Panther Welcome Day

Panther Welcome Day is September 1st! First year students this is the day you will meet your mentor, talk to your advisor, learn about financial aid opportunities, pick up PANTHERFEST tickets, and learn about the amazing activites going on during KickOff week! Your meeting with your mentor will include lunch and you will be able to meet your mentor from 10AM-12PM or 12PM-2PM, whichever works best for you! Make sure to check out all the events around the Union, there will be a UrbanSol Concert in Spaights Plaza from noon-2PM, Free giveaways in Library Commons from 2PM-4PM, Happy Hour Comedy Tour at 7PM in the Union Ballroom, and many other amazing opportunities to learn more about UWM, get some free food, and have a great time!

The Moment You’ve All Been Waiting For….

Watch the official PANTHERFEST 2009 commercial below to see the two acts for this year’s PANTHERFEST, UWM’s biggest event of the year!

PANTHERFEST Music Acts Coming Soon…

This year’s PANTHERFEST music acts are going to be phenomenal!  Not only is the event FREE to UWM students/faculty/staff, you’ll get to see two FREE LIVE music performances that were picked by UWM students!

Here’s a sneak peak at this year’s music performers:

“Oversized and overwhelmed
The shine of which has caught my eye”

and

“There’s so much in a name and so much more in you
Few understand the union of woman and man”

Keep checking back right here; at 2p.m. central time we’re announcing the acts for PANTHERFEST’s music performers!

PANTHERFEST Acts!

I know you’ve all been waiting very patiently and we are finally ready to announce this year’s PANTHERFEST acts. We will be making the official announcement right here on the Campus KickOff blog at 2 p.m. central time. See you then!

University Housing Move In Carnival

Residents! Get ready for the annual Move In Carnival, hosted by the Student Housing Administrative Council (SHAC)! The Carnival will be held from noon until 4 PM on Sandburg South Lawn. This event is only open to residents of University Housing, and their guests. Families of residents are also welcome to attend. The event will include free food, music, a rockwall and many other games and activites! Come enjoy a relaxing Sunday, meet new friends and reconnect with old friends after the long summer break.

Meet The Bloggers…

Last night we announced the bloggers for Campus KickOff 2009. We’re exactly a month away from Campus KickOff and we’ve got some amazing students working to keep you up to date on anything and everything related to Campus KickOff. If you haven’t met the bloggers yet, do so by clicking the “Meet the Bloggers” button above.

PANTHERFEST 08 Flashback: Jack’s Mannequin

Yesterday we showed you some unreleased footage of Lupe Fiasco’s performance from last year, now here’s Jack’s Mannequin.

PANTHERFEST 08 Flashback: Lupe

Getting excited for PANTHERFEST? Here’s some unreleased footage from Lupe Fiasco’s performance at last year’s PANTHERFEST…enjoy!

2009 Bloggers

It’s about that time again, Fall is coming up sooner than anyone thought and Campus KickOff is upon us. We’ve got a fantastic team blogging this year’s events including three new additions to the team. We’re keeping them under wraps for now, but check back later in the week to see who will be giving you the most up-to-date and complete coverage of Campus KickOff and PANTHERFEST 2009. We’re always open to feedback, so if there’s anything you’d like to know more about or see us cover, just comment on this post or direct message @campuskickoff on Twitter.

PANTHERFEST Video

Check out the new PANTHERFEST video here:

Stay tuned for more updates on Campus KickOff!