Family Weekend - St. Norbert College

Family Weeken

September 18 - 20, 2009
A CELEBRATION FOR THE ENTIRE ST. NORBERT COMMUNITY

We invite you to come celebrate with other St. Norbert, parents, students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends for SNC Day and Family Weekend! Come experience the campus through your student’s eyes and participate in activities for all ages.Look for updates on our website or contact Chris Betcher at 920.403.3021 or christina.betcher@snc.edu for more information.

Even though registration is closed for Family Weekend, we still want you to join us!

For Saturday activities, you will be able to walk up and participate, paying with cash where applicable. Hope to see you!

Schedule of Events:

Friday, September 18

5:00-7:00 p.m.

Weekend Registration and Family Dinner
Join us for Chef Dan’s Famous Chili in the Campus Center

REGISTRATION FOR CHILI DINNER NOW CLOSED

Also, register siblings for their overnight stay in a residence hall

Important information regarding overnight sibling registration

Saturday, September 19

9:00-10:00 a.m.	Weekend Registration Bemis International Center Meet other SNC parents and President Kunkel over a cup of coffee and bakery items after registering for your day’s exciting events.
10:00 a.m.	Opening Ceremony West End of Claude Allouez bridge St. Norbert College President, Tom Kunkel and De Pere Mayor Mike Walsh will kick off the day with the ROTC Color Guard and a processional of International Flags representing all of the countries of SNC’s current international students. The day’s activities begin following the Opening Ceremony. We will have the final schedule listing all weekend events ready for your arrival in September.
9:00 a.m. - on	Jumpin' on the Mall Inflatable Games, tie-dying and more!
Open all day	Alumni Tent Stop by the Alumni Tent to cool-off by purchasing Cold Stone Creamery Ice Cream!
10:15 - 11 a.m	Academic Session I A. T he Parent Trap II: Lost in Transition Corday Goddard, Assistant Dean of Student Development; Chris Betcher, Parent Council Room: Forth Howard Theater - Bemis Center Join us for a frank, funny conversation about the changes in your student, and in your relationship with your student, since they've been with us at St. Norbert. We will chat about the various stages of the transition to adulthood, about some of the issues your student may have already faced and can anticipate in the near future, and, as always, we will ask you, the experts, to share your insights, stories, and tips with one another. B. How much do you really know about the H1N1 Influenza and what is it that you need to know? Barb Bloomer, Director of Health Services. Room: Boyle 115 Get up to date information on the H1N1 influenza situation and test your knowledge on how prepared you are to respond.
11 a.m. - 3 p.m.	St. Norbert College Rope Course Facilitated by Team Leadership SNC Ropes Course between 623 & 705 4th St. $2/ticket
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.	Boat Rides Take a nice relaxing ride up the river while learning interesting facts about the homes on the water. $2/ ticket. Children 5 and under free.
11:15 - Noon	Academic Session II A. Study Abroad Joyce Tullbane, Study Aboard Coordinator; Jeremy Doughty ’05, Study Aboard Advisor, Room: Cofrin 11 Learn about the abundant opportunities available to your St. Norbert student across the oceans. Help them broaden their horizons and enhance their educational experience all while staying on track for graduation. B. Day in an Anchor’s Life Tom Milbourn, Adjunct Instructor of Communication and Media Studies, Seminar Room, 2nd Floor of Mulva Library Join Tom Milbourn, co-anchor of FOX 11 News at Five and FOX 11 News at Nine, to get an idea of what life is like behind the scenes preparing for a television newscast. No two days are the same, but veteran news anchor and former news director Tom Milbourn, will share what must happen throughout the day so that the day's news can reach viewers. Tom has also brought his more than 40 years of broadcast experience to the St. Norbert campus teaching "Writing for Media" for the past 10 years. C. Communicating across cultures Dr. James Neuliep, Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Room: Cofrin 15 Although the challenges of an increasingly diverse world are great, the benefits are even greater. Communicating and establishing relationships with people from different cultures can lead to a whole host of benefits, including healthier communities; increased international, national and local commerce; reduced conflict; and personal growth through increased tolerance.
Tailgate: 11:30 a.m. Game: 1:00 p.m.	Football Tailgate and Game SNC vs. Lawrence University
12:15 - 1 p.m.	Academic Session III A. Astonish Me!: Contemporary Art that Celebrates and Challenges the Imagination Fr. James Neilson, O. Praem., Assistant Professor of Art, Bush Art Center, Room 130 Artists have, throughout time, gladdened and delighted us with images of beauty and grace, revealing the triumph of the human spirit…they have also shocked and disturbed us into recognizing the world’s horrors. This class will introduce the participants to the work of several contemporary artists who seek to perpetuate the prophetic role of the artist as social advocate, cultural critic, and historical commentator. B. Natural History of the Galapagos Islands Dr. Tim Flood, Associate Professor of Geology, Fort Howard Theater, Bemis Center Join Dr. Flood for a review of last winter’s natural history Field Course Trip to the Galapagos Islands and the Andes. There will also be great photos!! C. Poetry and the American Imagination Dr. Deirdre Egan, Assistant Professor of English, Room: Boyle Hall 208 Percy Bysshe Shelley once said that “poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.” And if Plato had his way, philosophers would be kings! The key to both of these sentiments is that the individual imagination, far from existing in solitude, indeed has great bearing on the social realm and the creation of community. Together we’ll examine modern American poets in their attempts to imagine and bring about a new world.
