Bear Days

Welcome to Bear Days! 

Check-in for Bear Days attendees is located in Tisch Commons, Danforth University Center (#125 on the campus map).

Student schedule – Monday, April 21

*Please note that times and events are subject to change. Parents and families should download the PDF above.

Morning activities:

Time	Activity	Location
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.	Check-in: Visitors check in and receive Bear Day information.	Tisch Commons, Danforth University Center (#125)
9:00 – 9:45 a.m.	Welcome: Visitors receive an official welcome to campus.	Graham Chapel (#136)
10:00 – 11:45 a.m.	Learn about Your Division: Learn more about your first-year experience in your academic division.	Arts & Sciences: Graham Chapel (#136) and Room 100, Brown Hall (#114) Engineering: Bluedorn Presentation Room, Sumers Welcome Center (#173)   Business: Room 103, Simon Hall (#168)  Art and Architecture: Kuehner Court, Weil Hall (#180)  Beyond Boundaries: Room 211, Sumers Welcome Center (#173)
11:45 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.	Lunch and Student Groups Fair: Enjoy lunch in the Bear’s Den & Risa Commons. While at lunch, check out the Student Groups Fair in Bear’s Den! Note: Your lunch shift is listed on your lanyard	Bear’s Den and Risa Commons, Zetcher House (#163)

Choose your own adventure afternoon activities:

For the afternoon, visitors can pick and choose which activities they would like to attend. 

Sessions

Time	Activity	Location
2:00 – 2:45 p.m. 3:00 – 3:45 p.m.	Ask a Student Panel: Current students share their experiences and answer your questions.	Room 234, Danforth University Center (#125)
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.	Student Financial Services Session: Learn more about financial aid and next steps.	Umrath Lounge, Umrath Hall (#177)

Tours

Time	Activity	Location
12:00 – 4:00 p.m.	Self-Guided Tour of the South 40: Enjoy a self-guided tour of where you’ll eat, sleep, and play as a first-year student. Includes residential halls.	Pick up a map from Ursa’s Fireside, Lien House (#312)
12:00 – 4:00 p.m.	Bear Breakroom: Relax with current students while making bracelets and keychains as well as get a special treat!	Ursa’s Fireside, Lien House (#312)
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.	Forest Park Experience: Enjoy a trolley tour of Forest Park from a Missouri historian. Note: First trolley will depart campus at 12:00 p.m. and the last trolley will return at 4:00 p.m. If you have luggage on campus, it must be picked up by 4:15 p.m.	Departs in front of Zetcher House (#331)
2:00 – 2:45 p.m. 3:00 – 3:45 p.m.	Campus Tour: Explore campus on a tour guided by a current student. Note: This tour will not include the South 40 residential halls. Tour will last 45 minutes.	Begin outside of Graham Chapel (#136)

Division Open Houses

Time	Activity	Location
2:40 – 3:10 p.m. 3:15 – 3:45 p.m.	McKelvey School of Engineering: Enjoy a tour of the McKelvey School of Engineering spaces. Note: Tours last approximately 30 minutes.	Spartan Light Metal Products Makerspace, Jubel Hall (#143)

Open Houses

Drop in to meet our campus partners and ask questions.

Time	Activity	Location
12:00 – 4:00 p.m.	Center for Diversity and Inclusion	Suite 150, Danforth University Center (#125)
	Cross-Cultural Connections	Suite 150, Danforth University Center (#125)
	Dialogue Across Difference	Suite 340, Danforth University Center (#125)
	Office for Religious, Spiritual & Ethical Life	Suite 150, Danforth University Center (#125)
	Office for International Student Engagement	Suite 150, Danforth University Center (#125)
	Spectrum Office: Designs educational programming that supports the LGBTQIA+ community)	Suite 150, Danforth University Center (#125)
	Athletics and Recreation	Sumers Recreation Center (#172)
	Center for Career Engagement	Room 110, Danforth University Center (#125)
	Campus Life	Suite 160, Danforth University Center (#125)
	The Center for Teaching and Learning	Suite 144, Mallinckrodt Center (#150)
	WashU Residential Life	1st Floor, Zetcher House (#331)
	Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation & Entrepreneurship	Skandalaris Center Room 144, Mallinckrodt Center (#150)
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.	Workday Help Desk: Having troubles with your Workday account? Visit the help desk and get your questions answered.	Lobby of Student Technology Service, Gregg House (#306)
2:00 – 4:00 p.m.	Office of Undergraduate Research	Room 306, Cupples II Hall (#123)
2:00 – 4:30 p.m.	Student Financial Services Walk-In Hours: Stop by the Student Financial Services office to ask questions and submit your enrollment deposit.	Room 020, Sumers Welcome Center (#173)

Campus Stores

Time	Activity	Location
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.	Danforth Campus Store	Mallinckrodt Center (#150)
10:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.	Bear Necessities: Visit the not-for-profit gift bookstore operated by the Women’s Society. All proceeds fund the Elizabeth Gray Danforth Scholarship Endowment.	Umrath House (#326)

Please pick up any luggage you brought with you to campus from Millstone Lounge at the southwest corner of the Danforth University Center (#125) by 4:15 p.m.