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4 University of Michigan parents.umich.edu University of Michigan 5 WELCOME Parents & Families

Welcome to the University of Michigan, and thank you for joining us on campus for Parents & Family Weekend 2015! Whether this is your student’s first year at Michigan or the last, Parents & Family Weekend has something for you. We hope you take full advantage of the wonderful activities on campus, and enjoy this special weekend with your student.

By visiting campus this weekend, or at any time, you are providing a support network for your student that only you can provide. In fact, parents and family members play a vital role in the lives of college students. Many students still count on their parents to remain a steady and stable source of support and guidance. Parents can serve as mentors, offering advice and encouragement, while also promoting independence, autonomy, and including this UniversityParent Parents In addition, families can always utilize the responsibility. Thank you for supporting your student & Family Weekend Guide. In addition M-Parent website at parents.umich.edu. by attending Parents & Family to comprehensive Parents & Family This website is your road map to the We have found that families, who are Weekend. Go Blue! Weekend information, this Guide provides services and resources at the University informed about campus and local general information about lodging, dining, of Michigan. It also provides information resources, are better equipped to serve Office of New Student Programs and other Ann Arbor area information. about important dates and newsworthy as a referral source for their student. 1100 LSA Building We hope you will find it useful during your items of interest to parents. The University of Michigan offers many (734) 764-6413 Parents & Family Weekend experience sources of information for parents, [email protected] and beyond.

6 University of Michigan parents.umich.edu 7 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6

Event Start Time End Time Location Check In 10:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. Michigan Union – Anderson Room Gerald R. Ford Presidential 9:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m. Gerald R. Ford Library, Library Open House & Lobby 1000 Beal Ave. exhibit “Drawdown Vietnam, April–May, 1975” Finding Your Way . . . to the 10:30 a.m. 11:15 a.m. Michigan Union – Career Center Kuenzel Room University of Michigan Museum 11:00 a.m. 8:00 p.m. Museum of Art of Art Fridays After 5 and Exhibitions Central Campus Walking Tour 11:00 a.m. 12:15 p.m. Depart from front steps of Michigan Union Money at Michigan – the Beat 11:15 a.m. 12:15 p.m. Michigan Union – Goes On Kuenzel Room Central Campus Walking Tour 1:00 p.m. 2:15 p.m. Depart from front steps of Michigan Union Stamps School of Art & Design 11:30 a.m. 1:30 p.m. Art & Architecture Parents & Family Weekend Building Program Ross School of Business 1:15 p.m. 2:15 p.m. Michigan Union – Parents & Family Undergraduate Academic Kuenzel Room Programs Weekend 2015 College of Engineering Student 2:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. Chrysler Center Affairs Open House and Tours Lobby, 2121 Bonisteel Schedule-At-A-Glance Blvd

For event details, see pages 14–32

Items with these icons Items with this icon indicates require tickets or a fee. a kid-friendly event.

All events are subject to change. Updated information will be available in the Michigan Union Anderson Room on Friday, November 6, as well as online at www.parents.umich.edu

8 University of Michigan parents.umich.edu 9 Event Start Time End Time Location SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 Kinesiology Meet & Greet 2:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 555 S. Forest St. College of Literature, Science, 2:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. Michigan Union – Event Start Time End Time Location and the Arts Parents & Family Pendleton Room Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market 7:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. 315 Detroit St. Reception Taubman College of Architecture 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Liberty Research On View: Art & Exhibits at the 4:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Shapiro & Hatcher & Urban Planning Tailgate Annex, 305 Library Libraries W. Liberty St. Residential College Parents 4:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. East Quad, Lower St. Mary Student Parish Parents 10:00 a.m.* --- 331 Thompson St. Weekend Reception Atrium Weekend Brunch Honors Program Parents & 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. TBA: visit Family Weekend Event parents.umich.edu for updates *Mass time is dependent upon kickoff time. Check www.parents.umich.edu Taubman College of Architecture 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Art & Architecture for updates & Urban Planning Parents & Building University of Michigan Museum 11:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Museum of Art Family Weekend Activities of Art Exhibitions Friday Fun Night at the Museum 5:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. U-M Museum of Planetarium Shows: The Sky 11:30 a.m. -- Museum of Natural Natural History, 1109 Tonight – Live Star Talk 1:30 p.m. History, 1109 Geddes Geddes Ave. 3:30 p.m. Ave. Hillel Dinner and Services TBA* -- 1429 Hill St.

