Make your
hotel reservations
early!
 

Check-In
Marine Science Building Courtyard.
Check in, sign up for tours, and pick-up your complete registration materials, maps, pre-purchased event tickets, t-shirts, and sweatshirts.

All day

Attend UCSB Classes with your Gaucho

9:00AM and 11:00AM

Campus Tours
Meet at the Marine Science Building.
Walk with a current student or UCSB alumnus on an hour-long campus tour. Stops include our largest lecture hall, the library, a residence hall, and the University Center.

9:30AM – 10:00AM

Dance and Dramatic Arts Tour
Leave from the Old Gym, room 101B.
Tour the UCSB performing arts facilities and learn more about majoring in Dance or Dramatic Art.

10:00AM, 11:00AM, 12:00PM, 1:00PM, 2:00PM and 3:00PM

Touch Tank Tours — Oceans Alive at the REEF (Research Experience and Education Facility) **
Meet at the Marine Science Building to walk down to Campus Point.
The new MSI Research Experience & Education Facility invites you for a "hands-on" introduction to temperate reef ecology and research. Experience over 100 different species of marine plants and animals. Tours are limited to 20 people. Sign up is required at check-in.

10:00AM, 11:00AM and 1:00PM

Tour of Recreation Center and the new MAC
Meet at Front Desk of Rec Cen.
Boasting two swimming pools, two gymnasia, two weight rooms, two squash courts and five raquetball courts the Rec Cen is one of the most popular spots on campus. Located immediately behind the pre-existing Rec Cen, is the brand new MAC, which offers students a multi-activity court — for indoor hockey, soccer or lacrosse — as well as a 7,000-square foot weight room, aerobic studio, pottery kiln and climbing wall.

11:00AM and 3:00PM

Campus Architecture Tour **
Leave from the Marine Science Building.
Join Jack Wolever, UCSB's Director of Design and Construction for a walking tour of new campus architecture. Tour limited to 25 people. Must sign up at Check-In.

11:00AM and 3:00PM

Davidson Library Tours
Meet at the Reference/Information Desk inside the main entrance.
Our distinguished research library is more than just books! Join us for a half hour tour to learn about our resources and the many classes and services the library offers.

1:00PM – 3:00PM

Climbing Center **
Recreation Center
Up to 20 climbers can climb the tallest indoor imprint climbing wall on the West Coast. UCSB's 30-foot imprint rock wall differs from regular rock walls in that climbers use attachable handles and footholds to scale it. Equipment and training are provided for $15/20 each (UCSB Student/Non-Student). There is no age limit to climb, however it is requested that children under the age of 15 be accompanied by an adult. Visit www.recreation.ucsb.edu for more information. Must sign up at check-in.

1:00PM
Faculty Presentation

Graduating in Four Years – by Dean Al Wyner
Marine Science Building – 3rd Floor Conference Room
Join Al Wyner, Dean of Undergraduate Studies, as he discusses ways to help students complete their undergraduate studies at UCSB in a timely manner.

1:00PM
Faculty Presentation

Geography of Surfing – Professor Stuart Sweeney
Marine Science Building – Auditorium
A course in UCSB's Department of Geography — possibly the first of its type in the U.S. — is making waves among undergraduates. Listen as Professor Stuart Sweeney provides an integrated view of regional, human, and physical geography through the lens of surfing. For more information, visit the web site www.geog.ucsb.edu/~sweeney/g20/g20.htm.

2:00PM

University Art Museum Tour
Located on campus between Storke Tower and UCen.
Enjoy a tour of the UAM. It has a distinguished Fine Art Collection of over 8,500 works and over 750,000 architectural drawings, historic photographs, writings, scrapbooks, and three-dimensional objects in the Architecture and Design Collection. Take our 2:00PM tour or visit anytime Wednesday – Sunday 12:00PM – 5:00PM. Information: (805) 893-7564, http://www.uam.ucsb.edu/. Free admission, no reservations required. Exhibits during PFW:

• High Society: Psychedelic Dance Concert Posters 1965-1971
  "High Society" showcases more than 125 colorful, highly graphic, vintage concert and dance posters from the 1960s, featuring such legendary bands and performers as the Grateful Dead, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin.
   