1:15 - 2 p.m.	Academic Session IV A. Physics Under Pressure Valerie Gray ’11 , Physics/Math major, Room: JMS 006 St. Norbert Junior, Valerie Gray, presents informative demonstrations including a half million volts of electricity, a liquid nitrogen cannon, and the pendulum. B. The Poetry of Retirement Dr. Kenneth Zahorski, Room: Boyle Hall 208 Do retired professors, like old soldiers, just fade away? Or do they begin doing something they’ve always wanted to do, but never had the time? Find out how Dr. Ken Zahorski used a family history project as a launching pad for writing poetry in this informal and interactive session that will include a reading of some of his poems, a discussion of the major challenges he encountered, and a look at what he learned from his odyssey in the creative realm. You may decide to take the same kind of journey yourself – even before retirement! C. What is happening to the family? Dr. Thomas Faase, Associate Professor of Sociology, Room: Cofrin 208 Through discussion and presented ideas we will together explore the kind of changes going on in the contemporary family. We ask “is the family getting worse than in an earlier age?” Then we analyze our findings in the light of ideas shared.
2:15 - 3 p.m.	Academic Session V A. Environmental Security Dr. Wendy Scattergood, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Room: Cofrin 15 Environmental Security is the study of the link between human conflict and environmental degradation. There are two sides to the study of Environmental Security: 1) how the environment is affected by conflict and 2) how the environment is part of the cause of conflicts within and between countries. B. Chemical Magic Dr. Larry Scheich, Professor of Chemistry, Room: TBD Dr. Larry Scheich, and several SNC chemistry students will present informative demonstrations of "Chemical Magic". Demonstrations will include dramatic color changes, molten iron and much more! C. Building virtual relationships with social media Nina Nolan, Communications SpecialistCofrin 11 Social media is flooding our current landscape as more and more people look to the web as a way to stay in touch and share news and information. There are 87 percent more social media users now than there were six years ago and they're spending 883 percent more time on various social media web sites. To respond to this shift, institutes of higher education are adopting new ways to connect with their constituents. In this academic session you'll learn what social media is, how St. Norbert College has joined in the online conversation and what we're planning for the future.
3:15 - 4 p.m.	Academic Session VI Defanging Twilight: Productive or Problematic Ideology in Stephenie Meyer’s Vampire Saga? Dr. John Pennington, Professor of English, Room: Cofrin 209 While not quite the phenomenon of J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books, Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga—Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn—comes close, with millions of copies sold, movie adaptations, New Moon chocolate and Forbidden Fruit Twilight Sweethearts candy products, and a booming tour industry for Forks, Washington, the setting of the novels. Meyer admits that her books are “for people who don’t like vampires.” She unequivocally states that her series is not “horror”—“to me, it’s a romance.” Her target audience is primarily young adolescent females (“tweens”), and Meyer, as a result of her popularity, has become, to a degree, a de facto inspiration for young women. Such inspiration, however, has a price, for books, especially those targeted at younger audiences, are never just written for entertainment.
Throughout the day	Other activities for the day include: Wellness Activities (Z-Power Yoga, Hooked on Hooping, Zumba) Entertainment by the river: SNC Jazz Ensemble (10 a.m.), Dance Billy Dance (11 a.m., 2 p.m.), Dixieland Jazz Student Group(12:00 p.m.), Big Mouth (1 p.m., 3 p.m.) Strolling Mariachi band and barbershop Quartet Horse Drawn wagon rides 3 on 3 basketball tournament 5k Race Much more! More detailed activities can be found at the SNC Day website
6:00 p.m.	Family Mass Old St. Joseph’s Church at St. Norbert College
7:00 p.m.	Family Weekend Concert Featuring performances from all SNC bands and choirs. Abbot Pennings Hall of Find Arts - Walter Theater
8:30 p.m.	Mission IMPROVable Campus Center

Sunday September 20

10:00 a.m.	Morning Mass Old St. Joseph’s Church
10:00 a.m.	Morning Mass St. Norbert Abbey 1016 N. Broadway, De Pere
11:00 a.m.	Legacy Parent Brunch with President Kunkel F. K. Bemis International Center (Pre-Registration Required) The first annual Alumni Legacy Brunch is hosted by President and Mrs. Tom Kunkel and the Alumni and Parent Relations office for current SNC students whose immediate family attended St. Norbert. Alumni parents, siblings and grandparents are invited to attend the breakfast with their current student! A SNC legacy is a student of alumnus who has a parent or grandparent who is a SNC alumnus. The breakfast is held at the F. K. Bemis International Center, Hendrickson dining room. This event is free for current SNC students and their families. Space is limited!
7:00 p.m.	Evening Mass Old St. Joseph's Church