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UND Family Weekend

Welcome to the UND family.

Family Weekend activities are designed to help you feel at home on campus and learn what your UND student's life is like on campus. Join us for a weekend full of social, art and athletic events in Grand Forks.

  • UND campus departments and buildings are open Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Face coverings are required inside of UND buildings.
  • The UND Bookstore will be open Friday, October 8 from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. and on Saturday, October 9 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Event Parking on Campus

Family Weekend 2021 Event

Family Weekend Welcome Center

Stop by to get questions answered and pick up a schedule of events for the weekend.

Memorial Union, Suite 144

  • Friday, October 8: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, October 9: 8 - 11 a.m.

Friday, October 8

Tours of the Ralph Engelstad Arena

$7/person - 40 people max. @ each tour time. Meet at Sioux Shop, just inside of the main entrance of the Ralph Engelstad Arena. Pay at time of arrival.

  • 1:00 p.m.
  • 1:30 p.m.

Campus Tours

FREE- Meet at Family Weekend Welcome Center - Memorial Union, Suite 144

  • 10:00 a.m.
  • 3:00 p.m.

Memorial Union Tour

FREE - Meet at Memorial Union Info Desk - Memorial Union main floor

  • 9:30 a.m.
  • 2:30 p.m.

UND Hockey vs. Niagara

7:07 p.m. - Ralph Engelstad Arena
Family Weekend discounted tickets - $15/person - 600 tickets available - first-come, first serve. 

Discount code: UNDFAMILY

Purchase Hockey Tickets  

*Student tickets are purchased separately via the Green & White Account. If you want to be guaranteed to sit with your student, please purchase them a ticket via the link above.

Saturday, October 9

Campus Tours

FREE- Meet at Family Weekend Welcome Center - Memorial Union, Suite 144
9:00 a.m. 
10:00 a.m.

Tours of the Ralph Engelstad Arena

$7/person - 40 people max. @ each tour time. Meet at Sioux Shop, just inside of the main entrance of the Ralph Engelstad Arena. Pay at time of arrival.
10:30 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
12:30 p.m.

UND Volleyball vs. Denver

Noon - Betty Engelstad Sioux Center
Family Weekend discounted tickets - $5/person – 1100 tickets available, first-come, first-serve.

Discount code: UNDFAMILY

Purchase Volleyball Tickets

*Student tickets are FREE and can be loaded to a student's ticket account via their Green & White Account. If you want to be guaranteed to sit with your student, please purchase them a ticket via the link above. 

Family Weekend Bingo

FREE - Memorial Union Small Ballroom
3:00 p.m.

Join us for five rounds of bingo, snacks, and prizes!

UND Hockey vs. Niagara

6:07 p.m. - Ralph Engelstad Arena

Purchase tickets. 

*Student tickets are purchased separately via the Green & White Account. If you want to be guaranteed to sit with your student, please purchase them a ticket via the link above. 

Greater Grand Forks Community Events

Annie

Empire Arts Center

  • October 8 & 9 at 7 p.m
  • October 10 at 2 p.m.

Purchase Annie Tickets

Nelson’s Pumpkin Patch

  • Friday: 3:00-6:00 p.m.
  • Saturday & Sunday: 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

About Nelson's

Valley Corn Maize

  • Friday: 4:00-8:00 p.m
  • Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
  • Sunday: 1:00-6:00 p.m.

Valley Corn Maize

On-Campus Dining Options

Memorial Union Food Court & Wilkerson Dining Center

Dining Hours of Operation  

For questions or to request special accommodations, contact:

Kristi Okerlund
701.777.6468

Student Involvement
Memorial Union Suite 144
2901 University Avenue
Grand Forks, ND 58202
P 701.777.4200
UND.studentinvolvement@UND.edu
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