• The Black Panthers 1968
  A photographic essay by Ruth-Marion Baruch and Pirkle Jones, who for over 40 years chronicled the people, politics, and landscape of Northern California—and in the process captured the most important American social movements of the second half of the 20th century.

Panel 2:00PM
Tour 3:00PM

College of Engineering Panel/Tour
Materials Research Lab Room 2053
Dean Matthew Tirrell will welcome parents for a presentation about life in the engineering program. A panel of students will answer questions about life as engineering students at UCSB. A tour of the college and the new Engineering Science Building will follow.

2:00PM
Information Session

UCSB Sedgwick Reserve – Michael Williams
Marine Science Building – 3rd Floor Conference Room
Learn about the Sedgwick Reserve, one of seven natural reserves administered through the Natural Reserve System under UCSB's Marine Science Institute. Reserve Director Michael Williams will discuss ongoing research studies, projects in the arts and humanities, innovative K-12 outreach programs, and future plans for the 5,890-acre natural area located in the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley.

2:00PM
Information Session

A Time to Explore: Internship Opportunities
Marine Science Building – 2nd Floor Conference Room
Discover some of the exciting internship options available to UCSB students in Santa Barbara, California, Washington D.C. and overseas. Hear from a UCDC peer about their experience interning in Washington D.C.

2:00PM and 3:00PM

Tour of New Intercollegiate Athletic Building **
Meet at new Intercollegiate Athetic Building
Come tour this brand new building that houses our ICA program. This new building brings our campus teams together, and also provide a training room, a weight room, an auditorium and an academic resource room for our student athletes. 30 ppl per tour. Must sign up at check-in.

3:00PM
Faculty Presentation

Thinking Out of the Box: Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities – Dean Al Wyner
Marine Science Building – 3rd Floor Conference Room
Al Wyner, Dean of Undergraduate Studies, will explain the critical role that research and creative activities can play in enhancing your student's undergraduate university experience. Learn about campus resources designed to encourage student-initiated research. Enjoy student presentations of their current research projects.

4:00PM
Faculty Presentation

UCSB: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow – Executive Vice Chancellor Gene Lucas
Marine Science Building – Auditorium
As a former undergraduate of UCSB, a Professor, and now Executive Vice Chancellor, Gene Lucas will share his impressions of the history of UCSB, its status as a top tier research university today, and where he thinks it is heading in the next fifteen years.

Reception 5:00PM
Service 6:00PM
Dinner 7:30PM

Reception and Shabbat Dinner at UCSB Hillel
781 Embarcadero Del Mar
Come by for hors d'oeuvres and relaxed conversation with other Jewish parents, members of the Hillel staff and community board. We hope you will come with your son or daughter to experience our unique, warm and enjoyable services and then stay for dinner! RSVP (805) 968-1280 to join us for dinner (kosher).

6:00PM – 8:00PM

Black Faculty & Staff Mixer
Location TBA
This event is an opportunity for all students and visiting families to converse with UCSB Black faculty and staff members. Light refreshments will be served. All students, staff, faculty, and community members are welcome! Please RSVP (805) 893-4292 or EOP-AACS@sa.ucsb.edu.

6:00PM

The Faculty Club Buffet
The Faculty Club
The Faculty Club presents a fun, family style buffet for Parents' and Family Weekend. Join in on the home-style meal and mingle with fellow Gaucho families. Limited seating. Reservations are required – (805) 893-3096, $13 per person, $6.50 for children under 10.

7:00PM

Women's Volleyball: UCSB vs. Riverside
Events Center (Thunderdome)
Tickets are $7 for adults (UCSB students are free with valid campus I.D.), $5 for Seniors (55 and up) and $3 for children (13 and under.) Call (805) 893-8272 or visit www.ucsbgauchos.collegesports.com for more information.

