Welcome to the Class of 2027!
Welcome home, Lynx! We are excited that you are joining our community and are eager to start the 2023-24 academic year! Welcome Week is a campus-wide celebration to help all Lynx feel at home at Rhodes College!
Friday, August 18, 2023
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
New Student Move-In
Assigned Residence Hall
10:00 AM – 10:45 AM
Commuter Student Check-In & Meeting
Burrow Hall, Armstrong Room
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
Burrow Refectory, Hyde Hall
Legacy Lunch
King Hall, West Campus
First Gen Student & Families Meet-up
Burrow Refectory, Hyde Hall
Visit the Campus Bookstore
Campus bookstore-West Campus
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Group Advising
Various locations
2:40 PM
Class of 2027 Picture
Amphitheater steps
3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Convocation
Bryan Campus Life Center (BCLC) Multi-Sports Forum
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Dinner
Burrow Refectory
5:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Rhodes Hillel Reception
Peabody Hotel, 149 Union Avenue (Louis XVI room, 2nd floor)
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Peer Assistant Session #1
Various Locations
8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Resident Assistant Program
Your Residence Hall
9:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Peer Assistant Social
Football field
10:30 PM - 11:30 PM
Late Social Block: Games in the Lair
Lynx Lair
Saturday, August 19, 2023
7:00 AM to 8:30 AM
Breakfast
Burrow Refectory
9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Peer Assistant Session #2 & Community Standards Presentation (Rotating Sessions)
Session 1: 9:00 AM - 10: AM (PA 1-14)
Session 2: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (PA 15-28)
Various locations,/BCLC Ballroom
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
Burrow Refectory
1:00 PM to 3:45 PM
Green Dot Training & Title IX Presents Center for Respect
Various locations,/BCLC Ballroom
Session 1: 1:00pm-2:15pm (PA 1-14)
Session 2: 2:30pm-3:45pm (PA 15-28)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Break
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Dinner with Campus Safety
Burrow Refectory
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Peer Assistant Session #3
Various locations
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
ThinkFast Trivia! (Win A Cash Prize!)
McNeill Concert Hall
9:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Late Social Block: Games in the Lair
Lynx Lair
Sunday, August 20, 2023
7:00 AM to 8:30 AM
Breakfast
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
One College Nation & Peer Assistant Session #4
One College Nation: (PA Groups 1-14)
Peer Assistant Session #4: (PA Groups 15-28)
BCLC Ballroom/Various locations
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Music Open House
Hassel Hall, Room 100
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Lunch
Burrow Refectory
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
One College Nation (OCN) & Peer Assistant Session #4
One College Nation: (PA Groups 15-28)
Peer Assistant Session #4: (PA Groups 1-14
BCLC Ballroom/Various locations
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Break
Meditation from 3:00-3:30 in the Interfaith Lounge
4:300 PM – 5:00 PM
Peer Assistant Group Pictures
Burrow Refectory
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Dinner
Burrow Refectory
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
The Class of 2027 Pledge Signing
McNeill Concert Hall
9:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Rhodes Activities Board Social
TBD
10:30 - 11:30 P.M.
Late Social Block: Open gym, Games in the Lair
BCLC Gym/Lynx Lair
Monday, August 21, 2023
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Breakfast
Burrow Refectory
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Individual Advising
Various locations
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Language Placement Testing
Language Placement Exams Locations:
Chinese: Southwestern Hall 210
French: Southwestern Hall 208
German: Southwestern Hall 206
Spanish: Southwestern Hall 207
Russian: Southwestern Hall 116
Greek, Latin, Hebrew: Southwestern Hall 205
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Vector student make-up
Computer Lab 128, Barret Library
11:00 to 1:00 PM
Lunch: Rhodes College Celebrates 175 Years!
Phillips Lane
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Health Professions Advising Presentation
BCLC Ballroom
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Get the Scoop on Career Services! (Ice-cream social)
Blount Auditorium
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
SEARCH & Cultural Knowledge Plenary
Search student will meet in BCLC Ballroom
Cultural Knowledge Students will meet in FJ-B
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
First-Year Seminar
Various locations
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Memphis Zoo Visit!
Memphis Zoo
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Dinner
Burrow Refectory
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
FYE Presents the Welcome Week CUP Improv Show
BCLC Gym/Lynx Lair
8:00 PM - 11:30 PM
Late Social Block: Open gym, games in the Lair
BCLC Gym/Lynx Lair
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
7:00 AM to 8:30 AM
Breakfast
Burrow Refectory
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
National Civil Rights Museum Visit
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Individual Advising
Various locations
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Dinner
Burrow Refectory
6:00 - 7:00 PM
Peer Assistant Session #5
Various locations
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Cultural Organization Showcase
Hardie Auditorium
Hospitality Information:
Memphis offers a wide variety of religious and spiritual communities to explore. The Chaplain of Rhodes College, Chaplain Beatrix, serves as Parish Associate Pastor at Evergreen Presbyterian Church, and is happy to make recommendations about religious communities if you tell her what you're looking for! Locations particularly hospitable to prayer and meditation on campus at Rhodes include the Muslim Prayer Room in the lower level of the Library, the meditation area of the Interfaith Lounge on the fourth floor of Burrow Hall, the chapels in Bellingrath Hall and Voorhies Hall, and the outdoor labyrinth located inside the gate at University and N. Parkway. All indoor locations have Muslim prayer mats. For more information about meaning-making and spirituality on campus and in Memphis, contact Chaplain Beatrix at chaplain@rhodes.edu.