Come and connect with other students while playing board games! Raffle prizes include board games and Kindle Fires. Presented by UMass Amherst Libraries and New Student Orientation.
Play mini-golf at the Libraries!
Play Bingo at the Libraries for fun prizes!
Prefer to join virtually? Register here: https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAoceiprDkuHt0ahipfXcrrd9zl7aILGBD1
Celebrate the 35th anniversary of Mass Transformation (a student-led Library cleanup project from 1986-87) with 80s trivia, costumes and prizes! Come in your best 80s costumes! (Please note: costume masks are not permitted as per University policy.)
Prefer to join virtually? Register here: https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwvdemoqzIjHdy6gaH1o7xMuiCOhrMzRrAU
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Disney World with Disney Pictionary, costumes, and prizes! Come in your best Disney costume or Disneybound! (Please note: costume masks are not permitted as per University policy.)
Prefer to join virtually? Register here: https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0of-Grqz0uEtKRZ3amEl_QwM07Fx4bY1_k
Celebrate the October 1 50th anniversary of Disney World with a special concert featuring the Doo Wop Shop a cappella group!
Prefer to join virtually? Register here: https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__RWattkfTjyXyJjvm2J_7Q
Stop by the Libraries during Family Weekend for some fun activities, including special coloring pages, Building Bingo, and offerings from Special Collections, the W. E. B. Du Bois Center, and the Digital Media Lab.
Join the Libraries for a mini carnival on Goodell Lawn with carnival games and prizes! Rain date is Thursday, October 14, 4-5:30 p.m.
Join the Libraries for mini-golf and fall-themed Pictionary.
Paint a 3D printed pumpkin at the Libraries. Registration required: https://libcal.library.umass.edu/event/8088591
Join the Libraries for a haunted floor, costumes, and prizes. Come in your costumes for a costume contest! (Please note: costume masks are not permitted as per University policy.)
Learn improv with Theresa Dooley from the Learning Commons!
Join the Libraries for an Open Mic Night.
Registration (performers): bit.ly/openmic11_11_21
Prefer to join virtually? Register here: https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwqdOmorDguG9E4pLYAuolx0FFJebjIvnO6
Play trivia at the Libraries for fun prizes!
Prefer to join virtually? Register here: https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMldumrrD8rGdduOUldv0klrgdpid4uacZH
Make some holiday cards with librarian Ellen Lutz! Register here: https://libcal.library.umass.edu/event/8088834
Relax and recharge during finals!
Events at both W. E. B. Du Bois Library and Science and Engineering Library unless otherwise specified.
December 9-16: Coloring/Legos/Origami/Knitting
December 9-16: Pet Grams! Sign up by December 3 to receive them: bit.ly/petgramsf21
December 9-15: Fun Floor (Floor 3 of Du Bois Library), featuring mini-golf, games, and karaoke. Visit the Finals Fun page for hours: https://guides.library.umass.edu/finalsfun
December 9 & 14, 1-3 p.m.: Button-Making
December 13, 3-5 p.m.: Unwind with Knitting! Live Demo at Du Bois Library
Visit https://guides.library.umass.edu/finalsfun to learn more.
Play Bingo at the Libraries for fun prizes!
Make jewelry with Annette!
Make some cards with librarian Ellen Lutz!
Paint with the Libraries!
Trainers! Join the Libraries for Pokémon bingo (with prizes!), TCG, and Pokémon Go lures set up at the Library stops. Come in your best Pokémon costumes! (Please note: costume masks are not permitted as per University policy.)
Make a ~5 minute movie featuring the Libraries and premiere it at Oscars Night! Attendees will vote to see who takes home the awards. (Movies must be appropriate for general audiences.)
Join the Libraries for an Open Mic Night.
Registration (performers): bit.ly/openmic3_10_22
Join the Libraries for a cornhole tournament!
Play board games at the Libraries.
Join the Libraries for an a cappella concert featuring UMass Amherst a cappella groups!
Join the Libraries and the Anime and Manga Club for an anime movie night at the Libraries.
Play some games with RSOs like the Card Game Club and the Tabletop RPG Club.
Race a model land yacht in the Du Bois Library wind tunnel! Use the campus makerspaces throughout the school year to build yours prior to the event. A limited amount of pre-made model land yachts will also be available to borrow.
A superhero-themed scavenger hunt through the Library. Come in your best superhero costumes! (Please note: costume masks are not permitted as per University policy.)
Star Wars activities, trivia, and prizes! Come in your best Star Wars costumes! (Please note: costume masks are not permitted as per University policy.)
Relax and recharge with coloring, Legos, origami, button-making, etc.