*Visit www.parents.umich.edu for updates A Degree in Information: Explore 5:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 2435 North Quad U-M’s Newest Undergraduate Degree Center for Campus Involvement’s 6:30 p.m. -- Michigan Union Rogel Interactive Dinner Theater Ballroom featuring Hypnotist “chrisjones”

Rude Mechanicals Present: 8:00 p.m. -- Lydia Mendelssohn “Tribes” by Nina Raine Theater

University Musical Society 8:00 p.m. -- Rackham Auditorium Presents: The Danish String Quartet

Men’s Basketball vs. Le Moyne TBA -- Crisler Center Exhibition Game

10 University of Michigan parents.umich.edu 11 Event Start Time End Time Location Pre-Game Tailgate 3 hours 1 hour Oosterbaan prior to prior to Fieldhouse kickoff kickoff Michigan vs. Rutgers Football TBA -- Michigan Stadium Game

Dinosaur Tours 2:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Museum of Natural History, 1109 Geddes SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8 Ave. Event Start Time End Time Location The Michigan G-Men Present: 8:00 p.m. -- Rackham Auditorium G-Fest: The Best of Michigan Parents & Family Weekend 9:00 a.m. & 10:15 a.m. Michigan Union Performance Groups Brunch 11:30 a.m. & 12:45 Ballroom p.m.

Rude Mechanicals Present: 8:00 p.m. -- Lydia Mendelssohn University of Michigan Museum 12:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Museum of Art “Tribes” by Nina Raine Theater of Art Exhibitions Big House Tours 1:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Michigan Stadium

Men’s Glee Club 8:00 p.m. -- Hill auditorium Planetarium Shows: The Sky 1:30 p.m. -- U-M Museum of Tonight – Live Star Talk 3:30 p.m. Natural History, 1109 Geddes Ave.

Dinosaur Tours 2:00 p.m. -- U-M Museum of Natural History, 1109 Geddes Ave. Big House Tours 3:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. Michigan Stadium

Women’s Basketball vs. Ferris TBA -- Crisler Center State (Exhibition Game)

12 University of Michigan parents.umich.edu 13 Events for Friday, November 6

Parents & Family Parents & Family Weekend Check-In Weekend 2015 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Program of Events Michigan Union Anderson Room, 530 S. State St. Check-in for Parents & Family Weekend and pick up your event tickets and updated program information.

All events are free (included in Remember to wear or show your Michigan Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Open House & Lobby exhibit: your Parents & Family Weekend Parent lapel pin for admission to non- “Drawdown Vietnam, April–May 1975” ticketed events! registration fee) unless noted; 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. ticketed events have these icons: Most events are designed for adults 1000 Beal Ave. and older teenagers. A few events are appropriate for younger children and are or indicated with this icon: You are invited to explore this National Archives-administered Presidential Library on the U-M campus. Enjoy the permanent exhibits on President and Mrs. Ford, the office used by President Ford during his many visits to U-M, and a feature The blue ticket icon indicates exhibit, “Drawdown Vietnam, April–May 1975.” These displays explore tickets that were for sale in humanitarian efforts during the last days of U.S. involvement in Vietnam: the “Fall However, please note that no child care of Saigon,” and the military evacuation of thousands of South Vietnamese civilians advance through the Parents services are available. & Family Weekend Online to ships nearby, Operation Babylift, in which more than three thousand children and babies were airlifted to safety, and the rescue of the S.S. Mayaguez, whose Registration Form. The yellow Not all events were finalized at press time. For updated event information, visit ship and crew were captured by forces of the new Cambodian Khmer Rouge ticket icon indicates tickets that www.parents.umich.edu government less than two weeks following the fall of Saigon. The unfolding of are available for purchase directly these events are chronicled in the lobby displays at the Gerald Ford Presidential Library – complete with artifacts, photographs, documents and personal stories of through the event sponsor or those involved. There is free on-site parking. For more information about the Ford there is a pay-at-the-door fee. Presidential Library visit www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov or call (734) 205-0555.

