Classes resume for the fall semester

Events are planned on campus to welcome students.

Classes resume for the 2010-11 school year Wednesday, August 25 at MacMurray College. Members of the media are welcome to attend and photograph the following events, which lead up to the beginning of the fall semester.

Saturday, August 21
Noon- 3 p.m. New student move-in
Check-in at Gamble Campus Center

2-4 p.m. Alumni soccer game
Soccer Field

Sunday, August 22
Noon -3 p.m. Returning student move- in
Jane and Rutledge Halls

1-2:30 p.m. All Campus Scavenger Hunt
The Center for Learning Excellence and Library are hosting a scavenger hunt to help new students learn their way around campus.
Various Locations

3-5 p.m. Football Scrimmage
Freesen Field

8 p.m. Blizzard of Bucks Game Show
Gamble Campus Center
MacMurray students will compete in a variety of events to win a trip to the cash cyclone.

Monday, August 23
10:30 p.m. - midnight
Midnight Breakfast
McClelland Dining Hall
As part of this MacMurray tradition, faculty and staff will serve breakfast to MacMurray students.

Tuesday, August 24
Registration 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Gamble Campus Center
All MacMurray students will complete final registration for the fall.

Wednesday, August 25
Convocation 8:30 - 9:15 a.m.
Annie Merner Chapel
All students, faculty and staff will join to welcome new students to campus. MacMurray’s student organizations will conduct a processional with banners into the chapel. Kathyrn Herring, College Chaplain, will deliver the invocation; Colleen Hester, College President, will welcome students; David Fitz, Vice President for Academic Affairs, will recognize new scholarship recipients; Sally Cayan, Vice President for Student Affairs, will install MacMurray Student Association Officers; and Taylor Sweeting, MacMurray Student Association President, will deliver remarks.