Kick-off your New Roo Weekend experience by meeting your Troop! Your New Roo Weekend Leaders have some fun activities planned to help you learn more about all the great things at UA!
Involvement Breakout Session
Are you interested in learning more about some of the different opportunities that UA has? Now is your chance. With the Involvement Breakout Sessions, you get to pick what you want to attend to learn more about UA resources.
Icebreakers
Get to know others as you come together to have fun and break the ice.
Campus Scavenger Hunt
Hop around campus to find answers to clues about being a Zip, the end contains your official class of 2024 shirt and a sweet treat.
Campus Tour & Troop Picture
Have a campus tour with your New Roo Weekend Leader & participate in a Troop picture!
Lunch
Take a break and have some lunch on us!
Class Schedule Tours
Where's Kolbe Hall? Do you know the best route from Olin to Polsky? One of the biggest parts of attending class on the first day is finding it! Our New Roo Weekend Leaders will be giving class schedule tours on Sunday. Just bring your class schedule and we'll make you a pro on navigating campus!
It's the final day of New Roo Weekend and your final Troop meeting! You may be having lots of thoughts about starting this new and exciting journey on Monday, so your Leaders are here to answer all your questions and make you feel confident about what's in store for you! This one's virtual!
First Year Speaker: Jon Vroman
This year's selected First Year Speaker is Jon Vroman! Occurring virtually,Vroman will talk about living life in the front row and how you can make the most of your college experience.
Class Schedule Tours
Where's Kolbe Hall? Do you know the best route from Olin to Polsky? One of the biggest parts of attending class on the first day is finding it! Our New Roo Weekend Leaders will be giving class schedule tours on Sunday. Just bring your class schedule and we'll make you a pro on navigating campus!
RooFest
Get connected to the over 200 student organizations on UA's campus, with a virtual presentation of an Akron tradition, RooFest!
While New Roo Weekend is a two-day event on Saturday and Sunday, there's a few other things you may want to check out over the course of the next few weeks of being a Zip.
There's no shortage of events to attend before and after New Roo Weekend. Check out the entire schedule for Weeks of Welcome to find the activity or event that is right for you!
Aug. 22 & 23, 2020 - Virtual
Want to participate in New Roo Weekend virtually? Here's what we have planned!
Kick-off your New Roo Weekend experience by meeting your Troop! Your New Roo Weekend Leaders will be hanging out virtually with some fun discussion and activities.
Involvement Breakout Session
Are you interested in learning more about some of the different opportunities that UA has? Now is your chance. With the Involvement Breakout Sessions, you get to pick what you want to attend to learn more about UA resources.
Icebreakers
Get to know others as you come together to have fun and break the ice.
Virtual Activities
We have some fun activities planned to help you feel that Zips Pride and meet others!
It's the final day of New Roo Weekend and your final Troop meeting! You may be having lots of thoughts about starting this new and exciting journey on Monday, so your Leaders are here to answer all your questions and make you feel confident about what's in store for you! This one's virtual!
First Year Speaker: Jon Vroman
This year's selected First Year Speaker is Jon Vroman! Occurring virtually,Vroman will talk about living life in the front row and how you can make the most of your college experience.
RooFest
Get connected to the over 200 student organizations on UA's campus, with a virtual presentation of an Akron tradition, RooFest!
While New Roo Weekend is a two-day event on Saturday and Sunday, there's a few other things you may want to check out over the course of the next few weeks of being a Zip.
There's no shortage of events to attend before and after New Roo Weekend. Check out the entire schedule for Weeks of Welcome to find the activity or event that is right for you!
Please follow our health guidelines in regards to attending in-person as a participant. If you feel sick or unwell, please do not attend New Roo Weekend. Please also follow our guidelines with face coverings and stay up to date on the return-to-campus web page in regards to any changes.
New Roo Weekend is an all-or-nothing event! When you RSVP, you are RSVPing for the entire experience, not just parts. New Roo Weekend is best attended by spending the whole weekend with your group and New Roo Weekend Leader. They'll miss you if you aren't at an event!
Follow I-77 south to exit 23B (Cuyahoga Falls), which is for Ohio 8 north.
On Ohio 8 north, take the first exit (Exit 1A) for Carroll Street and Buchtel Avenue.
Turn left onto Carroll Street
Turn left onto Goodkirk Street
Turn right onto East Exchange Street
The entrance to the South Campus Parking Deck (Lot 36) will be on the right, across the street from McDonalds. Signage stating New Roo Weekend Parking will be posted outside of the deck.
From the north, taking Route 8 S
Follow Ohio 8 south to Exit 1A, the Buchtel Avenue exit.
Merge onto Goodkirk St. and turn right onto Buchtel Ave.
That's unfortunate! We really think New Roo Weekend is the best way to start off your Akron Experience because of the opportunities you will have to connect with both campus and other students. We understand that you may have other commitments though. We would encourage you to visit the Weeks of Welcome website and try to attend a number of events happening the first week. Getting off to a great start and making connections is a key to success in college and if you cannot attend New Roo Weekend, we're hopeful you will find another way to get connected!
No! New Roo Weekend builds upon your Orientation. We'll be sharing a lot of new information during New Roo Weekend and it is an opportunity to connect with everyone from your incoming class, not just the few you went through your Orientation day with.
The weekend is exclusively for new students. But don't worry parents and guests — there will be hundreds of events in the months ahead that you can attend with your new student.
New Roo Weekend is a rain or shine event! Some events occur outside and if the threat of weather impacts us, we will let you know of any venue location changes through your Troop Leaders and via Twitter, so make sure you follow us @NewRooWeekend. In in the event of severe weather forces us to cancel any event, we will also let you know.
All incoming freshmen for the Fall of 2020 are eligible to attend New Roo Weekend! The event is exclusively for you as a new student to The University of Akron.
Think of college as an investment, like buying a car. You had to learn how to drive a car, how to maintain it, how to get the most out of it. College is the same. At New Roo Weekend, we'll give you dozens of tips to help you get ahead. You'll meet new friends, faculty members and staff. Plus, you'll have some fun, too. You don't want to miss it!
Click here for offices that are open for special hours to serve you during New Roo Weekend (Aug. 22nd & Aug. 23rd).
During New Roo Weekend (Aug. 22nd and Aug. 23rd), virtual advising will be available.Join us any time from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. for questions related to your class schedule or academics in general. When youvisit the Virtual Advising Office,you will enter the waiting room. We will let you join the office as soon as someone is able to personally assist you.
Here's what to expect:
When you join the office, we will greet you individually via the chat function so that the conversation can be private. Let us know what assistance is needed, and please come prepared with your student ID number (ie, 1234567 [all numbers, no letters]).
We will make outreach to the appropriate advisor on your behalf, and once that advisor is free, we will send you a new link to join a chat with your advisor.
First Year Speaker - Jon Vroman
Jon Vroman is an international speaker who has been twice voted "Campus Speaker of The Year" and author of Living College Life In The Front Row. His mission is to encourage individuals to find and develop their unique talents so that they will make the biggest impact within their campus and community.
Jon operates by five core values:
Make authentic connections
Create your own reality
Be open to change
Commit fully
Contribute to others
In 2005, Jon founded the charitable organization Front Row Foundation, which was recently featured on NBC’s Today Show. The charity has raised over $1,000,000 to help children and adults braving life-threatening illnesses have a front row experience at the concert or sporting event of their dreams. On a personal note, Jon lives in New Jersey with his wife and kids.