14 University of Michigan parents.umich.edu 15 Finding Your Way...to the Career Center Money at Michigan – The Beat Goes On 10:30 – 11:15 a.m. 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Michigan Union Kuenzel Room Michigan Union Kuenzel Room

Students begin to visit the Career Center for a variety of reasons during various Now that you’ve gotten through the first bills, those pleas for additional spending points in their academic careers. This is your chance to learn more about what the money, and the frustration of trying to do everything online, it’s time to explore Career Center has to offer, and to find out how we can help your student explore other opportunities for funding including Scholarships, Work Opportunities, and careers and graduate programs, make decisions or search for internships and jobs. Loans. Here’s your chance to find out about upcoming changes as well as ask all those questions you wished you had asked earlier if only you had known what it was going to be like.

Stamps School of Art & Design Parents & Family Weekend Program 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Art & Architecture Bldg.

Stamps School families are invited to enjoy a light reception from 11:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. in the Street Gallery just off the east Bonisteel entrance to the Art & Architecture Building. At 12:30 in room 2030, Engagement Coordinator Charlie Michaels will speak about the School’s vibrant community engagement Central Campus Walking Tour program, illustrating his talk with photographs of Stamps students making art and design matter outside the classroom. Student work will be displayed in the 11:00 a.m. Street Gallery (east) as well as in the Hall (west). Depart from front steps of Michigan Union Central Campus Walking Tour 1:00 p.m. Didn’t attend Parent & Family Orientation? Here’s your chance to experience Depart from front steps of Michigan Union campus through a student’s perspective. Student-led tours will be available on Friday departing from the front steps of the Michigan Union.

University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) See 11:00 a.m. for description. Fridays After 5 and Exhibitions 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Museum of Art

In celebration of Parents & Family Weekend, UMMA will offer a special edition of Fridays After 5 on November 6 with extended gallery hours until 8:00 p.m. Enjoy UMMA’s venerable, near-universal collections, including Western, Asian, African, and Modern and Contemporary works of art. Special exhibitions on view during Parents & Family Weekend include Come as You Are: Art of the 1990s, Jem Cohen: Life Drawing, Soviet Constructivist Posters, and Jem Cohen: We Have an Anchor. As always, admission is free. UMMA Fridays After Five are generously sponsored by Comerica Bank and the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan.

16 University of Michigan parents.umich.edu 17 College of Engineering Student Affairs Open House and Tours 2:00 – 4:30 p.m. Chrysler Center Lobby, 2121 Bonisteel Blvd

Michigan Engineering warmly welcomes families to visit our open house and take a lab tour during the 2015 Family Weekend. During the afternoon, you will be able to visit offices such as the Engineering Career Resource Center, Engineering Ross School of Business Undergraduate Academic Programs Learning Center, International Programs in Engineering, Honors and Engagement, Engineering Advising Center, the Center for Entrepreneurship and the 1:15 – 2:15 p.m. Multidisciplinary Design Program to meet the staff members who support students Michigan Union Kuenzel Room throughout their college career. You’ll also have the opportunity to sign up for an Engineering lab or research facility tour. Attention parents! If your student is interested in the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) program, the Minor in Business, or just taking a few Ross Kinesiology Meet and Greet courses, we welcome you to attend a special session about the Ross School 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. of Business. Our Ross Undergraduate Admissions Director will provide an overview of Ross’ undergraduate programs and the requirements for admission. Office of Undergraduate Student Affairs, 555 S. Forest Street Additionally, you will have the opportunity to hear from current Ross students to learn about their experience in the BBA program. Please come meet the faculty and staff in the School of Kinesiology. Learn about School of Kinesiology resources, see our newly designed student services space and hear about some of the research currently happening in the School of Kinesiology.

