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Fall 2012 University Union Board Events

• Rocky After Dark: First Night Carnival, “Recycle the Day” in concert (OSA/UHDS/UUB/various) - August 18^th
• Activities Fair (OSA) - August 29^th
• Outdoor movie: "The Avengers” – August 29^th

Family Day: (campus and community) - September -8^th

• Inflatable’s, caricatures, silicone bracelets, “Evolution: The Journey Tribute” tailgating concert and picnic

 

• Big Pink Volleyball Kick-Off (Campus Recreation/UUB) - September 12^th

Homecoming Week:

• Royalty Voting – September 13^th- 19^th
• Paint the Town (downtown Macomb) - September 15^th
• Dec the Campus (academic buildings) - September 16^th
• Boat Regatta (Everly Park) - September 16^th
• Dec The Office (campus staff) - September 17^th
• Rocky's Donation Station (philanthropy) - September 15^th- September 22^nd
• Variety Show – emcee Pete Lee - September 18^th
• Purple and Gold Extravaganza (campus-wide observance) - September 19^th
• Yell Like Hell (pep rally) - September 20^th
• Homecoming Parade (alumni/community) – September 22^nd
• Homecoming Game (alumni)* - September 22^nd

 

• Coffeehouse: Chantae Cann - September 26^th
• In Concert: All Time Low – September 29^th
• Joseph Gloor: The Transformational Power of Fitness (Campus Rec, AOD, Chi Omega, Sodexo) October 2^nd – 4^th
• Coffeehouse: Nate Flynn – October 4^th
• The Evason's Mind Readers (Dad’s Weekend special event) October 19^th
• Hilary Corna: One White Face – October 25^th
• Paintball (Paintball Club) – October 26^th
• NACA Mid America – November 1^st-4^th
• Comedy with Steve Hofstetter – November 5^th
• Bingo Night (veteran’s night) – November 8^th
• Rocky After Dark: Knight Rises – Laser tag, the Batman Movie, oxygen bar, video game tournament, (student groups/various) – November 30^th

Spring 2013

• UUB Zone Indoors! (Recruitment and promotions event), make your own cell phone case- January 24^th
• Activities Fair – January 30th
• Comedy: Bo Burnham with CJ Toledano – February 2^nd
• Dollar Date Night: Paul Varghese – February 14^th
• Concert: Preston Pugmire – February 15^th
• NACA National Convention – February 16^th-20^th
• Coffeehouse: Levi the Poet (Campus students for Christ) - February 27^th
• Coffeehouse: Keegan "Seoul" Loye (Asian Student Association) - March 6^th
• Coffeehouse Jetty Rae – March 27^th
• Comedy with Drew Thomas (SGA Special Event: Black and White Tie Affair) - March 28^th
• Magician for Non-believers: Peter Boie – March 28^th
• Preacher Moss: The End of Racism – March 29^th
• Mind Games with Paul Ramsay – April 3^rd
• FagBug (LGBTQA Resource Center, Unity) – April 4^th
• Western's Got Talent Auditions (LWG Hall Government, UHDS) – April 5^th

"Best Week Ever" Event:

• Jay Friedman: "Let's Talk Sex, the J Spot Experience" – April 15^th
• Outdoor Movie: Silver Linings Playbook – April 17^th
• Comedy with Chris James (rescheduled*) – April 18^th
• Coffeehouse: John Davey and Erin Rae- April 19th
• Western's Got Talent Finals (LWG Hall Government, UHDS) - April 19th

 

• Katie Wirsing (Feminist Action Alliance) – April 24th
• Latino Fest Comedy with Erik Rivera (Casa Latina Latino Fest) – April 22^nd-28^th
• Rocky After Dark: Light up Hanson (Campus Recreation) including free food, inflatable’s, live music with Dakaboom on the outdoor stage, mechanical bull, wax hands, photo booth, Home Run Derby, – April 26^th
• Solo Circus- April 30^th
• Caricatures (Union Block Party) – May 1^st
• Corbinstock (UHDS) – May 2^nd