8:00PM
No late seating

bobrauschenbergamerica – A play by Charles L. Mee, directed by UCSB faculty member Tom Whitaker
Performing Arts Theatre
Theatre UCSB opens its season of drama and dance with Charles L. Mee's play, bobrauschenbergamerica, in the Performing Arts Theatre: Dawn breaks in a small American town. Mom gets the paper off of the porch and talks about some memories of her son, Bob. A trucker muses on the start of the day. Then, among other things, lovers argue over relationships and sex, picnickers discuss the origin of astronomy, and a derelict man stages his sensationalist screenplay. bobrauschenbergamerica is a kaleidoscopic rumination on the idea of America as well as a study of art and artifice in everyday life. Tickets are $17.00 for general admission and $13.00 for students and seniors. Tickets will be available at the UCSB Arts & Lectures Ticket Office starting September 10, 2005. To purchase tickets visit www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu or call (805) 893-3535.

8:00AM – 5:30PM

UCSB Bookstore
Located at the UCen
http://www.bookstore.ucsb.edu/

6:30AM – 10:00PM

UCSB Recreation Center
Free admission with Parents' and Family Weekend name badge and photo i.d. Locker facilities available. Bring your own lock. NOTE: No children under 18 on Friday. Saturday and Sunday okay. Information: http://www.par.ucsb.edu.

Check-In
Cheadle Plaza
If you did not already do so on Friday, you may Check in, sign up for tours, and pick-up your complete registration materials, maps, pre-purchased event tickets, t-shirts, and sweatshirts.

9:00AM – 10:00AM

Chancellor's Breakfast
Cheadle Plaza
Enjoy a complimentary continental breakfast hosted by Chancellor Henry and Mrs. Dilling Yang. Afterwards, guides will be on hand to walk you to the Marine Science Building. Shuttles will also be available.

9:00AM – 10:00AM

Campus Tours from a Black Student's perspective
Cheadle Plaza – Check-In table
Take this opportunity to learn about the UCSB campus from a Black student's perspective. This one hour walking tour will highlight campus departments and buildings including the Black Studies Department, Educational Opportunity Program, and the history of Black students on UCSB's campus.

10:00AM – 2:00PM

Oceans Alive!
Marine Science Building – various locations
Come get an "ocean view of the world" at UCSB. Help us Celebrate the opening of UCSB's Interdisplinary Marine Science Building. Anything and everything having to do with Oceans will be showcased:

• Environmental Films Festival
• Department Exhibition Fair (meet faculty and students from various majors and disciplines offered at UCSB)
• Environmental Art Showcase
• Guided Lab Tours
• Diving Club, Scuba Club, Sailing Club
• Mobile Touch Tanks
• Education and Outreach Programs
• Much, much more!
  

10:00AM, 11:00AM, 12:00PM, 1:00PM, 2:00PM and 3:00PM

Touch Tank Tours — Oceans Alive at the REEF (Research Experience and Education Facility) **
Meet at the Marine Science Building to walk down to Campus Point.
The new MSI Research Experience & Education Facility invites you for a "hands-on" introduction to temperate reef ecology and research. Experience over 100 different species of marine plants and animals. Tours are limited to 20 people. Sign up is required at check-in.

10:00AM – 12:00PM

Climbing Center **
Recreation Center
Up to 20 climbers can climb the tallest indoor imprint climbing wall on the West Coast. UCSB's 30-foot imprint rock wall differs from regular rock walls in that climbers use attachable handles and footholds to scale it. Equipment and training are provided for $15/20 each (UCSB Student/Non-Student). There is no age limit to climb, however it is requested that children under the age of 15 be accompanied by an adult. Visit www.recreation.ucsb.edu for more information. Must sign up at check-in.

10:00AM, 11:00AM and 12:00PM

Tour of Recreation Center and the new MAC
Meet at Front Desk of Rec Cen.
Boasting two swimming pools, two gymnasia, two weight rooms, two squash courts and five raquetball courts the Rec Cen is one of the most popular spots on campus. Located immediately behind the pre-existing Rec Cen, is the brand new MAC, which offers students a multi-activity court – for indoor hockey, soccer or lacrosse – as well as a 7,000-square foot weight room, aerobic studio, pottery kiln and climbing wall.

10:00AM

Men's Swimming: UCSB vs. UC San Diego)
Campus Pool
Free admission.

10:15AM and 11:15AM

Undergraduate Research Adventures
Marine Science Building – 3rd Floor Conference Room
UCSB Science faculty, graduate student and undergraduate student groups will share some of their experiences in such extreme locations as Antarctica.

