Meet the student leaders who welcome incoming students to campus each fall during O-Week, one of our most cherished traditions.
What is O-Week Sneak Peek?
This location now has double the sessions as last year, still housing the Opening Session and now the School of Study Owl Meet & Greet.
What is Reckling Park?
Student Life
What is.....
Guide to Living on Campus, Residential Colleges: A Hub for Community & Support, Connecting with Owls: Social Life at Rice, O-Week Sneak Peek, All Things Rice, Getting to Know Us: Campus & Culture Tour, Residential College Tents
This is the number of different bus tours offered at Owl Days 2024
What is 2?
Lunch for Families & Guests
What is 12 PM?
This family-focused session will provide advice and share tips on how families can support and help their student transition to college.
What is How to Support Your Owl?
Thank god no new floors are being put in this year so the Rice Fair can be housed in this location.
What is Autry Court (Tudor Fieldhouse)?
Academics
What is......
School of Study Owl Meet & Greet, Preparing for Academic Success, Classroom Sampler 1-4, School of Study Tour, All Things Rice
This is the number of different walking tours offered at Owl Days 2024.
What is 8?
Classroom Sampler Part 4
What is 3 PM?
Faculty from the Business, Engineering, and Humanities schools will present a glimpse of what a classroom experience is like at Rice.
What is Classroom Sampler Part 3?
This is what takes places in the grassy area between McMurtry College and Lovett North Lot.
What is the North Residential College Tent?
Family
What is....
How to Support Your Owl, Explore Houston Bus Tour, Rice Neighborhood Shuttle Tour
Walking tours leave from this centrally located campus hangout spot.
What is Brochstein Pavilion?
Preparing for Academic Success
What is 11 AM?
Explore the Gibbs Recreation Center! Learn about our well-being services and check out the various facilities, such as squash courts, weight room, dance studios and more.
What is Owl Health & Wellness?
This is the only location used to host sessions at all of the timeslots with multiple offerings: 11 AM, 2 PM, and 3 PM.
What is McMurtry Auditorium in Duncan Hall?
Services & Supports
What is....
Educate, Connect, & Empower: Achieving Your Career Goals, Voices of Diversity: Navigating Success and Belonging at Rice, Financial Aid 1:1
This building is the departure point for bus tours at Owl Days 2024.
What is the Brockman Hall for Opera?
All Things Rice: Student Groups, Academics, & Services Fair
What is 1-3 PM?
Join us as we bring together a panel of student leaders to share their unique perspectives and experiences as they empower students to embrace and cultivate a sense of community at Rice.
What is Voices of Diversity: Navigating Success and Belonging at Rice?
Students will gather for lunch in these 2 locations.
What are the Engineering Quad and the Grove?
Access
What is...
A Powerfully Inclusive Community, Voices of Diversity: Navigating Success and Belonging at Rice
This staff member is getting her Owl Days debut by leading check in for the General walking tour.
Who is Nicole Switzer, business manager extraordinaire?
School of Study Tour: Humanities
What is 2 PM and 3 PM?