College of Literature, Science, & the Arts Parents & Family Reception 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Michigan Union Pendleton Room

Please join the LSA dean, faculty and staff at a reception and find out the ways the College provides your student a one-of-a-kind education. Refreshments served. http://www.lsa.umich.edu

18 University of Michigan parents.umich.edu 19 Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning On View: Art & Exhibits at the Library Parents & Family Weekend Activities 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. (work on view); 5:00 p.m. (tour); 6:00 p.m. (lecture) Shapiro & Hatcher Libraries Art & Architecture Building Enjoy refreshments and make mini works of art as you take in exhibits across the The College of Architecture & Urban Planning invites families to view architecture Shapiro and Hatcher Library buildings. Start things off with light appetizers in the student projects at the college at 4:00 p.m., and then at 5:00 p.m. enjoy a student- Library Gallery and work your way toward dessert in Bert’s Study Lounge, a digital led tour of the college including studio space, college gallery, digital fabrication exhibit space on the first floor of the Undergraduate Library. The exhibits will lab, and more. Don’t miss this inside look at where your student spends their time feature highlights from the Library’s collections as well as student art work. during the academic year. At 6:00 p.m. join current students and other parents for an architecture lecture by a visiting expert in the field. Friday Fun Night at the Museum 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Residential College Parents & Family Weekend Reception U-M Museum of Natural History, 1109 Geddes Ave. 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. Museum Admission: Free East Quadrangle Lower Atrium Planetarium Admission: $3

Join the RC for a social gathering that will feature a short program, hors d’oeuvres and refreshments for the families, students, faculty and staff.

The Museum of Natural History will be open late until 8:00 p.m. Enjoy a free LSA Honors Program Parents & Family Weekend dinosaur tour, hands-on demonstrations, and story time in the planetarium. There Guest Speaker and Open House will also be 30 minute planetarium shows for $3. Live animals from the Leslie Science and Nature Center will be on site as well. Event is sponsored by the State 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.; 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Street Area Association. Guest Speaker Location: TBA* Open House: Perlman Honors Commons (G421 Mason Hall) A Degree in Information: Explore U-M’s New Undergraduate Degree At press time, the Honors Program event had not been finalized. The 4:00 p.m. 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. guest speaker details will be posted online at www.parents.umich.edu when it becomes available. The 5:00–7:00 p.m. open house will be in the Perlman 2435 North Quad Honors Commons. If your student is looking for a cutting-edge degree program that leads to careers in everything from social media to user experience to information analysis to online tools, then the School of Information’s new, ground-breaking Bachelor of Science in Information is the perfect fit. Graduates will be prepared to work at organizations ranging from Microsoft, Deloitte and Ford Motor Company to various startups and non-profits. Bring your student and come munch on appetizers and meet faculty, staff, and current students who can answer your questions about the degree before you head out for dinner. Dozens of local restaurants are located within a block of the building.

20 University of Michigan parents.umich.edu 21 Hillel Shabbat Dinner and Services Center for Campus Involvement Presents: Time: TBA* Interactive Dinner Theater featuring Hypnotist chrisjones 1429 Hill St. 6:30 p.m. Tickets: TBA* Michigan Union Rogel Ballroom Ticket Price: $30 adults, $10 children 12 and under

Students and families are invited to a gourmet kosher Shabbat dinner during Parents & Family Weekend. Meet the staff and students of Hillel and enjoy a Student and families are invited to become part of wonderful Shabbat experience together. Hillel is located at 1429 Hill St. Street the entertainment in this interactive show. Hypnotist parking will be available. *For more information, visit www.michiganhillel.org or chrisjones (one word) has been taking his insane call (734) 769-0500. hypnosis show to universities across the country. Offering a perfect balance of conjuring, psychology, comedy, and suggestion, this show allows you to become the star! This show is suitable for all ages. Tickets were sold in advance through the Parents & Family Weekend online registration form. If the event has not sold out, additional tickets will be available to purchase at the Parents & Family Weekend check-in location, Michigan Union Anderson Room.