10:15AM
Faculty Presentation

"The Future of Food and Farming: Genetically Engineered & Industrial, Small-Scale & Organic" – by Professor David Cleveland
Location TBA
Listen as David Cleveland, Associate Professor in Anthropology and Environmental Science, connects organic farming to world climate and food issues. His lecture will be followed by a tour of his 5-acre organic garden on campus where he teaches small-scale food production.

10:15AM
Faculty Presentation

"A Day in the Life of a UCSB Student—A Faculty Perspective" – by Paula Yurkanis Bruice
Marine Science - 2nd Floor Conference Room
Dr. Bruice, Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, joined the faculty in 1972. From 1995-2004, she was the University's Health Professions Advisor. She is the author of a textbook "Organic Chemistry" that is used in many universities throughout the world. Having had three children graduate from UCSB, Dr. Bruice will provide parents with advice and insight into life at UCSB.

10:30AM, 11:30AM and 12:30PM

Campus Architecture Tour **
Leave from the Marine Science Building.
Join Jack Wolever, UCSB's Director of Design and Construction for a walking tour of new campus architecture. Tour limited to 25 people. Must sign up at Check-In.

11:15AM
Faculty Presentation

"A Brief History of UCSB and Her Alumni" – by Peter Steiner
Marine Science Building - 2nd Floor Conference Room
Utilizing a unique style of audience participation, Dr Steiner, Executive Director Emeritus, UCSB Alumni Association, will present interesting historical facts about UCSB and certain notable UCSB Alumni.

11:15AM
Faculty Presentation

"Faculty in Residence—Enhancing Student Life at Manzanita Village" – by Professor Apostolos Athanassakis
Location TBA
An integral part of the Classics Department for over thirty-five years, Professor Apostolos Athanassakis is UCSB's first Faculty Resident Learning Director for Manzanita Village, a position to which he has a heartfelt commitment. As Faculty Resident, Professor Athanassakis lives in the dormitory complex of approximately 800 students and assists in the development of UCSB's living/learning community. Listen as Professor Athanassakis discusses what he has discovered living with the students and explores ideas of how to support and enhance their university experience. An open house will follow the lecture from 1-4 p.m. at Manzanita.

12:00PM – 2:00PM

Black Family Weekend Barbeque
Educational Opportunity Program Front Lawn
Join us for delicious food celebrating the rich culture of the Black community. This is a great chance to meet Black faculty, staff, and Santa Barbara community members in a fun and festive setting. We look forward to seeing you there! Please RSVP (805) 893-4292 or EOP-AACS@sa.ucsb.edu.

12:15PM

"Helping Your Student Choose a Career" – by Career Advisor, Lily Maestas
Marine Science Building - Auditorium
Lily Maestas, career advisor in Counseling and Career Services and co-author of Unlimited Options: Career Strategies to Last a Lifetime and workbook, Get Clear on Your Career, will discuss how parents can be informative and positive influence on students' career choices.

12:15PM

Walking Tour of Hidden Treasures in Isla Vista
Meet at the front door of Embarcadero Hall in Isla Vista
Come learn about the history of Isla Vista or some of its hidden secrets as a UCSB Alum takes you on a 2-hour journey through UCSB's next-door neighbor and one of the nation's most unique college towns.

1:00PM

Coal Oil Point Reserve Tour **
Meet in Cliff House parking lot
Located adjacent to the Santa Barbara campus, the Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve protects a wide variety of coastal and estuarine habitats and is one of the best remaining examples of a coastal-strand environment in Southern California. In this guided one hour tour, naturalists will talk about how the reserve is used by researchers and students of the university and show some of the ongoing preservation programs such as restoration of coastal habitats and the protection of the Snowy Plover. Visit www.coaloilpoint.ucnrs.org for directions and more information about the reserve. Tour limited to 25 people. Must sign up for tour at check-in.

1:00PM

Men's Water Polo: UCSB vs. University of Pacific
Campus Pool
Free admission.

1:00PM – 3:00PM

Manzanita Village Open House
DeAnza Resource Center, Room 1014
Manzanita Village residents and their families are invited to meet with Professor Apostolos Athanassakis, the Faculty Resident Learning Director. Light refreshments will be served.

