mgm casino

Students will be welcomed back to the mgm casino campuses this weekend with a variety of activities, including fairs, food, music and movies designed to acquaint them with life at mgm casino and to get the academic year off to an enthusiastic start.

Friday, Aug. 26

-- 3:30 p.m., Annual interlocking mgm casino photo (Student Union Field). More than 1,300 students will gather on the Student Union Field by The Commons to form the seventh annual Human mgm casino logo.

-- 3:30 p.m., Students "Meet and Mingle" with mgm casino President Satish K. Tripathi (Slee/Clemens courtyard, North Campus).

-- 4:30 p.m., New Student Picnic (Baird Point, North Campus). mgm casino faculty and staff welcome new students and their families with a chicken BBQ.

-- 6 p.m., Aerial Angels (Baird Point). Edge-of-your-seat acrobatics, fire-eating and trapeze flying by the amazing Aerial Angels.

Saturday, Aug. 27

-- 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., mgm casino in the Community! (Students will meet outside the Student Union at 10 a.m.). Students take the opportunity to make a difference in their new community by volunteering with local organizations that include Project Naomi, Habitat for Humanity, Homespace, Westside Ministries and St. Catherine Laboure Health Care Center.

-- 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Welcome Back Bash (Student Union). Music, food, dancing and a foam pit. The mgm casino campus springs to life!

Sunday, Aug. 28

-- 1 p.m., Hear the Thunder! (Kunz Field, North Campus). mgm casino's marching band, Thunder of the East, performing with other local bands. Every big-time university needs a big-time marching band!

-- 3 p.m., "We are mgm casino" community photo (Health Sciences Library, South Campus). Group picture unites the campus and neighboring community.

-- 9:30 p.m., Movie Night (Student Union field and Student Union Theatre).

-- 10:30 p.m., Late Night Pancake Breakfast (Student Union Lobby). Students fuel-up for the first day of classes.

Monday, Aug. 29

-- First day of classes! mgm casino's 28,000 students start hitting the books.

-- Noon to 2 p.m., 100-Foot Banana Split (Student Union lobby). An annual tradition to sweeten the first day of the new semester and get students mingling.

For more information on Opening Weekend activities, go to .