6:00 PM                                Family & Founders Weekend Check-In Opens | UATX Scarbrough Campus 
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM             Welcome Reception | UATX Scarbrough Campus | Business Casual attire 
                                                
Join students, parents, faculty, and administrators for a community meet-and-greet. Welcome our new faculty, hear updates from UATX leadership, pick up your welcome packet, tour the campus, and enjoy light bites and beverages together.

Brief remarks will be given at 6:00 PM in the Atrium on the third floor. 

The program is intentionally brief so you’ll have time for dinner with your student afterward. A list of favorite local restaurants is provided for your convenience.

8:30 AM                                Campus Opens | UATX Scarbrough Campus | Second & Third Floors 
                                                           Parents, guests, faculty, and staff are all invited to enjoy a cup of coffee, tour through our Building America's Next Great
                                                           University exhibit, and check out the new UATX Merchandise Store.

9:30 AM - 9:50 AM              Michael Shellenberger's Report on the State of Free Speech in America & Around the Globe | Cicero Forum,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Second Floor
                                                           

10:00 AM - 11:45 AM           The Student Experience: Seminar Options for Our Parents and Friends
                                                UATX Scarbrough Campus  |  Comfortable Attire

Dive into the UATX experience as a student and choose from a selection of engaging seminar options led by our faculty and executive staff members.  These seminars are open to all parents and visiting guests, and are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. For additional details on seminar topics and leaders, please click HERE.

• What is the Gospel of Mark? by Carson Bay, Associate Professor of Classics and Biblical Studies

• Music and Morality: 200 Years of Great Classic Hits by Ben Crocker, University Dean

• Jane Austen's Lady Susan by Kirsten Herlin, Assistant Professor of Literature 

• The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions: On Abraham Lincoln's Lyceum Address by J. Michael Hoffpauir, Assistant Professor of Political Theory

• Introduction to Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency by Thomas Hogan, Associate Professor of Economics

• Chocolate Auction Economics by Tim Kane, Dean of the Center for Economics, Politics, and History

• Transhumanism by Allen Porter, Assistant Professor of Philosophy

• Sampling Greek Tragedy: Aeschylus' Agamemnon by Isabella Reinhardt, Assistant Professor of Classics

• Liberalism and Conservatism by Loren Rotner, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Executive Director of Admissions

If there is interest, we may offer a seminar for younger guests (grades 5–9) attending Families Weekend. Please let us know if your child would like to participate. The seminars listed above are appropriate for high school-aged students and older.

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM             UATX Cornhole Tournament |  Auditorium Shores at Town Lake  | Casual Attire or Team Uniform 

Grab your friends, family, and fellow UATX fans and join us for a lively cornhole tournament at Auditorium Shores! Parents, students, faculty, and staff are all welcome to compete. Team spirit is the name of the game. 

Form your dream team and complete the registration form to secure your spot. Let’s see who will be crowned the Inaugural UATX Cornhole Champions.

5:30 PM - 9:00 PM             UATX All-American Family & Founders Celebration | Brazos Hall

Join the UATX founders, special friends, parents, and students for a festive evening of celebration, featuring an inspiring keynote, tasty BBQ, and "local" entertainment.

Schedule:

• 5:30 PM – Reception & Dinner

• 6:45 PM – Keynote Address with Audience Q&A

 The Honorable Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator from Texas

• 8:00 PM - Dessert Served

• 8:15 PM - UATX Variety Show: "The True, the Good, the Beautiful...and the Hilarious!"

• 9:15 PM - Evening Concludes
   

"Boots & Blazers" Attire. 

Self- parking is available at the following locations: 

Littlefield Garage at 508 Brazos Street - about 1 minute walk

Frost Bank Tower at 401 Congress Street- about 1 minute walk

Perry Brooks Garage at 720 Brazos Street - about 2 minute walk