbright US Student Program Information Session
Nov. 18 | 11 a.m. | Study Abroad — Find us at Tink (first floor)
Nov. 19 | 8:30 a.m. | All About Finding Research and Creative Endeavors
Dec. 16 | 11 a.m. | Study Abroad — Find us at Tink (first floor)

Find more upcoming events in CampusGroups and Handshake!

Past events and programs

Aug. 27 | 12 to 2 p.m. | Welcome Back to Campus with the Mather Center
Aug. 27 | 5:30 to 7 p.m. | Photo Walk with the Photography Club
Aug. 27 | 6 to 8 p.m. | La Alianza General Body Hangout
Aug. 28 | 2 to 5 p.m. | Know Your Neighbors Community Palooza
Aug. 28 | 3 to 6 p.m. | Welcome BAAAck BBQ with the Asian American Alliance
Aug. 28 | 3 to 9 p.m. | UPBack to School Bash
Aug. 29 | 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. | CWRUinCLE: One World Day Festival
Aug. 29 | 1 to 3 p.m. | Yarn Arts Club Kick Off Meeting
Aug. 30 | 7 to 8 p.m. | Undergraduate Diversity Collaborative Information Meeting
Aug. 31 | 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. | Joint Info Session: Pre-Med/Pre-Health Study Abroad
Sept. 2 | 10 to 11 a.m. | Beyond Silicon Valley: Peace Through Entrepreneurship
Sept. 3 | Drop/Add Deadline
Sept. 3 | 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. | Exploring Pre-Dentistry
Sept. 6 | Labor Day, no classes
Sept. 7 | 7 to 8 p.m. | All About Finding Research and Creative Endeavors
Sept. 9 | 1 p.m. | Study Abroad Scholarship Workshop
Sept. 9 | 3 to 6 p.m. | Weatherhead Welcome Back BBQ
Sept. 9 | 5 to 7 p.m.| UNICEF Fesitval
Sept. 9 | 6 to 8 p.m. | Phi Delta Epsilon Recruitment: Ice Cream Mixer w/ Case Studies (Pre-Medical Fraternity)
Sept. 9 | 7 to 8 p.m. | Undergraduate Research Society Kick-off Meeting & Social
Sept. 9 | 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. | Delta Epsilon Mu Fall Recruitment: Meet & Greet (Pre-Health Fraternity)
Sept. 10 | 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. | CWRU Study Abroad Fair
Sept. 10 | 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. | T.H.I.N.K. Suicide Prevention Training
Sept. 10 | 12:45 to 2 p.m. | Community Dialogue Hour with Women and Gender Studies
Sept. 10 | 12:45 to 1:45 p.m. | Understanding the Hispanic Experience at CWRU
Sept. 10 | 12:45 to 2 p.m. | Turner Construction Presentation
Sept. 10 | 1 to 2 p.m. | Inaugural Cocoavalent Bonding
Sept. 10 | 5 to 7 p.m. | Gaymers
Sept. 10 | 6 to 8 p.m. | Ganesh Chaturthi Social with the Case Hinduism Club
Sept. 10 \ 6:30 to 9 p.m. | Welcome New Students from the Chinese Speaking Christian Ministry
Sept. 11 | 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. | Doan Brook Day Hike with the CWRU Wilderness Society
Sept. 11 | 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. | Holy Hike with the United Protestant Campus Ministries
Sept. 11 | 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. | AsiaTown Retreat with the Taiwanese American Student Association
Sept. 11 | 12 to 2 p.m. | Scrapbooking With Sisters
Sept. 11 | 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. | CWRUinCLE: Fresh Fest Cleveland
Sept. 11 | 1 to 2 p.m. | Design For America Interest Meeting
Sept. 11 | 5 to 7 p.m. | Water Gun Welcome with the African Students Association
Sept. 11 | 7 to 8:30 p.m. | Prayer for the Ex - An Open Mic
Sept. 11 | 7 to 9 p.m. | Chè Making with the Vietnamese Student Association
Sept. 12 | 3 to 4 p.m. | How to become a pilot with with Flying Club
Sept. 12 | 4 to 6 p.m. | Undergraduate Indian Student Association Mixer