University Musical Society Presents: The Danish String Quartet 8:00 p.m. Rackham Auditorium Tickets: $38

The Danish String Quartet has an infectious joy for making music and “rampaging energy” (New Yorker), on display since their 2002 debut at the Copenhagen Festival. “This is one of the best quartets before the public today” (Washington Post). The Program includes Haydn’s Quartet No. 42 in C Major, Op. 54, No. 2, Thomas Adés’ Arcadiana, and Beethoven’s Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135. Tickets were sold in advance through the Parents & Family Weekend online registration form. If the event has not sold out, additional tickets will be available to purchase at the Parents & Family Weekend check-in location, Michigan Union Anderson Room.

22 University of Michigan parents.umich.edu 23 Rude Mechanicals Fall Production: “Tribes” by Nina Raine 8:00 p.m. Lydia Mendelssohn Theater Tickets: $9

The Rude Mechanicals is one of few U-M student organizations that gives all majors, even non-theatre majors, a chance to take part in the process of creating a full scale theatrical production each semester. Rude Mechanicals will be performing Tribes, by Nina Raine. In Tribes, Billy was born deaf into a hearing family. He was raised inside its fiercely idiosyncratic and politically incorrect cocoon. He has adapted brilliantly to his family’s unconventional ways, but they’ve never bothered to return the favor. It’s not until he meets Sylvia, a young woman on the brink of deafness, that he finally understands what it means to be understood. Tickets for this event will be available through the Michigan Union Ticket Office.

Events for Saturday, November 7

Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market 7:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. 315 Detroit St.

The Ann Arbor Farmers Market is the open-air farmers market located in the heart of the historic Kerrytown neighborhood of Ann Arbor. With over 160 vendors, Men’s Basketball vs. Le Moyne Exhibition Game shoppers can find an extremely diverse mix of producers, artisans, and prepared Time: TBA food vendors. Crisler Center Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning Tailgate 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Liberty Research Annex, 305 W. Liberty St. Michigan’s men’s basketball team launches its 2015–2016 season with an exhibition game against Le Moyne. During Parents & Family Weekend, Join Taubman staff at the college’s research and exhibition space for donuts, enjoy discounted tickets of $5 each if purchased in advance, or $10 at the coffee, and activities with fellow Taubman College parents and students. door. To purchase in advance visit http://mgoblue.com/go/promo and enter Taubman College’s “Dialogue | Detroit” exhibition will be on view. code PARENTS.

24 University of Michigan parents.umich.edu 25 St. Mary Student Parish Parents Weekend Mass & Brunch 10:00 a.m.* to Noon 331 Thompson Street

Please join St. Mary Student Parish for Mass before the game at 10:00 a.m.* followed by a delicious brunch. You’ll meet our pastors and staff and learn how – for over 90 years – St. Mary Student Parish has encouraged Catholic students to grow in faith as they grow in knowledge. Visit www.stmarystudentparish.org for more information, or email [email protected] to RSVP. *Please confirm Mass time on website. Mass time is dependent upon game time, which was not set at time of printing.

University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibitions 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Museum of Art

