Happy almost Valentine's Day! We hope you all have had a great week so far! We've been swamped with so much homework and midterms studying, and we're particularly looking forward to the start of the weekend right now. Also, thank you all for coming to last week's Open Mic Night-- we had a blast!
Weekends @ Emory is the ultimate guide to fun activities on Emory's campus! We are the University Center Board (UCB), a student organization that is the governing and programming board of Emory Student Center. Our aim is for students to have fun and safe events to go to on weekends. If you are a student organization looking to promote an event through this email, you can send the event title, description and a graphic to esc@emory.edu
Join us in the ESC Commons for a special movie night! Movie will start at 6pm. Feel free to stay the whole time, come late, or leave early! Movie: The Wiz
As part of Black History Month, join JWJI Public Dialogue for panelist presentation on Black-Asian Solidarity.
Panelists include: Keisha Brown, Tennessee State University; Diane Fujino, UC Santa Barbara; Chris Suh, Emory University; LaVita Tuff, Asian American Advancing Justice-Atlanta, and Janelle Wong, University of Maryland.
Sponsored by Bengali Association for Students at Emory
Come join the Bengali Association for Students at Emory for our annual game night on Thursday February 10th. There will be plenty of food and games available so please feel free to come out!
The Anime Club will be hosting a Pre-Valentine's day event! It will be a fan meeting centered around My Girlfriend is a Serial Killer, a live action remastering of the manga Ana Sasujin! Suicide content warning, for anyone sensitive about that kind of material.
Join Emory Arts Club for our first workshop of the Spring semester! We will be providing items for people to make cards, embroidery, and flowers as a Valentine's Celebration. As always, anything you make, you keep!
Sponsored by Office of LGBT life
QDG: Trans-forming Gender 5pm-6pm | AMUC 132
Cost: FREE Open to people who identify as genderqueer, transgender, trans, gender non-conforming, intersex, or gender questioning.
Sponsored by Chinese Undergraduate Student Organization
Social event providing dumpling-making activities and free bubble tea for CUSO general body members!
Hoppip Community Day 11am-5pm| Emory Main & Clairmont Campus Cost: FREE, RSVP here
Community Days are once-a-month events, each featuring a specific Pokémon that appear at a higher rate than other Pokémon over during a specific time frame per timezone. These featured Pokémon are often rare or uncommon spawns, making Community Days a great opportunity to encounter and capture as many as you can! Featured Pokémon evolved to their final evolutions for the hour following these events will learn an exclusive Charged Attack, unavailable outside Community Day events.
Sponsored by Pokémon GO Emory
PB&J Packing Event 12pm-1:30pm| Emory Student Center, Multipurpose Room 3 Cost: FREE, RSVP here
We are packing sandwiches and delivering them with handmade cards to the homeless population. Please keep in mind that there are limited spots for delivery, so we will use a lottery-based system to decide who can attend. If you want to deliver, please fill out this form by Thursday, 2/10: https://forms.gle/LqGTfMckyXLtrKDs9
Sponsored by Project Downtown Atlanta
Sponsored by Dooley After Dark
Dooley After Dark: Food Truck Fest 7pm-8pm| McDonough Field, Clairmont, and Woody's Cost: FREE
Come join us for an array of food trucks to satisfy your taste buds. Food Truck Fest will be every Saturday and FREE for ALL Emory students. Food Trucks will be on campus until 10pm or serving amount limit is reached. Please see the flyer or the information below to see what food trucks will be available and their locations.
Sponsored by Spiritual and Religious Life
Beloved Community 11am-1pm | Cannon Chapel Cost: FREE Preachers include Emory chaplains, interns, faculty, staff, affiliates, and special community guests. Services take place in Cannon Chapel at 11:00 a.m., with lunch following at 12:00 p.m.
Sponsored by Dooley After Dark
Dooley After Dark: Super Bowl Watch Party 6:30pm-10:30pm | ESC Rec Lounge (Floor 2 of ESC South) Cost: FREE Come join us for food, football, and fun! We will be showing Super Bowl LVI featuring the Cincinnati Bengals versus the Los Angeles Rams at 6:30pm. Free food will be served along with fun giveaways! We hope to see you there!
Sponsored by Emory Climate Organization
Valentine's and Climate Chalking 4pm-5pm | Cox Hall Computing Lab, Classroom A Cost: FREE Come chalk with ECO! We'll be celebrating Valentine's by chalking about how much we love the Earth. We'll be meeting in Cox Hall Classroom to chat, give ideas, and distribute chalk!
Sponsored by Zuri African Dance Troupe
Zuri Spring 2020 Auditions Feb 12 @ 1pm, Feb 13 @ 12pm | SAAC 211 Cost: FREE Come try out for Emory's one and only African dance team this weekend. No experience necessary! We simply teach dance and once you feel comfortable we record your performance in groups. After tryouts, we rewatch the performances and release decisions within the following week. We are also looking for freshman and sophomore representatives, so underclassmen are encouraged to attend!
Spoons Assassins Feb 15 | Campus-wide event Cost: FREE Join Spoons Assassins, a game where friendships are tested and tables are turned, but where memories are made! Sign up by this Friday. Battle for the top 2 spots in your residence hall and then campus by “assassinating” other students to take their spoons. Sign up at your own risk…may the best hall win!
Sponsored by Emory Residence Hall Association
Don't see your event? Post your event on the Hub! Want your weekend event promoted with us? Let us know by noon on the Tuesday before your event by emailing us here.