Sept. 12 | 6 to 9 p.m. | Muslim Student Association BBQ
Sept. 13 | 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. | Joint Info Session: Engineering Study Abroad
Sept. 13 | 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. | Amnesty International Welcome and Info Session
Sept. 13 | 8 to 9:30 p.m. | Power Vinyasa Yoga (Outdoor)
Sept. 13 | 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. | Delta Epsilon Mu Fall Recruitment: Professional Development (Pre-Health Fraternity)
Sept. 14 | 4 to 5:15 p.m. | Hear From The Experts: CWRU Employer Partners Share Tips On Navigating A Virtual Career Fair
Sept. 15 & 16 | 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. | CCEL Blood Drive
Sept. 15 | 3:30 to 4:20 p.m. | LATIN + JAZZ = Identity and Solidarity
Sept. 16 | 12 to 5 p.m. | SEXPOpalooza
Sept. 16 | 2 to 5 p.m. | Meet and Greet event with Career Fair Employers
Sept. 16 | 3 to 4 p.m. | All About Finding Research and Creative Endeavors
Sept. 17 | 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m | CWRU Sustained Dialogue - Day of Dialogue
Sept. 17 | 12:45 to 2 p.m. | Mather Mingle
Sept. 17 | 12:45 to 2 p.m. | WRC Workshop for Undergraduates: Beyond the 5-Paragraph Essay
Sept. 17 | 5 to 6 p.m. OR 6 to 7 p.m. | Welcome Back Mixer with the Undergraduate Psychology Student Association
Sept. 18 | 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. | Beach Day Social with Changing Health, Attitudes and Actions to Recreate Girls
Sept. 18 | 12 to 2 p.m. | Theta Tau Rush Event - Sweets Social (Professional Engineering Fraternity)
Sept. 18 | 2 to 4 p.m. | Spartan Splashathon
Sept. 21 | 12 to 12:30 p.m. | It's On CWRU Overview
Sept. 21 | 3 to 5 p.m. | Asian Mid-Autumn Festival
Sept. 22 | 5:30 to 7 p.m. | Understanding the Black Student Experience at CWRU
Sept. 22 | 6 to 7:30 p.m. | It's on CWRU Pro-Social Bystander Workshop
Sept. 22 | 7 to 8 p.m. | Barre + Bounce
Sept. 23 | 10 to 11 a.m. | Study Abroad - for Arts and Humanities Majors
Sept. 23 | 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. | CWRU Fall 2021 Engineering, Technology & Science Virtual Career Fair
Sept. 23 | 12 to 1 p.m. | Bridges and Rainbows with the LGBT Center
Sept. 23 | 6 to 7 p.m. | Inamori Ethics Prize Ceremony and Lecture
Sept. 24 | 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. | CWRU Fall 2021 Business, Arts & Service Virtual Career Fair
Sept. 24 | 12:30 to 2 p.m. | Community Service Fair
Sept. 24 | 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. | Contextualizing and demystifying the roots of the Hispanic/Latinx community in Cleveland
Sept. 25 | 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sustained Dialogue Moderator Training (Virtual)
Sept. 25 | 1 to 5 p.m. | Farm Harvest Festival
Sept. 25 | 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. | First CWRU Cookout
Sept. 27 | 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. | Multicultural Welcome Reception
Sept. 28 | 3 to 4 p.m. | Study Abroad - for Natural and Hard Science Majors
Sept. 29 | 12 to 1 p.m. | Fitness and Physical Activity: A balance in the academic schedule
Oct. 1 | 12:45 to 2 p.m. | Financial Wellness Series: Making your Budget work for you!
Oct. 1 | 5 to 6 p.m. | Studio 300 Interest Meeting
Oct. 1 | 6 to 8 p.m. | KSA Chuseok Dinner
Oct. 1 | 7 to 9 p.m. | Board Game Night | CWRU Wilderness Society
Oct. 2 | 12 p.m. | Longer Day Hike | CWRU Wilderness Society
