| TIME |
PROGRAM |
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION |
LOCATION |
| 7:00am - 9:00am |
Breakfast |
Start your day with a complimentary breakfast while connecting with fellow Mavericks, faculty, and staff. |
Dining Halls |
| 8:00am - 9:00am |
Check-In/Registration Time |
Check in, pick up your program materials, receive your event schedule, and get everything you need before beginning your Success U experience. |
College Park Center |
| 8:30am - 8:50am |
Morning Announcements |
Kick off your day with important updates, program highlights, and a dose of Maverick spirit. Hear from university leaders, celebrate what's ahead, and get energized for Success U. |
College Park Center |
| 9:00am - 9:50am |
Brewed for Success: Coffee & Connections |
Coffee & Connections provides new Mavericks with a welcoming space to enjoy breakfast refreshments, connect with fellow students and campus partners, and begin building relationships. |
MAC (Group Exercise Room) |
| 9:00am - 10:50am |
Campus Tours (Dude Where's My Class?) |
Learn your way around campus before the first day of classes! Student leaders will guide you to your academic buildings, answer questions, and share tips to help you confidently navigate UTA. |
Around UTA Campus |
| 9:00am - 9:50am |
Tours of Each College |
Explore your assigned college and connect with the people, resources, and opportunities that will help you succeed. Meet the college's faculty, advisors, and student leaders, while learning how to make the most of your UTA experience. |
Various Locations |
| 10:00am - 10:50am |
College Panels/Presentations, ARL & RLC Tours |
Engage with your assigned college and apartment & residence life staff by connecting with the people, resources, and opportunities that will help you succeed. Meet the college's faculty, advisors, and student leaders, while learning how to make the most of your UTA experience. |
Various Locations |
| 11:00am - 11:50am |
Small Groups - Building Your Foundation |
During this small group, students will reflect on their academic goals, discuss what excites and challenges them about starting college, and identify the campus resources, organizations, and opportunities they want to explore throughout the afternoon. |
Various Locations |
| 11:00am - 2:00pm |
Lunch & Link Up |
Take a break, grab a bite, and connect with new friends, student leaders, and campus partners in a relaxed environment designed to build community and belonging. |
Dining Halls |
| 12:00pm - 3:00pm |
Open Houses |
Visit campus departments, academic colleges, and student support offices to meet the people who are here to help you succeed. |
Various Locations |
12:00pm - 3:00pm
1:00pm - 1:50pm |
Visit the Success U Vendors
Workshops (choose one): Maverick Mission: Launch Your Career Readiness
Workshops (choose one): Workshops with the DSS
Success U workshop (choose one): Student Access and Resource Center
Success U workshop (choose one): Defining Your Leadership
Success U workshop (choose one): CAPS: Thriving Through Balance |
Get creative and make it yours by personalizing photo dry-erase boards and designing custom metal or digital street signs to showcase your Maverick style!
Kick off your Maverick journey with the Career Development Center. In this interactive session, you will learn to align your personal interests with future career paths and discover how to translate campus experiences into vital career-ready competencies.
Join us for an engaging and interactive academic coaching workshop designed to help students take control of their academic journey through intentional goal setting. Participants will learn how to identify meaningful academic and personal goals, apply the SMART goal framework, and create actionable plans that support success throughout the semester.
Provides academic accommodations for students with disabilities and other diagnoses in the classroom, dining, and housing.
This session educates participants on the importance of understanding their strengths and growing edges to create impactful leaders while also emphasizing that leadership is a process, not a position.
Introduces UTA students to the importance of managing stress through a holistic approach to wellness. Students learn that wellness extends beyond physical health. Explores common sources of college stress, explains how stress affects the body and performance, and provides practical strategies for maintaining balance, healthy coping skills, relaxation techniques, and building supportive relationships. |
MAC (Front Courts)
Various Locations |
| 2:00pm - 2:50pm |
Success U workshop (choose one): Maverick Mission: Launch Your Career Readiness
Success U workshop (choose one): Division of Student Success
Success U workshop (choose one): Student Access and Resource Center
Success U workshop (choose one): G.O.A.L. Getter
Success U workshop (choose one): CAPS: Thriving Through Balance |
Kick off your Maverick journey with the Career Development Center. In this interactive session, you will learn to align your personal interests with future career paths and discover how to translate campus experiences into vital career-ready competencies.
Join us for an engaging and interactive academic coaching workshop designed to help students take control of their academic journey through intentional goal setting. Participants will learn how to identify meaningful academic and personal goals, apply the SMART goal framework, and create actionable plans that support success throughout the semester.
Provides academic accommodations for students with disabilities and other diagnoses in the classroom, dining, and housing.
Goals help leaders stay focused on their vision and give direction towards the bigger picture by establishing expectations and guidelines. In this presentation, learn how you as a leader can set smart goals and how to achieve them.
Introduces UTA students to the importance of managing stress through a holistic approach to wellness. Students learn that wellness extends beyond physical health. Explores common sources of college stress, explains how stress affects the body and performance, and provides practical strategies for maintaining balance, healthy coping skills, relaxation techniques, and building supportive relationships. |
Various Locations |
| 3:00pm - 4:50pm |
Cohort Small Groups: UTA Resource Scavenger Hunt |
Explore campus in a fun and interactive way while discovering the offices, landmarks, and resources every Maverick should know. Complete challenges, meet campus partners, and earn prizes along the way! |
Library Mall Meetup |
| 5:00pm - 8:00pm |
The Final Bite: Dinner Time |
Wrap up the day with dinner while reflecting on your Success U experience and connecting with fellow students. |
Dining Halls |
| 7:00pm - 10:00pm |
Evening Options: Play Fair (Collab with Athletics for Appearances)
Evening Options: Kinkfolk Kickoff |
Playfair is an interactive experience filled with games, music, laughter, and opportunities to meet hundreds of new students. Special appearances from UTA Athletics will help bring even more Maverick spirit to the evening.
Celebrate community, culture, and belonging at Kinfolk Kickoff! This student-led experience welcomes everyone through music, conversation, cultural engagement, and meaningful connections. |
MAC (Soccer Gym)
MAC (Back Courts and Back Gym) |
| 8:00pm - 9:30pm |
Evening Options: Hypnotist (90 minute show) |
Sit back, laugh, and prepare to be amazed during an unforgettable hypnotist performance. |
MAC (Lonestar Auditorium) |
