University of Rhode Island

Schedule of Events

**Please be sure to check this schedule regularly as more events will be added**

FRIDAY, November 2, 2007

8:00am - 5:00pm Follow your Student to Class!
Please ask your student to check with individual instructors to be sure you are welcome and that there's a seat for you in the classroom.

URI Bookstore Hours 9am – 4pm

10:00am - 11:50am Public Skate
Boss Ice Arena
$5 to skate, $5 skate rentals
Students with URI ID $3 to skate

12Noon - 4:00pm Coffee and Snack
The Memorial Union, 193° Coffeehouse
Relax and enjoy a coffee and a snack with your student.

12Noon - 4pm Hospitality
The Memorial Union Main Lounge
Parents and students can get updates on activities, maps and information about area attractions.

2:00pm - 4:00pm Office of International Education & National Student Exchange Open House
107 Taft Hall ~ Visit the Office of International Education & National Student Exchange to learn more about off-campus study opportunities, such as study abroad and National Student Exchange programs. Staff will be available to answer questions and provide resource material. For additional information on off-campus programs visit: http://www.uri.edu/international

3:00pm - 4:00pm Study Abroad Information Session
Galanti Lounge, 3rd Floor, University Library
For parents who have a URI student contemplating a semester abroad. The Office of International Education & National Student Exchange staff will provide an overview of off-campus opportunities available to URI students with a focus on the multiple issues related to helping students select the appropriate study abroad program. Staff will also be available to answer questions at the end of the presentation.

3:00pm - 4:30pm Multicultural Center Reception
Hardge Forum (room 101).
The Multicultural Center's staff and students welcome the opportunity to show you the facility and explain their programs.

Dinner Suggestions
Hope Commons Dining Hall:
Dine before the show at the fabulous new dining complex at Hope Commons. Sample the pasta selections, hot or cold deli sandwiches, 1/4 lb burgers, a gourmet salad bar, omelets cooked-to-order at Mainfare among other items located in Hope Commons. Cash or student guest passes, if available, may be used for entry

For restaurant suggestions view the dining menu book at the Memorial Union Main Lounge or Information Desk. You may also see www.southcountyri.com, www.visitri.com or www.narragansettri.com/chamber/ for restaurant suggestions.

5:00pm Women's Soccer URI vs GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

7:30pm Men's Soccer URI vs FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
Varsity Soccer Field - $5 adults $3 seniors and children

8:00pm Music From China
Part of 2007 Honors Colloquium, China Rising http://www.uriedu/hpr/colloquiuma.html
http://www.musicfromchina.org/
Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
$15.00 General Admission / $5.00 Students

SATURDAY, November 3, 2007

9:00am - 10:00am Parent Council Meeting
Location(TBA)

10:00am - 5:00pm Hospitality
Memorial Union Main Lounge
Parents and students can get updates on activities, maps and information about area attractions.

Local Breakfast suggestions - Shops in the Kingston Emporium
URI Bookstore hours: 9:00am – 4:00pm
Rams Zone in Ryan Center open 11:00am – 3:00pm

10:00am - 2:00pm Oliver Watson House Open House
Watson House Corner of W. Alumni Road & Old Farmhouse Road, just west of the library. Visit the historic Watson House, the oldest structure on the URI campus. Built around 1796, the Watson House is part of the original 140 acre farm purchased in 1888 in order to establish an agricultural school in Kingston.

10:30am - 11:30am Check out the Athletic Complex or
View a Gymnastics Exhibition at Mackal

Campus Lunch suggestions: Concessions are open at the Ryan Center near the football stadium; try the Ram's Den or Ronzio's Pizza and Subs in the Memorial Union, or the Emporium.

URI 2006 Football URI vs University of Massachusetts
12noon - 3:00pm - Meade Stadium
Go Ram's Football!

Purchase your football tickets online
($13.00 per Adult / $10.00 Senior over 62 / $10.00 Youth Under 17)

We hope you will join us for the fun and excitement of Rhode Island Rams Football during your Family Weekend visit! Starting September 5th, You may also purchase your tickets in person at The Ryan Center Monday through Friday, 10am-6pm, Saturday 10am-2pm, but do this well before mid-October because the game will be sold out. Orders received prior to October 19th will be mailed to you. All orders received after October 19th may be picked up at the Ryan Center Box Office.

4:00pm URI v. DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY
Volleyball ~ Free

2:00pm - 3:50pm Public Skate
Boss Ice Arena
$5 to skate, $5 skate rental
Students with URI ID $3 to skate

3:00pm - 5:00pm Post-Game Snacks, Entertainment and Photos
Memorial Union Lobby
Enjoy some snacks and warm up with a hot drink while visiting with parents, students, and staff. Celebrate the occasion with a free family photo.

