Welcome Week
2017-08-19 08:00 - 2017-08-22 23:30 (America/New_York) | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
More information at https://www.rockford.edu/admission/admitted/orientation/

Magician - James David
2017-08-21 19:00 - 20:30 | Maddox Theatre – Clark Arts Center, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
James returns to Rockford University! His show last year impressed students and had students talking! He delivers a highly entertaining stage show. Audiences are always amazed by his talent.

Advising and Registration for all new students
2017-08-22 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
More information to come.

Club Fair
2017-08-22 14:30 - 17:30 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Come see all of the club and organizations Rockford University has to offer and discover all the ways to get involved on campus at the Club Fair.

Fall Kick-Off Celebration
2017-08-22 17:30 - 21:00 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Kick off the academic year with style at this campus-wide picnic for all students, faculty, and staff members. There will be a DJ, inflatables and FIREWORKS!

First Day of Class
2017-08-23 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States

Staff Meeting
2017-08-24 13:00 - 14:00, 2017-09-14 13:00 - 14:00 | Fisher Memorial Chapel – Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States

President's Opening Convocation
2017-08-25 12:00 - 13:00 | Maddox Theatre – Clark Arts Center, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Time to be determined.

BSMS Fall Session 1 Begins
2017-08-28 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
View the full Academic Calendar 2017-18

Last Day to Drop/Add Classes
2017-08-29 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States

Last day to file credit/audit forms
2017-08-29 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States

Rockford Education Club Meeting
2017-09-01 12:00 - 13:00 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
An informal meeting of the Rockford Education Club will be held this Friday at noon in Scarborough 12 to discuss possible events for the upcoming year. We will brainstorm possible activities, such as documentary films, guest speakers, and career development. Feel free to stop in for as long as you are able. BYOL.

BSMS Summer Degree Award Date
2017-09-04 | IL
View the full Academic Calendar 2016-17

Labor Day-no classes, offices closed
2017-09-04 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States

Rock Solid Healthy Lifestyle Kickoff Meeting
2017-09-06 17:30 - 18:30 | The Den – Burpee Student Center, IL
Hi everyone! My name is Taylor Larson and I’m the Graduate Assistant for Lang Health Center. As part of my Graduate Assistantship with the Health Center I am helping get our Rock Solid Healthy Lifestyle Program up and running for the year. This is the program that helped put on smoothie Wednesdays last year and other events. I just wanted to give you all an idea of how this program is going to look this year and how you can get involved.
Each week we’re going to have a theme for awareness based on the National Health Organization’s Observations. For example, our first week, starting September 9, will be Suicide Awareness and Prevention Week. During these weeks we will host events that coincide with the cause and we will also help spread awareness about related events that are going on in the community.
We are looking for students who are interested in sponsoring or hosting an event, helping plan and orchestrate events, or even just to hand out flyers or put up posters. THERE IS NO LONG-TERM COMMITMENT. This is not a club. You get to pick when, how often, and what you want to volunteer for. We are just looking for students who are passionate about a cause and looking for a way to spread awareness. The Health Center will be your resource for planning events, purchasing supplies, and more.
Also, every Friday will be a “Color Out For the Cause” day. This means, for example, that if it’s breast cancer awareness week, you wear pink. If you wear pink and check in at the Rock Solid Table in the Den, you will get a punch on your Rock Solid punch card and you will get a small prize. Once you get so many punches, you get entered into a drawing for a Fitbit. We are looking for students to help spread awareness about the Cause and the Color of the week and volunteer at the table.
I understand that many of you are already very busy and involved, but I also understand that many of you have things that you are passionate about. Come to the meeting, tell us your ideas, and we will plan events according to what you want!

Rock Solid Success Seminar: Clarence Lee, Jr., MD, MBA
2017-09-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Severson Auditorium – Scarborough Hall, IL
Author, medical doctor, air force veteran and inspirational expert Clarence Lee provides encouragement and motivation to all students as they pursue their studies at RU. Dr. Lee, CEO of a personal development brand, is a frequent columnist with two published books, and has appeared as an on-air TV health expert in segments on ABC, NBC and FOX television stations. A decorated war veteran who served in the U.S. Air Force for a decade, Dr. Lee received Black Enterprise’s Modern Man distinction in 2016 and has been named a healthcare entrepreneur to know by Becker’s Hospital Review, as well as a Top 40 Under 40 by the Sacramento Business Journal and Drexel University. He holds a degree in biology from University of the Incarnate World, as well as degrees in medicine and business from Drexel University.

A Starr Rising
2017-09-07 17:00 - 19:00 | Starr Science Center, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Join us as we reveal the Starr Science Renovations!
You’re invited to A STARR RISING
Thursday, September 7, 2017
At the Starr Science Center (Main Level)
5-7 p.m. (Remarks at 6 p.m.)

