Are you looking for exciting things to do on campus? Well, you’re in luck, because student organizations are back in full swing and a large number of undergraduate events are teed up for early October. Let’s run down all the major events happening on campus over the week of October 4 to October 11.
Every day of the week Stevens Serves co-hosts community service events with the Undergraduate Student Life office to volunteer at the Hoboken shelter. There are breakfast, lunch and dinner shifts you can schedule yourself for. Next week from Monday to Thursday, you can also volunteer through Stevens Serves at the Lunchtime Ministry at St. Matthew Trinity Church in Hoboken.
On Friday, October 4, Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) is hosting a first year support group where students can speak openly about their experiences with a CAPS counselor. The Stevens Climbing and Mountaineering Club (CAM) has revived their rocking climbing trips and this week they are going to Method Climbing Gym in Newark. Climbers of all levels are welcome and more information about the costs, waivers, and RSVP details can be found on Ducklink. If you can’t make it this Friday, CAM will be going to Gravity Vault in Hoboken on October 7 and back to Method next Friday, October 11. Additionally, The Stevens Christian Fellowship is hosting a Fellowship Dinner and a Game Night, and Hillel is hosting a Rosh Hashanah Shabbat. SITTV is showing the recently released thriller movie Twister at 6 p.m., Undergraduate Student Life is hosting a Casino Night at 6:30 p.m., Stevens A Capella is hosting a Karaoke Night at 7 p.m., Theta Phi Alpha is holding a Crepe Night fundraiser starting at 8:00 p.m., the Anime Club is showing “Matriculation” starting at 9:15 p.m..
If you’re not exhausted from all the events on Friday, on Saturday Undergraduate Student Life is hosting an Arts and Crafts Workshop from 2-3 p.m. and the Audio Engineering Club is holding their first open mic of the school year. Go support fellow students and enjoy free food and music at the Autumn open mic.
On Sunday, the SIT Historical Society is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month from 12-3 p.m., welcoming back the first Stevens-Latina graduate and enjoying free tacos and nachos. There will also be a Giants vs Seahawks watch party with food starting at 4:30 p.m. for the loyal New Jersey football team fans.
This weekend, the Entertainment Committee (EC) is going to Hershey Park and is seeing Gracie Abrams in concert. Although signups for these events have passed, the next EC events will be Travis Scott on October 9 and the Jets vs Bills on October 14. Be sure to look out for the signups on Tuesday, October 8 at 10p.m..
On Monday, October 7, Alpha Phi Omega is hosting a bake sale to spread awareness about breast cancer since October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This bake sale will run Tuesday and Wednesday as well. The Office of Student Culture and Belonging is hosting a Lavender Link-Up for the LGBTQ+ community at Stevens to socialize and network, while Torch Alliance is doing TRANSit: Gender and Donuts, a community hangout for transgender and nonbinary students.
On Tuesday, Sigma Psi Zeta is hosting its fourth annual fundraising thrift store to raise funds for Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and Sigma Phi Epsilon is doing a bake sale for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Stute is collaborating with SAVE and Art Installations Club to hold a newspaper art night. Attend to reuse newspapers in a creative way and take some art home with you.
On Wednesday, check out the Hoboken Public Library’s (HPL) BookBike outside the library to get your HPL library card and learn how to design patterns with Redshift.
On Thursday, the Office of Student Support is holding their Strive to Thrive event on Palmer lawn with community wellness resources and free depression screenings. CAPS will also be hosting their LGBTQIA+ support group.
Finally, on Friday, October 11, the Office of Student Culture and Belonging is hosting National Coming Out Day as well as the Ducks Barbershop where you can get a free haircut with professionals who specialize in serving Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) clients.
These aren’t all the events! Check out DuckLink to see a full list of all that’s happening on campus and to get more information on dates, times, locations, and contact information for the events listed.
