FOUNDERS WEEK, a midwinter academic festival of the arts and sciences, provides a stepping stone midway between the annual academic celebrations of Opening Convocation and Commencement and celebrates the role of the University in promoting inquiry and intellectual life. The week-long festival of academic, social, and cultural events commemorates the founding of Emory College in 1836.

Please download the full event schedule below, but be sure to check the UPDATES section at the bottom of this page for important changes to earlier versions of the schedule.

Download Founder's Week Schedule (.pdf)

If you have difficulty viewing the schedule, right-click on the link
and select "save as" and save the file to your computer where
it can be opened with the free program Adobe Acrobat Reader (available here).

EVENT: "Karen Freer, Cello" on Sunday, February 8
This event has been CANCELED.

EVENT: "St. Olaf Choir"
The DATE for this event has CHANGED from Feb 1 to the new correct date of Monday, February 2. The pricing has also changed from previous publications of this schedule. The correct pricing is $40 public; $30 faculty/staff; $10 students.

EVENT: "Experiencing Race"
The DATE for this event has CHANGED from Feb 4 to the new correct date of Tuesday, February 3.

NEW EVENT:
Movie Mania Film Series Screening: The Virgin Suicides
Friday, February 6, 2009 at 7:30 p.m., free, White Hall 205, 404.727.5886
Emory Psychoanalytic Institute's annual film series. Post-screening discussion by Sybil Ginsburg, M.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Emory

There are currently no additional updates. Please check back frequently if you are planning to attend a Founders Week event as information is subject to change.

Founders Week is co-sponsored by the Office of the President, the Dean of Emory College, the Office for Undergraduate Education, Oxford College, Emory Alumni Association, and the Senior Vice President for Campus Life. Founders Week events are open to the public, and most events are free.