Get to know your Willamette River and enjoy a celebration of history, culture, ecology and recreation! Learn more about the indigenous cultural history in the Willamette Valley and connect to the river by walking, pedaling, or paddling your way around the festival. Enjoy a variety of fun and family friendly interactive games and activities!
Sign-up: None required for festival, but sign-ups ARE REQUIRED FOR the following activities (go to our website to sign up: https://willametteriverfest.org/:
- Race (upriver-downriver, or just downriver)
- Bike tours (upstream art in Springfield, and Talking Stone tours of Native Kalapuya language in Wilamut Natural Area)
- Raft trips down the Willamette River
The annual camping trip extravaganza near Mt. Adams in Washington State is back! It will be five night-long trip, filled with rafting on the White Salmon River, hiking, stargazing, caving, fishing, swimming, soaking in hot-springs, rappelling off a waterfall (if we have the skills!), eating like royalty, viewing the entire Cascade Mountain Range from an old fire lookout, and exploring 2 unnamed waterfalls recently found within miles from our campsite. For the second year in a row, we will also be visiting the ECETI “UFO Ranch” to search for UFOs! Whether you're a returning veteran of the Mt. Adams trip or this is your first time, you won't want to miss once in a lifetime (or once a year) opportunity!
Mandatory Pre-trip: August 11th, 8:00 p.m., Outdoor Program Rental Barn.
Cost: $175 deposit due at pre-trip meeting
The Suicide Prevention Team and the University Counseling Center (UCC) offers this workshop for faculty, staff, and GEs. Partcipant learning objectives are to:
1. Develop skills in identifying and responding to students who may have thoughts of suicide.
2. Develop skills in how to engage students in a conversation about your concern and ways to seek help.
3. Develop knowledge of campus and community resources and how to make an appropriate referral.
If a department would like to schedule a suicide prevention workshop, please submit a request form here.
The Faculty & Staff section of the UCC website includes several additional online resources for helping students in distress.
The Student Suicide Prevention Team also offers a peer-to-peer workshop for students. Request a student workshop here.
If you are thinking about suicide, call the UCC After-Hours Support and Crisis Line at 541-346-3227 or the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK (8255) now. Or text 'OREGON' to 741-741.
Join the Outdoor Program for a day of trips planned for new students! As part of Week of Welcome, all these trips will be FREE!
- Monday - Sep 30, 2019
- Inflatable Kayak on the Willamette River in town
- Bike the river path, and learn about Bike Share
- Hike Spencer's Butte, and see the best view of town anywhere!
SIGN UP AT THE OUTDOOR PROGRAM TABLE AT FLOCK PARTY: Saturday, Sep 28
Join the Outdoor Program for several outings developed specifically for NEW STUDENTS! The trips are low cost and focused on exposing new students to amazing outdoor places in Oregon. PLUS - this is a great way to meet some really fun people and start your year off right!
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Oct 4th, 5th and 6th.
Kayaking, biking, hiking and more!
Sign up at the Outdoor Program Open House, Thursday, October 3, 5:30-7 p.m. (and enjoy free s'mores and hot dogs, too!)
Community art club for Spanish-speaking mothers who want to express their creativity and improve their art skills. Children are invited to come and create their own works of art.
Learn how to get around Eugene by bike and have lots of fun in the process! Intro to Biking in Eugene is a four-session class aiming to teach introductory bike maintenance and navigation around Eugene. Each session will meet at the Bike Program with a short demonstration of how to maintain a main component of a bike, followed by a group ride to a top destination in Eugene using the most comfortable routes and bicycle facilities. By the end of the class, students will be familiar with the best routes through town and will know what to do to keep a bike in working order.
Bring your own bike or we will provide a PeaceHealth Rides bike free of charge!
Dates: Tuesdays October 15, 22, 29, and November 5.
Time: 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Location: UO Bike Program EMU 008
Sign-up: Monday-Friday, noon-5 p.m. at the Outdoor & Bike Program Office, EMU 008 or call 541-346-6092
*You are not signed up until you pay at the Outdoor and Bike Program EMU, Room 008, or the Outdoor Program Rental Barn on 18th and University Street. Hours are M-F, noon-5 p.m.
OP Membership Required: Students are already members! Non-students can purchase an annual year-to-date membership for $25 or pay a $5 day-use fee by coming into one of our above-listed locations. Non-students will also need to purchase a one-time UO Community Member Card from Card Services in the Erb Memorial Union for $10. The card and membership will enable you to access our Rental Barn for outdoor gear, the Do-It-Yourself Bike Workspace, and entry to Outdoor and Bike Program events and Common Adventure trips. Questions? Email opwww@uoregon.edu, call 541-346-4365.
Join Intramural Sports for our Fall Golf Scramble Tournament on Sunday, October 20 at Diamond Woods Golf Course. We will offer student and fac/staff divisions for men's women's, coed. $60 per team. You do not need an IM Membership for this event.
Fee includes 18 holes, practice balls, and lunch at the turn. Great hole prizes!
Register your team on IMLeagues and pay at the SRC Service Center Desk by October 15, at noon.
Questions? Contact Sean Graninger at seangran@uoregon.edu
Free for students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members! The 5k begins at 4:00p.m. starting at Riverfront Field (south side of the Autzen Footbridge). The 1k Kids Fun Run across Autzen Footbridge begins at 3:30p.m. for ages 4-12.
Come watch and participate in the 2019 Homecoming Parade and Feed the Flock Pep Rally!
Register your student group for the parade here: https://oregon.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6usx9dfEngxiPTT
This year we are proud to support the Feed the Flock initiatives including Ducks Feeding Ducks that directly benefit students and access to food resources. Learn more about this amazing program here: https://emu.uoregon.edu/ducks-feeding-ducks
We are bringing back tradition this year and will be bringing the noise! In years past, the homecoming parade was considered a "noise parade". Thanks to the UO Duck Store, we will be handing out noisemakers to parade-goers as well as participants to help bring the noise. We have golf carts reserved on a first-come, first-served basis for student groups who sign up!
Join the Duck Truck, golf cart floats and our amazing UO Band and UO Competitive Dance Team, as we make our way from the EMU Green to 13th and Kincaid. The parade will end at 13th and Kincaid where the 2019 Community Welcome will be under way, and where the Feed the Flock Pep Rally will kick off. There will be activities, food, music, performances and much more.
Best places to watch will be at the EMU Green and along 13th Avenue toward Kincaid Street.
Register your student group for the parade here: https://oregon.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6usx9dfEngxiPTT