The Catholic University for Independent Thinkers
8am-5pm Take Your Parents to Class Day
please have your student arrange with professors
11am-1:30pm Lunch in Haggar Café
lunch on your own $7.25
12pm-5pm Music on the Mall - with a special surprise at 4:30 - you won't want to miss this!
12:05pm Mass
2pm-3pm Career Services Open House
3:30pm-4:30pm Philosophy Colloquium
3:30pm-5pm Dead Sea Scrolls Lecture
Hear Theology professors, Dr. Mark Goodwin and Dr. Andrew Glicksman, speak on the
history and significance of the Scrolls.
4pm-10pm Check-In for Parent and Family Weekend
4:15pm-5:30pm Invisible Children Screening and Lecture
Come view a film and listen to a Ugandan speaker talk about growing up in fear of
the LRA.
4:30pm Surprise on the Mall
You won't want to miss this!
5pm-6:30pm Faculty Reception for Alumni and Parents
Come mingle with Faculty, Staff and Alumni
6pm-8pm Bell Tower BBQ
no add'l cost to visiting families; students use meal plan
7pm-9pm Taste of Talent & Treasure
Student Talent Show
8pm-10pm Bruce Evans Band & Cor Pour with Trivia and Games
listen to the big band sounds & socialize with other parents and Alum
9pm The Stars at Night, Are Big and Bright....Deep in the Heart of Texas
Star gazing with Dr. Olenick
8am-10pm Check-In for Alumni Reunion and Family Weekend
8am-9am Coffee and Donuts
9am-10am Welcome to Parent and Family Weekend
Join other UD families for the official 'welcome to Family Weekend' by President Keefe
9am-12:30pm Tours
New Residence Hall
Art Village
DART
Academic Tours
Bocci Ball Court
9am & 11am Nature Walk led by Dr. Marcy Brown Marsden
take a leisurely walk along the flora and fauna on the UD trails
11:30am-2pm Roman Lunch
no add'l cost to visiting families; students use meal plan
1pm-2pm Get Your Game On
Challenge other UD families in a friendly competition of skill and wits
1pm-3pm UD Archives
Visit UD Archives with Lyle and Sybil Novinski (come & go)
1:00pm-4:00pm Dead Sea Scrolls Tour hosted by Theology
A tour of the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit in Ft. Worth. Please secure your own transportation
and ticket.
1pm-5pm Kids Theater/Improv/Showcase of Scenes
2pm-4:30pm Student/Alumni Rugby Match
2pm-4:30pm Symposium
Alumni Panel for Parents
Oh...The Places They'll Go
Learn how the Career Services Office is supporting your student to reach his/her optimal
goals. Julie Janik, Career Services Director, will share the programs and resources
available to your students for career exploration, internships, graduate school admissions,
job placement and more.
4D @ UD
This session is designed to help parents and students begin planning for success at
UD. Parents and students will leave and be prepared to Discover, Design, Direct and
Do at UD.
Rome for Parents
Lectures/Alumni Faculty Panels
5pm Mass
5pm-7:00pm Dinner in the Café
no add'l cost to families; students use meal plan
6pm-10pm Campanile Carnivale
7:00pm-10:00pm Special Class Reunions
1962 Reception - Las Colinas Country Club
1972 Reception - Upstairs Haggar
1982 Reception - The Rat
1987 Reception - The home of Tim and Nancy Oliver
1992 Reception - Aloft Hotel
2002 Reception - Braniff
9am Mass
10am-1pm Brunch in Café
on your own - $7.25
11am Mass
11am-4pm Charity Week Family Day
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