Family Weekend Events for Unregistered Guests

Visit UC's dining centers throughout Family Weekend for a discounted rate ($6.99 per meal) or use your student's guest meal swipes.

Say cheese! Visit your student's residence hall for a fun photo opportunity in the lobby presented by Resident Education & Development!

The programs within DAAP are ranked among the very best in both a world and national class. During the self-guided tour, you’ll see some of our labs, studios, and other spaces that help make DAAP a top-notch place to study. All you need is a smart phone to scan a QR code to see DAAP’s facilities. Log onto the university wi-fi. Headphones are recommended. 

Students save 15% on all in-store purchases of apparel, gifts and supplies at the UC Bookstores! Show your Bearcats Pride with the latest styles from the store with the largest selection of UC apparel & gifts! Discount valid in all five store locations: TUC, DAAP, Medical Center, UC Blue Ash, and UC Clermont. UC ID required at checkout. Excludes course materials, Apple products, computer hardware and software, gift cards and purchases at campus convenience stores.

Get ready for your close up! The Bearcats Promise Career Studio is offering free, professional headshots to all family members and students. Drop-in anytime between 9am-3pm.

This curated exhibition showcases the talent and diversity of production within the art, craft, and design professions from DAAP Alumni. Participants represent five decades of graduates (1970-2021) from a variety of programs. 

“What We Brought with Us" delves into the profound significance of the belongings people have carried with them when forced to flee persecution, suffering, and war. These personal objects hold immense symbolic weight, representing the intricate web of human relationships that constitute a settled life. However, beyond their material value, these items also embody hope—a seed that must take root in unfamiliar soil. When individuals are uprooted from their homes, the selection of their possessions may be hasty and chaotic, driven by urgency and confusion. Plus, along the journey to a new home, objects may be lost, traded, stolen, or abandoned due to their impracticality. What remains may acquire new meaning and be a testament to the resilience of the human spirit. “What We Brought with Us" invites us to question our relationship with possessions and each other. It prompts us to reflect on what truly matters to us and what we consider most precious. Does a single object have the power to represent a lost world?

Join UC Athletics, RallyCats, and the Bearcat Bands on UC MainStreet for Bearcat Friday! Get hyped for the game on Saturday!

Visit identity centers in Steger Student Life Center for a unique arts and crafts activity in each space. Participants include Women's Center (Suite 571), LGBTQ Center (Suite 565) affirmation friendship bracelets, and Ethnic Programs & Services (Suite (539) mosaic coasters.

Join CEAS engineering students and GE Next Engineers Program staff for a fun, engaging opportunity for students to build awareness about what engineers do through an engineering design challenge. Families will be tasked with building a windmill using limited materials that can lift an object using only wind! Families of all ages can work together to complete this fun challenge. Students from all colleges are welcome!

Test your skills and enjoy the fall weather as you check in for Family Weekend. Campus Rec will treat you to a leisurely game of cornhole, ladder golf or Kan Jam to help you practice before it really counts during Saturday's tailgates and Football Watch Party.

Drop-in to see the nationally recognized Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry, one of the world's largest curated collections of scientific artifacts, books, journals, photos, and prints related to the history of chemistry. On display, you’ll find an exhibit highlighting trailblazing women in chemistry, a period room of an 1890s chemist’s lab, rare books dating back to the 16^th century, and unique treasures like our portrait of Marie Curie signed to the students of the University of Cincinnati. Librarians will be available to discuss the collection. Enter Rieveschl (6th floor) from the Zimmer Rooftop on the side nearest the Old Chem Building construction. Take the stairs down one floor to the 5th floor and you will be right by the entrance to the Oesper Collections.

Join Academic Advisors and the Student Success team from the College of Arts & Sciences for light refreshments and Q&A to learn more about how this team supports student success all year long. 

All are invited to join UC's TAP program staff, students, and families to kick off Family Weekend.

Get ready to see UC like never before! Guided by current students, you'll take a 45-minute walking tour of campus to explore the history, haunts, and traditions of UC and learn which libraries are haunted, where to go for good luck on exams, and where it is rumored that a prominent alumnus is buried on campus. This event is limited to the first 50 guests.

Habari Gani! Join us at the African American Cultural & Resource Center (AACRC) to meet center staff, connect with other families, and enjoy refreshments, line dancing, games, and more. Discover why the AACRC is a treasured community and educational space at UC. All are welcome!

This showing is offered at a discount for Family Weekend students and families. Enter discount code "UCFAMILY" on the ticket site above. 

Presented in collaboration with Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, an enchanting, brutal vampire myth and coming-of-age love story adapted from the bestselling novel and award-winning film. Oskar is a bullied, lonely teenage boy living with his mother on a housing estate at the edge of town when a series of sinister killings rock the neighborhood. Eli is the young girl who has just moved in next door. She doesn’t go to school and never leaves the flat by day. Sensing in each other a kindred spirit, the two become devoted friends. What Oskar doesn’t know is that Eli has been a teenager for a very long time. 

By Jack Thorne and based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist.
Guest Director Brian Isaac Phillips from Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
Featured CSC actors Barry Mulholland, Kelly Mengelkoch, Geoffrey Barnes II, and Billy Chace

Check out UC's "GRID" tailgate music, marching band, the CATwalk, food for purchase, and more prior to kickoff.

