Clyde's Kickoff
Clyde's Kickoff 2024
Leap into your educational experience at UCCS with Clyde’s Kickoff, our New Student Welcome Week!
About Clyde's Kickoff
Taking place the week before fall classes begin, Clyde’s Kickoff is seven days of programming dedicated solely to first-year students, including incoming freshmen, international students, transfer students, and graduate students.
We’ll introduce you to our vibrant campus community, various campus resources, other new students, and the incredible opportunities we have here at UCCS.
Monday, August 19
7:00 AM-9:30 AM- Breakfast hours at The Lodge, until 10:30 at Alpine Express
1:00 PM-4:00 PM- Commuter Student Check In
9:00 AM-5:00 PM- Residential Student Check In
9:00 AM-5:00 PM- Move-in Day 1
10:30 AM-2:00 PM- Lunch hours at Roaring Fork and The Lodge
4:30 PM-7:00 PM- Dinner hours at Roaring Fork
4:30 PM-8:00 PM- Dinner hours at The Lodge
7:00 PM-9:00 PM- Stuff-a-stuff
Tuesday, August 20
7:00 AM-9:30 AM- Breakfast hours at The Lodge, until 10:30 at Alpine Express
9:00 AM-5:00 PM- Commuter Student Check In
9:00 AM-5:00 PM- Move-in Day 2
10:30 AM-2:00 PM- Lunch hours at Roaring Fork and The Lodge
1:00 PM-4:00 PM- Club and Organization Field Day
2:00 PM-4:00 PM- Friendship Bracelet Making
4:30 PM-7:00 PM- Dinner hours at Roaring Fork
4:30 PM-8:00 PM- Dinner hours at The Lodge
6:30 PM-8:30 PM- First2Go Paint and Sip
7:00 PM-9:30 PM- Color Frenzy
First Gen Family Event
Wednesday, August 21
7:00 AM-9:30 AM- Breakfast hours at The Lodge, until 10:30 at Alpine Express
9:00 AM-12:00 PM- Move in Day 3
10:30 AM-2:00 PM- Lunch hours at Roaring Fork and The Lodge
2:45 PM-4:00 PM- Mountain Lion Meet-Up
4:30 PM-7:00 PM- Feast at The Fork, *only at Roaring Fork
6:00 PM-9:00 PM- RecFest
Thursday, August 22
7:00 AM-9:30 AM- Breakfast hours at The Lodge, until 10:30 at Alpine Express
9:00 AM-5:00 PM- GPS Gateway Days Day 1
11:00 AM- 1:00 PM- GPS Lunch- Upper Plaza, Dining Halls closed.
9:30 AM-9:45 AM-Convocation
4:30 PM-7:00 PM- Dinner hours at Roaring Fork
4:30 PM-8:00 PM- Dinner hours at The Lodge
8:00 PM-10:30 PM- The Dating Doctor
Friday, August 23
7:00 AM-9:30 AM- Breakfast hours at The Lodge, until 10:30 at Alpine Express
9:00 AM-5:00 PM- GPS Gateway Days Day 2
11:00 AM- 1:00 PM- GPS Lunch- Upper Plaza, Dining Halls closed.
4:30 PM-7:00 PM- Dinner hours at Roaring Fork
4:30 PM-8:00 PM- Dinner hours at The Lodge
6:30 PM- Engagement Leader Meet-Ups
7:30 PM-9:00 PM- University Center Premiere Night
9:20 PM-12:00 AM- Crave Rave Bingo
Saturday, August 24
10:30 AM-2:00 PM- Brunch hours at Roaring Fork
4:30 PM- 7:00 PM- Dinner hours at Roaring Fork
8:00 PM- Class of 2028 Open Mic Night
10:30 PM- Movie Madness
Connect with your Engagement Group!
Need to find your Engagement Leader?
Access the list here: EL_GPS Matches simplified.pdf