1:15PM

College of Creative Studies
Meet at the Old Little Theater
Dean Bruce Tiffney will speak about the College of Creative Studies (CCS) Program and prominent alumni will speak about their experience at CCS. There will be a reception in the CCS Art Gallery following the power point presentation.

2:00PM

University Art Museum Tour
Located on campus between Storke Tower and UCen.
Enjoy a tour of the UAM. It has a distinguished Fine Art Collection of over 8,500 works and over 750,000 architectural drawings, historic photographs, writings, scrapbooks, and three-dimensional objects in the Architecture and Design Collection. Take our 2:00PM tour or visit anytime Wednesday – Sunday 12:00PM – 5:00PM. Information: (805) 893-7564, http://www.uam.ucsb.edu/. Free admission, no reservations required. Exhibits during PFW:

• High Society: Psychedelic Dance Concert Posters 1965-1971
  "High Society" showcases more than 125 colorful, highly graphic, vintage concert and dance posters from the 1960s, featuring such legendary bands and performers as the Grateful Dead, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin.
   
• The Black Panthers 1968
  A photographic essay by Ruth-Marion Baruch and Pirkle Jones, who for over 40 years chronicled the people, politics, and landscape of Northern California—and in the process captured the most important American social movements of the second half of the 20th century.

3:00PM – 5:00PM

Condor Express Parents' and Family Weekend Coastal Cruise **
Sea Landing at Santa Barbara Harbor
You've seen UCSB from land, now come and see it from the Pacific Ocean! Check out the UCSB campus, Isla Vista, and downtown Santa Barbara on this spectacular two-hour cruise of the beautiful Santa Barbara coastline. UCSB undergraduate and graduate students from the Marine Science Institute will be on hand to assist with the tour. $25.00 per person. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. Call (805) 882-0088 or (888) 77-WHALE. For directions visit http://www.condorcruises.com.

4:00PM – 7:00PM

Student Talent Showcase
Isla Vista Theater I
$3 general admission, $2 students. Come by for an incredible evening of entertainment performed by UCSB students as they showcase their talents in a variety of art forms that include spoken word poetry, hip-hop dancing, sultry singing and the historical art form of stepping. This will truly be an event you do not want to miss! Join us immediately after the show for hors d'oeuvres, beverages and a chance to mingle with the Black community of UCSB and the city of Santa Barbara in a relaxed comfortable atmosphere. Don't miss the PRIZES & GIVEAWAYS! Support our holiday food drive by bringing a non-perishable food item and get $1 off admission!

7:00PM

Women's Volleyball: UCSB vs. Cal State Fullerton
Events Center (Thunderdome)
Tickets are $7 for adults (UCSB students are free with valid campus I.D.), $5 for Seniors (55 and up) and $3 for children (13 & under.) Call (805) 893-8272 or visit www.ucsbgauchos.collegesports.com for more information.

8:00PM

Alexander McCall Smith
Campbell Hall
Enjoy an evening with delightful writer Alexander McCall Smith, the author of the internationally bestselling The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series — with over 4 million copies in print in the U.S. alone — and his new The Sunday Philosophy Club series, which The New York Times hails as "sure to be a second hit franchise." McCall Smith, a professor of medical law born in what is now Zimbabwe and currently living in Scotland, is the author of over 50 titles, ranging from children's books to academic texts. General admission $25; UCSB Students $12; VIP seat and buffet dinner with Mr. Smith $100. No discount on dinner portion of tickets. Tickets will be available starting September 10, 2005. For tickets visit www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu or call (805) 893-3535.

8:00PM

Astronomy Night
UCSB Sedgwick Reserve, Santa Ynez Valley

8:00PM
No late seating

bobrauschenbergamerica – A play by Charles L. Mee, directed by UCSB faculty member Tom Whitaker
Performing Arts Theatre
Theatre UCSB opens its season of drama and dance with Charles L. Mee's play, bobrauschenbergamerica, in the Performing Arts Theatre: Dawn breaks in a small American town. Mom gets the paper off of the porch and talks about some memories of her son, Bob. A trucker muses on the start of the day. Then, among other things, lovers argue over relationships and sex, picnickers discuss the origin of astronomy, and a derelict man stages his sensationalist screenplay. bobrauschenbergamerica is a kaleidoscopic rumination on the idea of America as well as a study of art and artifice in everyday life. Tickets are $17.00 for general admission and $13.00 for students and seniors. Tickets will be available at the UCSB Arts & Lectures Ticket Office starting September 10, 2005. To purchase tickets visit www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu or call (805) 893-3535.