The programs within DAAP are ranked among the very best in both a world and national class. During the self-guided tour, you’ll see some of our labs, studios, and other spaces that help make DAAP a top-notch place to study. All you need is a smart phone to scan a QR code to see DAAP’s facilities. Log onto the university wi-fi. Headphones are recommended. 

Wear RED to cheer on the Bearcats as they take on Baylor at Nippert Stadium! Tickets required. UC has a clear bag policy for Nippert Stadium.

This showing is offered at a discount for Family Weekend students and families. Enter discount code "UCFAMILY" on the ticket site above. 

Presented in collaboration with Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, an enchanting, brutal vampire myth and coming-of-age love story adapted from the bestselling novel and award-winning film. Oskar is a bullied, lonely teenage boy living with his mother on a housing estate at the edge of town when a series of sinister killings rock the neighborhood. Eli is the young girl who has just moved in next door. She doesn’t go to school and never leaves the flat by day. Sensing in each other a kindred spirit, the two become devoted friends. What Oskar doesn’t know is that Eli has been a teenager for a very long time. 

By Jack Thorne and based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist.
Guest Director Brian Isaac Phillips from Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
Featured CSC actors Barry Mulholland, Kelly Mengelkoch, Geoffrey Barnes II, and Billy Chace

In this family favorite, Mike and Sulley attend Monsters University and develop a heated rivalry that puts their education in danger in this prequel set before they were both star employees at Monsters, Inc.! We'll also have kids activities, including character coloring sheets and make your own monster stickers!

Presented in collaboration with Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, an enchanting, brutal vampire myth and coming-of-age love story adapted from the bestselling novel and award-winning film. Oskar is a bullied, lonely teenage boy living with his mother on a housing estate at the edge of town when a series of sinister killings rock the neighborhood. Eli is the young girl who has just moved in next door. She doesn’t go to school and never leaves the flat by day. Sensing in each other a kindred spirit, the two become devoted friends. What Oskar doesn’t know is that Eli has been a teenager for a very long time. 

By Jack Thorne and based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist.
Guest Director Brian Isaac Phillips from Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
Featured CSC actors Barry Mulholland, Kelly Mengelkoch, Geoffrey Barnes II, and Billy Chace

The programs within DAAP are ranked among the very best in both a world and national class. During the self-guided tour, you’ll see some of our labs, studios, and other spaces that help make DAAP a top-notch place to study. All you need is a smart phone to scan a QR code to see DAAP’s facilities. Log onto the university wi-fi. Headphones are recommended. 

Join our CAPS staff for a mindfulness walk through Burnet Woods, UC's neighboring city park. In addition to physical activity, mindful walking reduces stress and boosts your mood. Join with or without your Bearcat for an early morning refresher!

This curated exhibition showcases the talent and diversity of production within the art, craft, and design professions from DAAP Alumni. Participants represent five decades of graduates (1970-2021) from a variety of programs. 

“What We Brought with Us" delves into the profound significance of the belongings people have carried with them when forced to flee persecution, suffering, and war. These personal objects hold immense symbolic weight, representing the intricate web of human relationships that constitute a settled life. However, beyond their material value, these items also embody hope—a seed that must take root in unfamiliar soil. When individuals are uprooted from their homes, the selection of their possessions may be hasty and chaotic, driven by urgency and confusion. Plus, along the journey to a new home, objects may be lost, traded, stolen, or abandoned due to their impracticality. What remains may acquire new meaning and be a testament to the resilience of the human spirit. “What We Brought with Us" invites us to question our relationship with possessions and each other. It prompts us to reflect on what truly matters to us and what we consider most precious. Does a single object have the power to represent a lost world?

Join H20 Cincy for their weekly Sunday services.

In the spirit of UC Serves, our annual day of staff and faculty community service, we invite families and students to be a part of the Bearcat tradition of service. Register to volunteer to help clean up and mulch the Arlitt Nature PlayScape. The Arlitt PlayScape, a natural play space on UC’s campus, opened in August 2012 to provide children with a safe place to reconnect with nature. Time in nature has been found to have positive impacts on children’s growth, including motor, cognitive, and emotional development.

This showing is offered at a discount for Family Weekend students and families. Enter discount code "UCFAMILY" on the ticket site above. 

Presented in collaboration with Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, an enchanting, brutal vampire myth and coming-of-age love story adapted from the bestselling novel and award-winning film. Oskar is a bullied, lonely teenage boy living with his mother on a housing estate at the edge of town when a series of sinister killings rock the neighborhood. Eli is the young girl who has just moved in next door. She doesn’t go to school and never leaves the flat by day. Sensing in each other a kindred spirit, the two become devoted friends. What Oskar doesn’t know is that Eli has been a teenager for a very long time. 

By Jack Thorne and based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist.
Guest Director Brian Isaac Phillips from Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
Featured CSC actors Barry Mulholland, Kelly Mengelkoch, Geoffrey Barnes II, and Billy Chace

Called “contemporary chamber trailblazers” by the Boston Globe, Hub New Music is a “nimble quartet of winds and strings” (NPR) forging new paths in 21st-century repertoire. The ensemble’s ambitious commissioning projects and “appealing programs” (New Yorker) celebrate the rich diversity of today’s classical music landscape. Learn more at hubnewmusic.org.