Enjoy UMMA’s galleries and special exhibitions including, Come as You Are: Art of the 1990s, Jem Cohen: Life Drawing, Soviet Constructivist Posters, and Jem Parents & Family Weekend Pre-Game Tailgate Cohen: We Have an Anchor. As always, admission is free. 3 hours prior to kickoff Oosterbaan Fieldhouse, located on S. State St. behind Schembechler Hall Planetarium Shows: The Sky Tonight – Live Star Talk Tickets: $30 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. Museum of Natural History, 1109 Geddes Ave. $5.00 per person An annual Parents & Family Weekend favorite, the pre-game tailgate is your opportunity to show your Michigan spirit! The tailgate features food, games, prizes and student performers to help you prepare to experience a game in the “Big House”. Scheduled to perform are the U-M Dance Team, the U-M Cheerleaders, The Museum of Natural History’s Planetarium has served as an astronomy the Michigan Marching Band, and many more student performing groups and resource for the community since 1958. Fun for children and adults, this is your special guests! Menu includes marinated boneless chicken breasts, smoked chance to learn about our night sky! Tickets are sold at the museum on the day of stadium style sausage, veggie wraps, Greek style pasta salad, redskin potato the event. salad, baked beans, and more. Located at the Oosterbaan Fieldhouse this is the place to be rain or shine! At press time, the kickoff had not been determined. Dinosaur Tours The tailgate will begin 3 hours prior to kickoff and will end 1 hour prior to kickoff. Updates will be posted at www.parents.umich.edu. Tickets were sold in advance 2:00 p.m. through the Parents & Family Weekend online registration form. If the event has Museum of Natural History, 1109 Geddes Ave. not sold out, additional tickets will be available to purchase at the Parents & Family Weekend check-in location, Michigan Union Anderson Room. Attention parents of Michigan Marching Band, U-M Dance Team, U-M Cheerleaders and other student performing groups: If you wish to see your Attention dinosaur fans! Join us for a free, 30-minute docent-led tour of the student perform at the Pre-Game Tailgate, you must purchase a ticket for this dinosaur exhibits. event. No one will be admitted to the Parents & Family Weekend Pre-Game Tailgate without a ticket.

26 University of Michigan parents.umich.edu 27 Rude Mechanicals Fall Production 8:00 p.m. Lydia Mendelssohn Theater Tickets: $9

See description under Friday listing.

Michigan v. Rutgers Football Game Time: TBA Michigan Stadium Tickets: $65

Come watch the Wolverines and new head coach, Jim Harbaugh, battle the Scarlet Knights. Attending a football game at “the Big House” is one of the most popular things to do at Michigan. Review the list of prohibited items in Michigan Stadium (which includes purses) prior to attendance. Tickets were sold in advance through the Parents & Family Weekend online registration form. Please note that NO PURSES OR BAGS ARE ALLOWED AT MICHIGAN STADIUM. If you are planning to attend the football game, make sure to read through the list of prohibited items at Michigan Stadium (mgoblue.com/genrel/060109aaf.html). Don’t let a purse ruin your Parents & Family Weekend!

The Michigan G-Men Present: G-FEST: “The Best of Michigan Performance Groups” 8:00 p.m. Men’s Glee Club 156th Fall Hill Concert Rackham Auditorium 8:00 p.m. Tickets: $10 Hill Auditorium Tickets: $5–$20

This year, the Michigan G-Men, who recently placed 3rd at the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella, will once again call together and present Founded in 1859, the University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club is one of the oldest some of your favorite Wolverine performers! The 2015 G-FEST will sample the collegiate choruses in the U.S. The graduate and undergraduate members of the premiere performance groups that proudly represent the diverse, remarkably Glee Club, chosen by audition at the beginning of both the Fall and Winter terms, talented student population at the University of Michigan. It will be an entertaining represent a wide spectrum of majors. The Glee Club has become renowned for its night of singing, dancing, and more that allows visiting parents to see the amazing wide repertoire of music that incorporates selections from different musical styles talent that abounds at their children’s university and shows students the amazing and periods including Renaissance motets, Romantic anthems, opera choruses, opportunities available to them. Tickets were sold in advance through the Parents folksongs, spirituals, contemporary works, and, of course, Michigan songs. Tickets & Family Weekend online registration form. If the event has not sold out, additional for this event are available directly through the School of Music Ticket Office online tickets will be available to purchase at the Parents & Family Weekend check-in at: tickets.music.umich.edu. location, Michigan Union Anderson Room. 28 University of Michigan parents.umich.edu 29 Events for

Sunday, November 8 Dinosaur Tours 2:00 p.m. Museum of Natural History, 1109 Geddes Ave.

