INCOMING STUDENTS: IMPORTANT DATES
We can’t wait to welcome our newest Wildcats this fall! Familiarize yourself with all of the key dates before your first week on campus.
Summer Features
COHEN LAWN PROGRESS: VIEW THE TIMELAPSE
The lawn near Norris University Center is getting an upgrade this summer! Watch the new timelapse to see the latest on the Cohen Lawn construction.
LUNCH ON THE LAKE: AUG 13 and 20
Join Norris for lunchtime concerts by the lake to close out the summer. Pre-register to receive a free blanket!
Explore What Northwestern Has to Offer
Seeking Student Pedagogical Partners to Enrich Prison Education
August 17, 2025
Want to support transformative education and gain facilitation experience?
Volunteer as a Student Pedagogical Partner with the Searle Center and Northwestern Prison Education Program. Facilitate monthly seminars, receive training, and help foster deep, reflective learning.
Apply by August 17.
Discover Something New this Fall with Norris Mini Courses!
Registration Opens August 18, 2025
Fall offerings are now posted on the Norris Mini Courses website—take a peek at
what is coming up! Registration opens Monday, August 18 at 8:00 a.m.. Fan favorites like Financial Literacy and Public Speaking are back, alongside exciting new additions such as Introduction to Acting and A Brief History of Liquor & Spirits .
Explore all the options at www.minicourses.northwestern.edu.
Student Affairs Marketing is Hiring for Fall 2025
Student Affairs Marketing (SAM) is seeking creative, talented, and motivated students to help tell and share the stories, events, and resources of Northwestern Student Affairs. SAM has student graphic designers, videographers, photographers, social media coordinators, student feature writers, and more, gaining real work experience in a fun and creative environment.
SAM is currently looking for Graphic Designers and Student Feature Writers. To read more about the job descriptions and apply, visit our Work at Student Affairs Marketing web page.
PawPrint Calendar
Lunch on the Lake 2025
August 13, 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Norris University Center, 1999 Campus Drive
Join us at Norris and relax to the music and lake breezes on the Norris South Lawn. Bring your own lunch or purchase on-...
Ivy+ Dive in with the Deans of Admission at UChicago and Stanford...
August 13, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
For more information, please login to Handshake.
Summer Faculty and Graduate Reading presented by the MFA in Prose...
August 19, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Brothers K Coffeehouse, 500 Main Street
Faculty and creative writing graduates of the MFA in Prose and Poetry and MA in Writing Programs at SPS will read origin...
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