UNL | Big Red Welcome

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All events are in Central time unless specified.

August 2025
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
27	28	29	30	31	1	2
3	4	5	6	7	8 7 pm Nebraska Soccer vs. Colorado State	9 10 am–1 pm East Campus Discovery Days and Farmers Market
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17 1:05 pm Nebraska Soccer vs. Missouri State	18 8 am Husker Student POWER Challenge Presented by Follett 9 am–6 pm Big Red Welcome Group Fitness Classes 10 am–11:30 am Mapping Your Class Routes Tour 2 pm–4 pm Sold Out!! Free Ice Cream on the Union Plaza 5 pm–8 pm Mini Golf at Prehistoric Putt 7 pm–10 pm Bowling at Husker Bowling Center 8:30 pm–9:30 pm Late-Night History Tour	19 8 am Husker Student POWER Challenge Presented by Follett 9 am–6 pm Big Red Welcome Group Fitness Classes 10 am–11:30 am Downtown Walking Tour 10 am–11:30 am Mapping Your Class Routes Tour 12 pm–2 pm Music Library Open House 1 pm–2:30 pm Mapping Your Class Routes Tour 2 pm–4 pm Sold Out!! Free Ice Cream on the Union Plaza 2 pm–2:30 pm Tour Love Library 5 pm–8 pm Mini Golf at Prehistoric Putt 7 pm–10 pm Bowling at Husker Bowling Center 8:30 pm–9:30 pm Late-Night History Tour 8:30 pm–9:30 pm Transfer and Commuter Student Connect for Late-Night History Tour	20 8 am Husker Student POWER Challenge Presented by Follett 9 am–6 pm Big Red Welcome Group Fitness Classes 10 am–11:30 am Commuter Student Connect for Downtown Walking Tour 10 am–11:30 am Downtown Walking Tour 10 am–11:30 am Mapping Your Class Routes Tour 10 am–11:30 am Transfer Student Connect for Class Routes Tours 2 pm–4 pm Free Ice Cream at the Dairy Store 2 pm–2:30 pm Tour Love Library 3 pm–4:30 pm Mapping Your Class Routes Tour 7 pm–10 pm Bowling at Husker Bowling Center	21 8 am Husker Student POWER Challenge Presented by Follett 8 am–10:30 am Urban Plunge: First year Student Service Project 9 am–6 pm Big Red Welcome Group Fitness Classes 10 am–11:30 am Downtown Walking Tour 10 am–12 pm Graduate Student Wecome 10 am–11:30 am Mapping Your Class Routes Tour 10 am–11:30 am Transfer Student Connect for Downtown Walking Tour 11 am–1 pm Part-Time Job Fair 12 pm–5 pm Music Library Open House 2 pm–2:30 pm Tour Love Library 2:15 pm College Welcome: College of Engineering 2:30 pm–4 pm College of Business New Student Kickoff and Back to School Bash 2:30 pm–5 pm College Welcome Programs 2:30 pm–5 pm College Welcome: College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources 2:30 pm–4 pm College Welcome: College of Education and Human Sciences 2:30 pm–4:30 pm College Welcome: College of Journalism & Mass Communications 2:30 pm–4:30 pm College Welcome: College of Public Affairs and Community Service 2:30 pm–5 pm College Welcome: Explore Center 2:30 pm–6 pm Hixson-Lied College Student Big Red Welcome Event and Picnic 3 pm–4 pm College Welcome: College of Architecture 5:30 pm–7:30 pm Big Red Welcome Ice Cream Bike Ride 7 pm–10 pm Bowling at Husker Bowling Center 8 pm–10 pm Playfair: The Ultimate Icebreaker 8 pm–10 pm Transfer and Commuter Student Connect for Playfair	22 8 am Husker Student POWER Challenge Presented by Follett 9 am–6 pm Big Red Welcome Group Fitness Classes 10 am–11:30 am Downtown Walking Tour 10 am–11:30 am Mapping Your Class Routes Tour 12 pm–2 pm Commuter Student Lunch and Campus Tour 3:15 pm–4:15 pm Transfer Student Welcome 5 pm–6 pm Tunnel Walk and New Student Welcome 5:30 pm–7 pm Chancellor’s BBQ 6 pm–8:30 pm Music Library Open House 6 pm Volleyball vs. Pitt 6:30 pm–9 pm Husker Mania 7 pm–10 pm Bowling at Husker Bowling Center 7 pm Cornhusker Marching Band Exhibition	23 8 am Husker Student POWER Challenge Presented by Follett 10 am–10:45 am Goat Yoga 10 am–12 pm Haymarket Farmers Market Tour 10 am–11:30 am Mapping Your Class Routes Tour 10 am–12 pm Well-being Fest 11:15 am–12 pm Goat Yoga 12 pm–2 pm Big Red Welcome Ice Cream Bike Ride 12 pm–2 pm Commuter Student Connect for Ice Cream Bike Ride 1 pm–3 pm Yard Games with ACReW 2 pm–5 pm Big Thread Welcome 2 pm–4 pm Papi Churros on the Plaza 2:30 pm–4:30 pm Big Red Welcome Ice Cream Bike Ride 2:30 pm–4:30 pm Transfer Student Connect at Ice Cream Bike Ride 7 pm–9 pm 5th Annual All Are Welcome Reception 9 pm–11:55 pm Party at the Union
24 8 am Husker Student POWER Challenge Presented by Follett 11 am–12:30 pm Out-of-State Student Welcome 2:30 pm Volleyball vs. Stanford 6:30 pm–8:30 pm Big Red Welcome Street Festival	25 7:45 am–3 pm UNL Guides 10:30 am–1 pm First Day of School with First Gen Nebraska	26 12 am Free Week 7:45 am–3 pm UNL Guides 4 pm–4:50 pm Pilates	27 12 am Free Week 6 am–6:50 am Sunrise Yoga Sculpt 12 pm–1 pm Music Library Open House 4 pm–6 pm Nvolvement Fair on City Campus 6 pm–9 pm Big Red Welcome Lake Paddle	28 12 am Free Week 11 am–12 pm Music Library Open House 3 pm–5 pm Nvolvement Fair on East Campus 5:30 pm–7 pm LGBTQA+ Welcome Back Celebration 8 pm Husker Football Watch Party I Nebraska vs. Cincinnati	29 12 am Free Week 6:30 pm Big Red Lied Experience	30
31	1	2 9 am–5 pm Poster Sale	3 9 am–5 pm Poster Sale 11 am–1 pm East Campus Job Fair	4 9 am–5 pm Poster Sale 2 pm–4 pm Out-of-State Student Social	5 9 am–5 pm Poster Sale 5 pm–8 pm Paint at Sheldon + Sheldon After Hours	6