Parents & Family Weekend Brunch See Saturday listing for description. 2 seatings: 9:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Women’s Basketball vs. Ferris State Exhibition Game Michigan Union Rogel Ballroom Time: TBA Tickets: $25 Crisler Center

Parents & Family Weekend concludes with brunch at the Michigan Union. Enjoy an all-you-can-eat brunch. Menu includes egg croustade, brie and wild Michigan’s women’s basketball team launches its 2015–2016 season with an mushroom quiche, pecan-crusted French toast, sausage, muffins, bagels, fresh exhibition game against Ferris State. The game is free. Visit mgoblue.com for fruit, miniature pastries, and assorted beverages. Please note: No early entrance tip-off time. will be permitted to allow the catering staff enough time to prepare between the seatings. Tickets were sold in advance through the Parents & Family Weekend online registration form.

Planetarium Shows: The Sky Tonight – Live Star Talk 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Museum of Natural History, 1109 Geddes Ave. Tickets: $5.00 per person

See Saturday listing for description.

30 University of Michigan parents.umich.edu 31 Big House Tours University of Michigan 1:00 p.m. or 3:00 p.m. Michigan Stadium Academic Calendar* Tickets: $30 Adults; $20 for children between the ages of 5–12; $20 for UM Students (with Mcard)

*Subject to change. Visit www.ro.umich.edu for updates and future calendars. Note that The University of Michigan Alumni Association is thrilled to offer this unique behind students in Business, Dentistry, Law, Medicine, and Social Work should check with their the scenes tour of one of America’s most iconic structures – Michigan Stadium. respective schools for academic calendar information. Featuring Dr. Robert Soderstrom, author of The Big House, Fielding H. Yost and the Building of Michigan Stadium, these tours offer amazing insight into the history of Michigan Stadium and how it became the largest collegiate stadium in the Fall 2015 country, as well as some unique stories behind the stadium’s history. There’s no better way to celebrate the tradition that is Michigan football then by experiencing Labor Day (Holiday) Sept. 7, Mon the Big House from the ground up and only the Alumni Association brings you Classes Begin Sept. 8, Tues this once in a lifetime experience. The tours are an unforgettable experience for any Maize and Blue fan. You’ll get to run through the famed tunnel onto the field; Fall Study Break Oct. 19–20, Mon–Tues throw a touchdown pass across the goal line; kick a winning field goal; take your Thanksgiving Recess 5:00 p.m. Nov. 25, Wed photo standing on the 50-yard line; spend time in the Michigan locker room; see the newly added club seating concourse and suites; and even try on an actual Classes Resume 8:00 a.m. Nov. 30, Mon Michigan helmet and shoulder pads. The tour will last approximately 1.5 hours. For Classes End Dec. 14, Mon their safety and as a courtesy to other guests, children under 5 are not permitted Study Days Dec. 15, Tues & Dec. 19–20, Sat–Sun on the tours. Tickets were sold in advance through the Parents & Family Weekend online registration form. Examinations Dec. 16–18, Wed–Fri & Dec. 21–23, Mon–Wed University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibitions Commencement Dec. 20, Sun 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. Museum of Art Winter 2016

See Saturday listing for description. Classes Begin Jan. 6, Wed Martin Luther King, Jr. Day University Jan. 18, Mon Symposia (no regular classes) Vacation Begins 12:00 p.m. Feb. 27, Sat Classes Resume 8:00 a.m. Mar. 7, Mon University Honors Convocation Mar. 20, Sun Classes End Apr. 18, Mon Study Days Apr. 19, Tues & Apr. 22–24, Fri–Sun Examinations Apr. 20–21, Wed–Thur & Apr. 25–28, Mon–Thur Commencement Activities Apr. 28–May 1, Thur–Sun

32 University of Michigan parents.umich.edu 33 your student to the Counseling and Psychological Services office. Trust your instincts. Your student may need you to refer him or her to the appropriate resources for help.