Fall 2011 University Union Board Events

• UUB Move-in Retreat- August 19th
• First Night Fun Carnival, “Hit the Lights” in concert (OSA/UHDS/UUB/various) - August 20th
• Activities Fair (OSA) - August 31st
• Outdoor movie: "Hangover II” – August 31st
• UUB Zone Outdoors! (Recruitment and promotions event) inflatable’s with a Mechanical bull, Rock Wall, Giant Twister, Human Bowling, Make Your Own Music Video – Sept 7th
• Bingo Night I - September 14th
• Coffeehouse: Open Mic Night - September 21st

Homecoming Week:

• Royalty Voting – September 22nd- 28th
• Paint the Town (downtown Macomb) - September 24th
• Dec the Campus (academic buildings) - September 25th
• Boat Regatta (Everly Park) - September 25th 
• Dec The Office (campus staff) - September 26th
• Rocky’s Donation Station philanthropy - September 24th- October 1st
• Variety Show – emcee Cristela Alonzo - September 27st
• Purple and Gold Extravaganza (campus-wide) - September 28th
• Yell Like Hell (pep rally) - September 29th 
• Spirit Day Soccer Game – September 30th
• Homecoming Parade (alumni/community) – October 1st
• Homecoming Game (alumni)* - October 1st
• Homecoming Comedy Event: Aries Spears (UUB, BCA and BSA) - October 1st

• Steve Buckingham: How Rhythm and Blues and Rock ‘n Roll Tore Down the Walls of Segregation - October 3rd
• Outdoor Movie: Bridesmaids with pre-show alcohol risks and consequences educational (Alcohol and Other Drug Resource Center, Battling Alcohol Consequences Squad, Beu Health Center & UUB) - October 5th
• Big Pink Volleyball Kick-Off (Campus Recreation/UUB) - October 6th
• Day Trip: Chicago’s Field Museum, guided tour through the Inside Ancient Egypt exhibit and entrance to the limited engagement “Chocolate” exhibit - October 15th
• Six Flags Great America Fright Fest, Gurnee, IL - October 16th

Family Weekend: (campus and community) - October 21th-23th

• Inflatable’s, caricatures, Make Your Own Music Video and picnic - October 22th
• "Cars 2 " Movie – October 21st and 23rd
• Breakfast with Rocky - October 23rd

• NACA MidAmerica Conference- Covington, KY - November 10th-13th
• UUB Halloween Hypnotist, Dale K - October 31st
• Comedy music with Ben Lerman (LGBTQA) - November 2nd
• In Concert: Vonnegutt – November 5th
• Bingo Night I- November 17th
• Coffeehouse Slam Poetry with Andrea Gibson (Unity, LGBTQA) – November 30th
• WESTFEST I - Stand-up comedy showcase with Arvin Mitchell and Marc Ryan, rap artist Shye, free food, Karaoke, Create A Bear, Pucker Powder candy station, free food, Design your own Street Signs, fun photos, (student groups/various)* December 2nd

Spring 2012

• UUB Zone Indoors! (Recruitment and promotions event), The Movie Poster Show- January 27th
• Coffeehouse Slam Poet: Derrick Brown – January 31st
• Auditions: Westerns Got Talent – February 11th
• Acoustic Concert: Paradise Fears - February 15th
• Bingo Night II - February 22nd
• Steve O: Laughs and Sobriety Tour (Intercollegiate Athletics, Greek Life, AOD) February 24th
• Speaker Frank Meeink: A Former Skinhead’s Fight Against Prejudice - March 1st
• Murder Mystery Dinner - March 2nd
• Western’s Got Talent (UHDS) – March 3rd
• Coffeehouse concert: Tim Stop - March 29th
• Sibs Weekend inflatable's (UHDS) – March 30th 
• “Late Night at the Rec”, Vet’s Appreciation event with Campus Recreation – March 30th
• Coffeehouse Concert: Nate Flynn – April 4th *rescheduled
• Movie and a Chat: “Miss Representation” (Feminist Action Alliance, Interpersonal Violence Prevention Initiative, Women’s Studies Department, Women’s Studies Student Association)- April 18th

