Events Schedule
Get excited and join us for over 30 events to kick off the school year. There’s something for every Rambler! Welcome Week 2025 will be from August 18-30, 2025.
For more event details for Welcome Week 2025 log-in to LUCommunity!
Monday, August 18
- 6:00pm - 8:00pm - Residence Hall Association's Game Night & Ice Cream Social, Damen Student Center Den
Tuesday, August 19
- 11:00am - 2:00pm - Career-Palooza, Damen Student Center Atrium
- 6:00pm - 9:00pm - Craft Night Event, Damen Student Center MPR
Wednesday, August 20
- 2:00pm - 4:00pm - Ice Cream Social with the Jesuits, Ignatius House (6324 N. Kenmore Ave.)
- 7:00pm - 9:00pm - Residence Hall Association's Karaoke Night, Damen Student Center MPR North and South
Thursday, August 21
- 11:00am - 1:30pm - West Quad BBQ, Damen Student Center
- 2:00pm - 4:00pm - Ice Cream Social with Campus Ministry and Community Service & Action, Damen Student Center Suite 217
- 6:00pm - 8:00pm - Bingo Night, West Quad
- 9:00pm - 10:00pm - Thursday Night Mass at Ignatius House, Ignatius House Chapel
Friday, August 22
- 9:00am - 10:30am - Coffee and Donuts with Campus Ministry and Community Service & Action, Damen Student Center Suite 217
- 11:30am - 1:00pm - CommuterCon, West Quad
- 1:30pm - 4:00pm - New Student Convocation, East Quad & Gentile Arena
- 4:00pm - 5:00pm - Second City: Communicating Through Differences, Gentile Arena
- 6:00pm - 10:00pm - Big Bus Tours of Chicago, West Quad
Saturday, August 23
- U-Pass Pick-up - Damen Student Center Atrium
- 9:30am - 2:30pm - Saturday of Service, Damen Student Center MPR North & South
- 3:00pm - 5:00pm - Discover Chicago, Damen North Lawn
- 6:00pm - 9:00pm - Silent Disco, Gentile Arena
Sunday, August 24
- U-Pass Pick-Up, Damen Student Center Atrium
- 10:00am - 12:00pm - Farmers Market Tour: Glenwood Sunday Market, Meet at Winthrop Demonstration Garden
- 11:30am - 4:00pm - Hustle to Hoyne, Loyola Soccer Park
- 3:30pm - 5:00pm - Open Choir Rehearsal for Mass of the Holy Spirit
- 5:00pm - 6:00pm - Mass of the Holy Spirit, Madonna Della Strada Chapel
- After Mass - Rambler Sunday Fun Day, West Quad
Monday, August 25
- U-Pass Pick-Up, Damen Student Center Atrium
- 11:00am - 12:30pm - Building Community with the OEC, Damen South Entrance
- 4:30pm - 6:00pm - Edgewater Farmers Market Tour, Meet on Ignatius Community Plaza in front of School of Environmental Sustainability
- 6:00pm - 9:00pm - Department of Programming's Build-a-Bler, Gentile Arena
Tuesday, August 26
- 11:00am - 2:00pm - Open for Business, Schreiber Center Tables, Gorman Family Great Stairs
- 11:00am - 12:30pm - Building Community with the OEC, Damen South Entrance
- 12:00pm - 3:00pm - Campus Recreation and Club Sports Fair, West Quad
- 4:30pm - 6:00pm - Center for Student Inclusion and Belonging Welcome Reception, Damen MPR North & South
- 7:00pm - 9:00pm - Movie on the Quad: How to Train Your Dragon, East Quad
Wednesday, August 27
- 11:00am - 12:30pm - Building Community with the OEC, Damen South Entrance
- 3:00pm - 7:00pm - Engagement Fair (Student Organization Fair), Gentile Arena & Damen Student Center
- 7:00pm - 7:45pm - Welcome Week: Common Break, Schreiber Center Tables, Gorman Family Great Stairs
Thursday, August 28
- 2:00pm - 3:00pm - Compost Bucket Training, Baumhart Hall Lobby, Water Tower Campus
- 4:00pm - 7:00pm - Water Tower Campus Block Party, Pearson Street (State to Rush)
- 5:45pm - 7:45pm - Know Your Rights Trivia Night, Damen Student Center Den
- 7:00pm - 7:45pm - Welcome Week: Common Break, Schreiber Center Tables, Gorman Family Great Stairs
Friday, August 29
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm - One Love Open House, Center for Student Inclusion and Belonging, Damen Student Center
- 5:00pm - 7:00pm - Wellness WolfPack Open House, Damen Student Center South Entrance
- 6:00pm - 8:00pm - Game Zone, Damen Student Center MPR
Saturday, August 30
- 1:00pm - 4:00pm - Welcome Week: Field Day, West Quad
Get excited and join us for over 30 events to kick off the school year. There’s something for every Rambler! Welcome Week 2025 will be from August 18-30, 2025.
For more event details for Welcome Week 2025 log-in to LUCommunity!