Oct. 2 | 1 to 4 p.m. | Period Fair
Oct. 2 | 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. | Doan Brook Education trip with Climbing Club
Oct. 2 | 5 to 6 p.m. | Trivia Night + S'mores with La Alianza
Oct. 2 | 6 to 9 p.m. | TIME Multicultural Mashup
Oct. 2 | 7 to 9 p.m. | L.E.D. Poetry Slam and Open Mic Night
Oct. 3 | 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. | Temple Tour with the Case Hinduism Club
Oct. 3 | 12 p.m. | Longer Day Hike | CWRU Wilderness Society
Oct. 4 | 5 to 6 p.m.| Developer Student Club Intro Event
Oct. 5 | 4 to 5 p.m. | Veale Skills Lab: Value Proposition with Alec Simon, Director of Startup Services, MAGNET
Oct. 5 | 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. | Navigating Virtual Volunteering: Getting Involved Online Info Session
Oct. 6 | 12 to 12:45 p.m. | Founding a Corporate Social Impact Company: Grady Lee, CEO/Co-Founder, Give to Get
Oct. 6 | 5:30 to 7 p.m. | Understanding the Black Student Experience at CWRU
Oct. 7 | 10 to 11 a.m. | Study Abroad - Social Science Majors
Oct. 7 | 1 to 4 p.m. | Diversity 360 - Open Session
Oct. 7 | 6 to 7 p.m. | WISER Science Experiment Night
Oct. 7 | 7 to 8 p.m. | Thwingo w/Greek Life
Oct. 7 | 7 to 9 p.m. | Game Night at KSL
Oct. 8 | Deadline to submit a poem to the Common Reading Poetry Contest
Oct. 8 | 12:30 to 2 p.m. | Affirming Identities: MultiRacial
Oct. 8 | 12:45 to 2 p.m. | Community Dialogue Hour with Women and Gender Studies
Oct. 8 | 1 to 2 p.m. | COCO Pizza and Games Social
Oct. 8 | 6 to 8 p.m. | Middle Eastern Cultural Association Movie Night
Oct. 9 | 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. | Mini TSO: Giveaways and Food
Oct. 9 | 6 to 8 p.m. | VSA x KASA x KSA x TIME Barbecue Mixer
Oct. 10 | 2 to 3 p.m. | Japanese Mini Crash-Course & Origami
Oct. 11 | 4 p.m. | Origins Sciences and Evolutionary Biology — Free ice cream and Semester Abroad Discussion with Kenyan Paleoanthropologist, Dr. Nengo (Meet at Mitchell's Ice Cream in Uptown)
Oct. 11 | 4 to 5 p.m. | Joint Info Session: Research Abroad
Oct. 11 | 7 to 8 p.m. | Women in Finance - Alumni Guest Speaker
Oct. 12 | 12 to 12:30 p.m. | It's On CWRU Overview
Oct. 12 | 4 to 5:15 p.m. | "Demandando la protección de las leyes a su favor": Freedom Fighters in Mexican Spaces
Oct. 13 | 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. | Gender Resistance
Oct. 13 | 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. | CWRU EMS Information Session

Ongoing opportunities for community:

Attend at virtual library resources lab with KSL
Sign up for a time to explore the Physical Resource Center
Join the Queer Craft Circle on Fridays in the LGBT Center
Explore museums in University Circle with CWRU's Free Access Program
Visit Think[box] and unleash your inner innovator
Attend a movie night with The Film Society
Grab some friends and find a new favorite flavor of ice cream at Mitchell's. You can use your CaseCash!
Go for a walk and explore the Cleveland Cultural Gardens
Take a weekly lesson with the Swing Club
Take a photo in front of one or all of the famous Cleveland script signs
Walk around Wade Lagoon

Leadership opportunities:

Apply for a leadership role with the Residence Hall Association
Run for a First Year Representative position with the Undergraduate Student Government
Apply to be a Civic Engagement and Learning Scholar (September)
Apply to be an orientation leader (November)
Apply to be a resident assistant (October)