Family Weekend 2009

Family Weekend Highlights!

The list below is not an exhaustive list of activities for Family Weekend - just a snapshot of the weekend's events!

Chancellor's Challenge 5K Run/Walk for Scholars: $15 Non-Students/$10 Students. Help raise money for UC San Diego student scholarship and take a refreshing run or walk through the UCSD campus!

Listen to renowned faculty lecture on their topic of expertise

Shabbat Service & Dinner: FREE at the International Center. Join Hillel at UCSD for a weekly, vibrant Shabbat experience. Choose from one of three services beginning at 6:30 pm, with dinner served at 8:00 pm. Feel free to come to either services or dinner, or come for the whole evening. RSVP will be part of Family Weekend registration. For questions regarding services or dinner, contact Keri Copans, UCSD Hillel, kcopans@hillelsd.org.

Family Comedy Night at The Loft: Extra per person to be determined. Enjoy a delicious dinner from Zanzibar and the comedy greatness of The Perfect Pair at the newest performance space on-campus.

Saturday, October 24

Welcome with Chancellor Fox

College Connections: Spend time reconnecting with your student, College-based staff and faculty

Lunch in the Campus Dining Halls

Gather information at the Student Health Center

Visit the Birch Aquarium, Calit2, the Climbing Center

Take family photos at the Dr. Seuss statue, the Sun God, and the Triton statue

Soirée for Music Lovers, 8:00 pm: FREE Tickets to the first 200 registrants for Family Weekend provided by the Department of Music. UC San Diego violinist János Négyesy directs his popular Soirée for Music Lovers, which celebrated its 20th anniversary last year. The concert features classical music from the 18th and 19th centuries, performed by Négyesy and his talented young proteges from Department of Music. Négyesy, now in his 30th year at UCSD, is a world-renowned musician who has recorded and performed pieces by prominent composers including John Cage, Morton Feldman, Vinko Globokar, and Pulitzer Prize-winner Roger Reynolds (another UCSD music faculty member). This will be the first Soirée performed in the Department of Music's new 400-seat Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, which is regarded is one of the best small halls in the world.

Workout at RIMAC

Go to a La Jolla Playhouse performance! Call the La Jolla Playhouse Box Office at 858/550-1010 or visit The La Jolla Playhouse Web site  to purchase tickets. Mention the UCSD Family Weekend or enter UCSD1070 at check out to receive a special 20% discount.

Sunday, October 25

Green Eggs and Ham Brunch at the Faculty Club hosted by Parent & Family Giving.

Emerson String Quartet Performance, ArtPower! Event:$60 Regular Admission/$10 Students, Conrad Prebys Music Center. The Emerson String Quartet stands alone in the history of string quartets with an unparalleled list of achievements including eight Grammy Awards, three Gramophone Awards, and the coveted Avery Fisher Prize. ArtPower! is thrilled to bring them back to San Diego to inaugurate the 2009-10 Chamber Series in the new concert hall. Eugene Drucker, violin; Philip Setzer, violin; Lawrence Dutton, viola; David Finckel, cello.