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The Cowboy Connect program is group of events organized to welcome students to the University of Wyoming. All Freshmen participate in Cowboy Connect after moving into the Residence Halls. Please look over the schedules and plan on having a great time while you learn what it is like to be a UW student!
If you require additional disability accommodations for access to any of the scheduled events, please call University Disability Support Services (UDSS) at (307)-766-3073 or email udss@uwyo.edu.
Download/Print the Cowboy Connect Schedule HERE
Step-In Programs | Various Locations
7:00am Move-In | Residence Halls
8:00am - 5:00pm One Stop Shop| Shoshone Room/Lower Level of Washakie
10:00am - 1:00pm Lunch | Washakie Dining Center
4:00pm - 6:00pm Welcome to UW Dinner | Washakie Dining Hall
5:30pm - 7:00pm Social for Off-Campus Students | Wyoming Union (Required Activity, bring your WyoOne ID)
6:00pm - 7:00pm Floor Meetings | Residence Halls (Required Activity, bring your WyoOne ID)
7:30pm - 8:30pm Pep-Rally & Class Photo | War Memorial Stadium (Required Activity, bring your WyoOne ID)
8:30pm Silent Disco | Prexy's Pasture
10:00am - 1:00pm Brunch| Washakie Dining Center
9:00am - 3:00pm Discoveries | Various Locations (REGISTER HERE)(Required Activity, bring your WyoOne ID)
3:00pm - 5:30pm Cowboy Tailgate | Tailgate Park
5:30pm Wyoming Cowboys Football v. Missouri Tigers | War Memorial Stadium
4:30pm - 7:00pm Dinner | Washakie Dining Center
10:00am - 12:30pm Brunch| Washakie Dining Center
12:30pm - 1:00pm Residence Hall Meet Up | Various Hall Floors (Required Activity, bring your WyoOne ID)
1:00pm - 3:30pm Step-UP! Bystander Intervention Program | Various Locations (Required Activity, bring your WyoOne ID)
3:30pm - 5:30pm Party in Prexy's | Prexy's Pasture
5:30pm - 7:30pm Dinner | Washakie Dining Center
8:00pm Movie in the Stadium | War Memorial Stadium
7:00am - 9:30am Breakfast | Washakie Dining Center
10:00am - 11:00am Speaker: Darryl Bellamy | A&S Auditorium (Required Activity, bring your WyoOne ID)
11:00am - 12:00pm Speaker Debrief w/ Faculty | Various Classrooms (Required Activity, bring your WyoOne ID)
12:00pm - 1:30pm Lunch | Washakie Dining Center
1:30pm - 2:00pm Residence Hall Meet-Up | Various Floor Halls (Required Activity, bring your WyoOne ID)
2:00pm - 3:00pm Speaker: Don McPherson | A&S Auditorium (Required Activity, bring your WyoOne ID)
4:30pm - 7:30pm Dinner | Washakie Dining Center
6:00pm - 10:00pm Cowboy Carnival | Fraternity Mall
6:30pm Cowgirl Volleyball vs. LIU Brooklyn| UniWyo Sports Complex
7:00am - 9:00am Breakfast| Washakie Dining Center
9:00am - 9:30am Residence Hall Meet-Up | Various Floor Halls (Required Activity, bring your WyoOne ID)
10:00am - 12:00pm College Welcomes | Various Locations (Required Activity, bring your WyoOne ID)
12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch | Washakie Dining Center
1:00pm - 2:00pm Academic Meetings | Various Locations
2:00pm - 3:00pm Residence Hall Meet-Up | Various Floor Halls (Required Activity, bring your WyoOne ID)
3:00pm - 4:00pm Convocation | Arena Auditorium (Required Activity, bring your WyoOne ID)
4:30pm - 6:30pm Dinner | Washakie Dining Center
6:30pm - 7:00pm Residence Hall Meet-Up | Various Floor Halls (Required Activity, bring your WyoOne ID)
7:00pm - 8:00pm We Are UW | A&S Auditorium (Required Activity, bring your WyoOne ID)
8:00pm Mentalist: Sean Bott | The Gardens in the Wyoming Union
7:00am - 9:30am Breakfast | Washakie Dining Center
7:30am - 1:30pm Information/Welcome Booths | Across Campus
11:00am - 1:00pm Involvement Fest | Prexy's Pasture
11:00am - 2:00pm Lunch | Washakie Dining Hall
5:00pm - 7:00pm Welcome Back BBQ | Prexy's Pasture
7:30am - 1:30pm Information/Welcome Booths | Across Campus
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