Sat 10:00AM – 5:00PM

UCSB Bookstore
Located at the UCen
http://www.bookstore.ucsb.edu/

8:00AM – 10:00PM

UCSB Recreation Center
Free admission with Parents' and Family Weekend name badge and photo i.d. Locker facilities available. Bring your own lock. NOTE: No children under 18 on Friday. Saturday and Sunday okay. Information: http://www.par.ucsb.edu.

8:00AM – 10:00AM

Black Family Sunday Breakfast
MultiCultural Center Lounge
Celebrate a successful weekend by stopping by the MCC before you head back home and enjoy a complimentary continental breakfast provided by African American Cultural Services. RSVP (805) 893-4292 or EOP-AACS@sa.ucsb.edu.

9:30AM – 11:00AM

Bagel Brunch with Hillel Leaders and Distinguished Jewish UCSB Faculty Members at UCSB Hillel
781 Embarcadero Del Mar
A panel of distinguished Jewish UCSB professors will offer their observations on Jewish life at UC Santa Barbara. Bagels, lox, coffee and orange juice provided. RSVP (805) 968-1280.

11:30AM

Sedgwick Reserve Tour
Santa Ynez Valley
The Sedgwick Reserve is one of seven natural reserves administered through the Natural Reserve System under UCSB's Marine Science Institute. Reserve Director Michael Williams and docents will guide you through the ongoing research studies at the 5,890-acre natural area located in the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley.

12:00PM – 2:00PM

Condor Express Parents' and Family Weekend Coastal Cruise **
Sea Landing at Santa Barbara Harbor
You've seen UCSB from land, now come and see it from the Pacific Ocean! Check out the UCSB campus, Isla Vista, and downtown Santa Barbara on this spectacular two-hour cruise of the beautiful Santa Barbara coastline. UCSB undergraduate and graduate students from the Marine Science Institute will be on hand to assist with the tour. $25.00 per person. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. Call (805) 882-0088 or (888) 77-WHALE. For directions visit http://www.condorcruises.com.

1:00PM

Men's Water Polo: UCSB vs. Cal
Campus Pool
Free admission.

2:00PM

Women's Basketball: UCSB vs. Cal State Bakersfield – Exhibition Game
Events Center (Thunderdome)
Tickets are $12 for adults (UCSB students are free with valid campus I.D.), $8 for Seniors (55 and up) and $6 for children (13 & under.) Call (805) 893-8272 or visit www.ucsbgauchos.collegesports.com for more information.

2:00PM and 8:00PM
No late seating

bobrauschenbergamerica – A play by Charles L. Mee, directed by UCSB faculty member Tom Whitaker
Performing Arts Theatre
Theatre UCSB opens its season of drama and dance with Charles L. Mee's play, bobrauschenbergamerica, in the Performing Arts Theatre: Dawn breaks in a small American town. Mom gets the paper off of the porch and talks about some memories of her son, Bob. A trucker muses on the start of the day. Then, among other things, lovers argue over relationships and sex, picnickers discuss the origin of astronomy, and a derelict man stages his sensationalist screenplay. bobrauschenbergamerica is a kaleidoscopic rumination on the idea of America as well as a study of art and artifice in everyday life. Tickets are $17.00 for general admission and $13.00 for students and seniors. Tickets will be available at the UCSB Arts & Lectures Ticket Office starting September 10, 2005. To purchase tickets visit www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu or call (805) 893-3535.

Closed on Sunday

UCSB Bookstore

9:00AM – 11:00PM

UCSB Recreation Center
Free admission with Parents' and Family Weekend name badge and photo i.d. Locker facilities available. Bring your own lock. NOTE: No children under 18 on Friday. Saturday and Sunday okay. Information: http://www.par.ucsb.edu.