5:30 pm Reception
Location, TBD
All legacies (student or alumnus/a who has a parent, grandparent, or sibling who is a University of Rhode Island graduate) and their families are cordially invited to the first annual Legacy reception.
More details and registration information available soon
at our website http://advance.uri.edu/alumni/legacyprogram.

The Legacy Program recognizes families for their continued generational support, provides networking opportunities and helps legacies stay connected through special programs and events. To learn more, visit http://advance.uri.edu/alumni/legacyprogram or contact Gina Dei, '01, M'03 at 401-874-5808 or gmdei@advance.uri.edu

8:00pm Ryan Center
Announcing and evening of comedy with Bill Cosby
www.billcosby.com

Tickets on sale June 6, 2007 for URI Families
$30.00 Family Weekend Attendees/$18.00 URI Students

Purchase Bill Cosby Tickets Online
The whole family is sure to enjoy this comedian’s observational humor.
Reserve your seats EARLY: A limited number of tickets are available at the URI Family weekend price. URI Student tickets must be purchased with parent's tickets in order to ensure seating. Absolutely NO REFUNDS. Ticket orders received prior to October 19th will be mailed to you. All orders received after October 19th may be picked up at the Ryan Center Box Office.

After the Show Refreshments, come to the Rhody Market at Hope Commons after the show and have some Starbucks cappuccino, Upper Crust pizza, or Freshens smoothies and ice cream and relax in front of the fireplace!

8:00pm Choral Collage
URI Concert Choir, University Chorus and Lively Experiment
$8 general admission, $2 students

Sunday, November 4, 2007

URI's President Robert L. Carothers 10:30am President's Brunch
Ryan Center

Purchase Brunch Tickets Online
($20.00 Per Adult / $14.00 Per Senior & Children 12 and Under/ URI Students use ID's)

Join URI's President Robert L. Carothers for the conclusion of Family Weekend at the Ryan Center. Brunch tickets ordered prior to October 19th will be mailed to you. All orders received after October 19th may be picked up at the Ryan Center Box Office.

Rams Zone, Ryan Center open 10am – 1pm

1:00PM URI vs. ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY
Volleyball, Free

12:00pm URI Womens vs. RICHMOND
2:30pm URI Mens vs. LaSALLE UNIVERSITY
Men's Soccer, Varsity Soccer field
$5 adults, $3 seniors and children

2:00pm - 3:50pm Public Skate
Boss Ice Arena
$5 to skate, $5 skate rental
Students with URI ID $3 to skate

3:00pm URI Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Fine Arts Concert Hall
Gene Pollart, conductor
$8 General Admission, $2 Students

7:30pm Senior Recital
Junior Clarinet Recital featuring Tricia Ryone
Fine Arts Concert Hall
Free

ALL WEEKEND

URI Art Exhibits
All galleries are open to the public without charge.

URI Fine Art Center
105 Upper College Rd.
www.uri.edu/artgalleries

Main Gallery:
Tuesday-Friday, 12 noon-4 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday 1:00-4:00 p.m.

Corridor Gallery:
open daily, 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

MAIN GALLERY
October 2-December 9
Open: Tuesday-Friday, 12 noon-4 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday 1:00-4:00 p.m.

“CHINA seen by…exhibition ”

pictured left - Huang Yan (a representative image)

In tandem with the Fall, 2007 Honors Colloquium on Contemporary China, this major focused group exhibition, curated by Judith Tolnick Champa, treats contemporary China in photography. Specifically it juxtaposes impressive works made by still resident Chinese (“insiders”) with those made by professional photographers visiting from other countries, including the U.S. The curatorial intention is that through creative ferment and cultural juxtaposition, competing international interpretations of the meanings of contemporary China will emerge for informed and lively consideration. Inspired by the 1965 film comprised of 6 sketches of Paris by leading New-Wave directors, produced by Barbet Schroeder, (and re-made in 1984 with vignettes by 6 other directors) the “CHINA seen by” exhibition will offer up various distinctive narratives on the complex of sensibilities that is China. The exhibition aims to look frankly at a country that has taken primacy on the global stage through several vantage points—yet all united by the universal idiom of photography.

CORRIDOR GALLERY
October 12– December 9
Open daily, 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

“Re-Covering New Orleans” by Jeffrey Marshall

Jeffrey Marshall, a Professor of Drawing at The New England Institute of Art and a former public school teacher in New Orleans, returned there to draw in the debris of the Ninth Ward, a neighborhood immediately devastated by the levee break. His extraordinary campaign has yielded significant large scale drawings, a passionate project that is ongoing for the artist, with several additional drawing campaigns in the region.