BSMS Summer Session 2 Grades Due
2017-09-10 | IL

IPEDS Census Date
2017-09-11 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States

BYOLunch Faculty Lunches
2017-09-11 12:00 - 13:00 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Please join us for this academic year’s weekly Faculty Lunches on Mondays, noon-12:50 p.m., in the President’s Dining Room in Burpee. Please note that the October 23 and 30 lunches will take place in the Rare Book Room of Colman Library, and that we will not meet for Faculty Lunches on the Mondays before Fall Break and Thanksgiving. Please see the complete list of dates and locations below.
Fall 2017 – Mondays, Noon-12:50 p.m.
Sept. 11, 18, 25 – President’s Dining Room
Oct. 2 & 9 – President’s Dining Room
Oct. 23 & 30 Rare Book Room
Nov. 6, 13, 27 & Dec. 4 – President’s Dining Room
Spring 2018 – All of the spring 2018 lunches will take place in the President’s Dining Room – Mondays, Noon-12:50 p.m.
Jan. 29
Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26
Mar. 5, 19, 26
Apr. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
May 7
Thank you!

Constitution Day: U.S. Magistrate Judge Iain D. Johnston
2017-09-11 15:00 - 16:00 | Fisher Memorial Chapel – Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Rockford University commemorates the 1787 anniversary of the adjournment of the Constitutional Convention with a visit from 1987 RU alumnus Judge Iain D. Johnston, who serves the Northern District of Illinois’ Rockford-based Western Division. Judge Johnston was captain of the Regents soccer team and furthered his education at University at Buffalo and The John Marshall Law School in Chicago after leaving RU, returning to Rockford to work as a judicial clerk for Judge Philip G. Reinhard. Having founded his own law firm after working in the Illinois Attorney General’s Office and at a private practice, Judge Johnston was appointed to his current role in 2013.

DACA Town Hall
2017-09-20 12:00 - 13:00 | Regents Hall – Burpee Student Center, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Participate in Conversations That Matter! Sara Dady from Dady & Hoffman Law Offices will facilitate a conversation and answer questions about DACA and its potential implications for our community. She will also offer potential options and actions to assist those who this may affect. To submit questions prior to the event, please email equitytraining@rockford.edu.

International Day of Peace: Jennifer Jordan
2017-09-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Maddox Theatre – Clark Arts Center, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Award-winning author, filmmaker and screenwriter Jennifer Jordan joins RU for a screening of her new documentary “3000 Cups of Tea: The Mission and the Madness,” which addresses allegations made by television news magazine 60-Minutes against philanthropist Greg Mortenson. Author of bestselling book Three Cups of Tea, Mortenson rose to prominence on a mission to build schools for girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan, but has left a legacy tarnished by scandal after accusations of using charitable funds from his Central Asia Institute for personal gain. In addition to the screening, President Dr. Eric W. Fulcomer moderates an on-stage Q&A-style interview with Jordan.

A Cup of Awareness
2017-09-21 10:00 - 14:00 | Blanche Walker Burpee Student Center, 5050 East State St., Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
It’s Rock Solid Healthy Lifestyle’s Sexual Health week! Come get some free punch on the quad by Burpee and learn how you can be sexually healthy! We’ll have candy and condoms and information! It’s time to get smart about your sexual health! Also, wear blue on Friday and you can get your Rock Solid card punched and be entered into a drawing for prizes!

Art Gallery Reception for "Surface Elements" with Stephen Cartwright
2017-09-22 18:00 - 20:00 | Clark Arts Center, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Public reception for Stephen Cartwright’s solo exhibition, “Surface Elements” at the Rockford University Art Gallery in the Clark Arts Center from 6-8 p.m. The artist will also be giving a public lecture in Art History Room 111 in the Clark Arts Center at 5 p.m.
For 18 years, Stephen Cartwright has recorded his exact latitude, longitude and elevation for every hour of every day. He incorporates this data into digital and sculptural work that intersects the realms of science and art. Using this and other self-recorded data, Cartwright creates bold, minimal landscape sculptures and digital media projects that explore topography, temperature, light, and movement.

Art Gallery Hours
2017-09-25 15:00 - 18:00 | Clark Arts Center, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Visit the gallery from 3-6pm to see Stephen Cartwright’s solo exhibition, “Surface Elements” at the Rockford University Art Gallery in the Clark Arts Center.
For 18 years, Stephen Cartwright has recorded his exact latitude, longitude and elevation for every hour of every day. He incorporates this data into digital and sculptural work that intersects the realms of science and art. Using this and other self-recorded data, Cartwright creates bold, minimal landscape sculptures and digital media projects that explore topography, temperature, light, and movement.

Scholarship Day
2017-09-26 16:00 - 17:00 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
More information to come.
View the full Academic Calendar 2017-18

Rock Valley College and Rockford University Job and Internship Fair
2017-09-27 10:00 - 13:00 | Rock Valley College PEC Building, 3301 N. Mulford Road, Rockford, 61114
This bi-annual career fair is set up to connect students with employers in their field of study. It provides opportunities for internships, full time and part time employment and attracts employers in numerous different industries. This fair has opportunities for students looking to gain valuable experience, obtain a job upon graduating, and make money to help pay for college, or a combination of these.

Lottery Entry Deadline for TAP & Content Test Voucher
2017-09-27 16:00 | Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. , Rockford, IL, 61108, United States
Education Students – Submit your ILTS Lottery entry form to Elizabeth Johnson-Lovett, Lang 105, by Wednesday, Sept. 27 at 4 p.m. in order to possibly win a $25 Voucher to be used towards payment of a TAP or Content Test.