”Best Week Ever” Event:

• The Norman Magic Experience – April 20th
• Spring Mainstage Concert: Gym Class Heroes – April 23rd
• Coffeehouse: Open Mic Night – April 25th
• Paintball: Protect Ya Neck – April 27th
• WESTFEST II including a Psychic Fair with tarot and palm readings, karaoke, bags, free food, carnival games with plush giveaways, photo booth– April 27th

Fall 2010

• First Night Fun carnival (OSA/UHDS/UUB) - August 21st
• UUB Zone recruitment and promotions event - August 25th
• Open Mic Night - September 1st
• Activities Fair (OSA) - September 1st
• Fall Comedy Event: Jo Koy - September 9th
• "Iron Man 2" outdoor movie - September 10th
• Girl Talk Concert (Mom's Weekend) - September 11th
• Big Pink Volleyball Kick-Off (Thompson Hall/UUB) - September 16th

Homecoming:

• Paint the Town (community) - September 18th
• Dec the Campus (academics) - September 19th
• Dec The Office (campus staff) - September 20th
• Spirit Volleyball Game (athletics) - September 20th
• Variety Show - September 21st
• Purple and Gold Extravaganza (campus-wide) - September 22nd
• Boat Regatta (community) - September 22nd
• Yell Like Hell (pep rally) - September 23rd
• Homecoming Parade (alumni/community) - September 25th
• Homecoming Game (alumni)* - September 25th

 

• Carlos Andres Gomez slam poetry (MGC/UUB) - October 6th
• Twilight "Eclipse" movie event - October 8th
• "Western Has Talent" Show (BSA/UUB) - October 13th

Family Weekend: (campus and community) - October 15th-17th

• Carnival and picnic - October 16th
• "Toy Story 3" movie
• Breakfast with Rocky* - October 17th

 

• Comedy with NBC Diversity Tour: Hal Mal and Fahim Anwar - October 20th
• NACA MidAmerica Conference- Grand Rapids MI - October 21st-24th
• UUBoo Halloween movie and pumpkin painting(WAVE/BAC/UUB) - October 28th
• Open Mic Night - November 3rd
• Comedy with Dan Cummins - November 4th
• Stuff The Bus food drive philanthropy(Sodexo) - November 9th
• Veteran's Day Bowling appreciation day (Vet's/UUB) - November 11th
• Bingo Night - November 17th
• WESTFEST Dinner for Schmucks movie, free food, Maui Wowi smoothies, Karaoke, air brush tattoos, billiards, ping pong, board games, cards, bags, caricatures (stu groups/various)* - December 3rd

Spring 2011

• UUB Zone recruitment and promotions event - January 27th
• Neo Soul singer Chinua Hawk - February 7th
• Alt/ Indie rock Hayward Williams - February 9th
• Bingo Night II - February 10th
• I Love College Tour DJ event - February 12th
• Speaker Derek Dujardin: MENding Monologues (Women's Center) & MENding dialogues - February 16th
• NACA National Convention- St Louis - February 21st
• Freakonomics Movie and a Chat (academic departments) - February 28th
• Plastic Music - March 9th
• Speaker Steve Buckingham (BHM) *rescheduled 2x - moved to fall
• Open Mic Night - March 23rd
• Phi Rho Eta Throwback Jam Party (Greek) cancelled* - March 26th

Best Week Ever Event:

• WESTFEST II Due Date movie, free food, make your own cactus, yesteryear Antique photos, live music, billiards,ping pong, board games, cards, bags, (stu groups/various) - April 1st
• "The Social Network" movie - April 2nd
• Spring Comedy Event: Ben Bailey with Seaton Smith - April 4th
• Asia Project slam poet(Asian American Student Assn) - April 5th
• Disability Awareness Day (Dis. Support Svcs.)* - April 6th

• Speaker Marc Elliot: What Makes YOU tic? - April 14th
• Sibs Weekend inflatable's (UHDS) - April 16th
• Speaker C.L. Lindsay: Facebook Awareness - April 27th
• Block Party (Union Building) - April 29th
• Six Flags, St. Louis - April 30th