| Time |
Event |
Separate Tickets |
| 9am-3pm |
Check-in (Harborside Parking Lot Tent)
Pick up your FW welcome guide and any tickets for which you may have pre-registered. |
|
| 9-11am |
Parents Welcome (Coffee Tent, Harborside Green)
Come join us for a free cup o’ joe. Sponsored by the Parents Advisory Board. |
|
| 10-11am |
Parents’ Association Meeting
(Coffee Tent, Harborside Green)
Ready to get involved at JWU? Don’t miss this very informative session open to all parents. |
|
| 9am-4pm |
Harborside Bookstore
Stock up on JWU merch, cookbooks and fun gifts. |
|
| 9:30am |
Third Annual Carmody Cup (Save the Bay Center)
Head down to the docks located next to Save The Bay for the Third Annual Thomas M. Carmody JWU Alumni Regatta. |
|
| 10am-6pm |
Downcity Bookstore
Stock up on JWU merch and fun gifts. |
|
| 10am-3pm |
Culinary Arts Museum
Explore JWU’s 250,000-strong collection of vintage menus, cookbooks and food-related artifacts. |
|
| 11am |
Students on Parade (Shipyard St.)
JWU student clubs and organizations parade through the streets showcasing their campus pride. |
|
| noon-2:30pm |
Soccer Double-Header (Pierce Field)
Wildcats men’s and women’s play a double-header. JWU buses will make the loop to Pierce Field and back every half hour from 11:30am-4:30pm. |
|
| noon-3pm |
Family Luncheon (Harborside Parking Lot Tent)
Enjoy a lunch of fall favorites prepared by JWU chefs. Choose from 2 seatings: noon or 1:30pm.
Cost per person: $20 (gen)/$10 (JWU ID) |
Reserve |
| noon-3pm |
Culinary Demonstration
(Cuisinart Ctr for Culinary Excellence)
This
Family Weekend favorite features the creations of JWU chefs and students. |
|
| 12:15pm |
Wildcat Center Dedication (Shipyard Street)
Join us as we welcome in a new era with the dedication of the Wildcat Center. Demonstrate your Wildcat pride and pick up some Wildcat giveaways. |
|
| 12:30-2:30pm |
Educational Programs (Harborside Academic Ctr/HAC)
Learn about JWU academics from those who know it best: our faculty and students. |
|
| 1:30-3:30pm |
Horse Show (Ctr for Equine Studies)
Watch our Equine Studies students perform in this fun-filled dressage event, open to all. Limited
transportation will be provided from Harborside Recreation Center. |
|
| 2-3:30pm |
A Touch of Class (Cintas Dining Rm, HAC)
An authentic wine tasting and food pairing class led by Chef Marc
DeMarchena, followed by an hors d’oeuvre buffet.
Sponsored by the Parents’
Association.
Cost per person: $25 (21+) |
Reserve
|
| 2-3:30pm |
Autumn Fest Beer Tasting
(Coffee Tent, Harborside Green)
An authentic beer tasting and food pairing class led by Chef Bob Weill, followed by an hors d’oeuvre buffet.
Sponsored by the Parents’
Association.
Cost per person: $25 (21+) |
Reserve
|
| 2pm, 7:30pm |
Murray Schisgal's All over Town (Schneider Auditorium)
Join the JWU Players for a comedy of mistaken identity.
Cost per person: $5 |
Reserve
|
| 7pm-9pm |
Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular at Roger Williams Zoo
Visit one of the city's most acclaimed fall events on a walk on through the beautiful Roger Williams Zoo, featuring breathtaking displays of thousands of illuminated jack-o-lanterns. Buses depart from the Harborside bus stop at 7pm and leave the zoo at 9:30pm. Note: rain or shine event. |
|
| 8-10pm |
Aerial Angels & Dessert Reception (Harborside Rec Ctr)
Enjoy edge-of-your-seat thrills with acrobatic troupe the Aerial Angels, whose high-energy show mixes acrobatics, fire-eating, whip-cracking, aerial fabric and trapeze. Then sample from the dessert bar catered by JWU pastry students and chefs.
Cost per person: $20 |
Reserve |
| 10pm |
Late Night Bingo (Harborside Rec Ctr Gym)
Everyone loves a good game of bingo, especially when there are great prizes to be won! |
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