Be Knowledgeable About Campus Resources

Utilize the M-Parent website or read the Parent Calendar & Handbook. These resources are designed specifically for parents and provide a great deal of information about the University and its departments. Helping your student to navigate a large university by referring him or her to the appropriate resources is one of the best ways for you to mentor your college student during this transition to adulthood. By acting as a referral source, you can demonstrate that you are interested in your student’s life at the University, and at the same time, you empower your student to solve his or her own problems.

Supporting Your College Student

As your student takes on Checking-In Tips for Supporting adult responsibilities, your Your Student Give your student the opportunity to role will change, but your share feelings and ideas with you. He or student still needs you. Stay Connected she is experiencing new viewpoints and Students need you to support perspectives that may challenge prior Support your student by staying belief systems. Allow your student to their growth, development, connected. Communicate via phone, explore ideas without being judgmental. and independence, and to texting, email, chat, Skype, Facebook, Understand that changes in viewpoints, be a stable force in their and even good, old-fashioned ‘snail’ mail. behavior, dress, eating and sleeping habits, and relationships with parents ever-changing world. On Students love to get real mail, especially care packages (see ideas at carepackage. are all to be expected during the college occasion, they even need umich.edu). Expect that your student will years. However, if you suspect that your advice — but they may not respond to all of your contacts, but some of these changes may be signs or may not ask for it. know that he or she appreciates hearing of bigger problems (alcohol or drug from you. abuse, academic problems, etc.), refer

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Your student will change. College and the experiences associated with it can effect changes in social, vocational, and personal behavior and choices. It’s natural, inevitable, and it can be inspiring. Often though, it’s a pain in the neck. You can’t stop change, you may never understand it, but it is within your power (and to you and your student’s advantage) to accept it. Remember that your son or daughter will be basically the same person that you sent away to school.

Do Not Tell Your Student That “These Are the Best Years of Your Life”

College can be full of indecision, Continue to Have Meaningful • If you are the parent of a new insecurities, disappointments, and most Conversations freshman, your student was required of all, mistakes. It’s also full of discovery, to complete an online course about inspiration, good times, and exciting • As a parent of a college student, alcohol use and sexual assault people. It may take a while for students the relationship with your child is prevention in August. As a parent, to realize that their Hollywood-created going to transform as they gain you may be interested in learning images of what college all about are more independence. However, more about college student alcohol wrong. Hollywood doesn’t show that you do still have a tremendous use and sexual assault prevention. college is about being scared, confused, influence on your son or daughter’s An optional online parent course overwhelmed, and making mistakes. behavior. In college, your student is available at www.everfi.com/ Students may feel these things and worry will have to make his or her own alcoholeduforparents. By learning that they are not ‘normal’ because what decisions including what time to get more about alcohol use and sexual they’re feeling is in contrast to what up in the morning, when to study, assault prevention on college they’ve been led to believe while growing when to exercise, whether or not to campuses, you will have the tools up. Parents can help by understanding drink alcohol , and whether or not you need to create an atmosphere that the highs and lows of college life are to engage in sexual relationships. of open communication, and your a critical part of your son or daughter’s While you cannot make your student will not only appreciate that development, and by providing the student behave exactly as you you respect him or her as an adult, support and encouragement to help him would want them to, parents can but he or she will also be more likely or her understand this as well. share their values and beliefs with to turn to you for guidance. their students on these issues. Trust Your Student Studies show that parents can Ask Questions — But Not Too Many

positively influence their child’s College is also a time for students to Most first-year college students desire the behavior regarding alcohol and discover who they are. Finding oneself is security of knowing that someone from other drug use and sexual decision a difficult enough process without feeling home is still interested in them. Parental making even after their child leaves that the people whose opinions you curiosity can be alienating or supportive for college. Provide your student respect most are second-guessing your depending on the attitudes of the persons with the facts on these issues, own second-guessing. involved. Honest inquiries and other and empower them to distinguish “between friends” communication and between healthy and harmful discussion will do much to further the decisions when it comes to their parent-student relationship. behavior, health, and safety.

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