Family Weekend Schedule

Signature Events

1 p.m. Registration CSI second floor MU Student Center (Pre-Ticketed Event)

5-7 p.m. Family Weekend Welcome Reception Chancellor’s Residence; Francis Quadrangle

Tours

Noon-5 p.m. Taste, Learn Discover: Missouri Agriculture

• Taste — Taste what food science students are making at Buck’s Ice Cream
• Learn — Missouri Wine Education (tours, tasting & teaching on the hour)
• Discover — Student-Run Butcher Shop: Mizzou Meat Market

1:30 p.m. & 3:30 p.m. Tour of MU Research Reactor Mizzou Research Reactor (MURR)

4–5:15 p.m. Historical Walking Tour of Mizzou Meet at Reynolds Alumni Center front door

5 p.m. Botanic Garden Tour Meet at Tiger Statue on Rollins St.

Experiences

11:30–2 p.m. Family Picnic 2026 Traditions Plaza

Noon–3 p.m. Maker’s Space Ellis Library — photo keepsakes, button making and other crafts

4:30-8 p.m. Family Friday MizzouRec

3-4:30 p.m. Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society Initiation Jesse Auditorium

3-5 p.m. Boo to the Flu at the Zou Student Health Center, Pershing Hall

7-8:30 p.m. LUMIA Hi-Tech immersive experience Jesse Auditorium (Pre-Ticketed Event)

8-10 p.m. Illumination on the Quad Family Fun Experience

Presentations

2 p.m. Study Abroad Presentation MU Student Center/Second Floor

3-4 p.m. Tigers on Track: A Roadmap for Financial Wellness During College MU Student Center/second floor

Athletics

6 p.m. Mizzou Soccer vs. Texas A&M Audrey J. Walton Track & Soccer Stadium (Free admission)

Signature Events

9 a.m.-Noon Registration CSI, MU Student Center/Second Floor (Pre-Ticketed Event)

9-11 a.m. Tigers Together Service Projects & Breakfast Student Union

2-4 p.m. Faurot Family VIP Experience: Behind the Scenes Faurot Field (Pre-Ticketed Event)

4 p.m. Family Weekend-Location TBD (All Families Invited to Attend)

Tours

10-11:15 a.m. Historical Walking Tour Reynolds Alumni Center Meet at Beetle Bailey Statue

11 a.m. Botanic Garden Tour Meet at Tiger Statue on Rollins

11 a.m.-3 p.m. Learn: Missouri Agriculture Missouri Wine Education — tours, tasting & teaching on the hour

Noon-1:15 p.m. Historical Walking Tour (WRC) Meet at Beetle Bailey Statue

1 p.m. Botanic Garden Tour Meet at Tiger Statue on Rollins

1-3 p.m. Wild Histories: Animal and Human Connections Museum of Anthropology

3 p.m. Family Day at the Museum Museum of Art and Archaeology

Experiences

8 a.m.-Noon Columbia Farmer’s Market Columbia Community 1769 W. Ash Street

9 a.m.-9 p.m. Fashioning Faurot Filippello Exhibition Showcase, Gwynn Hall, first floor

10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Pumpkin Picking at South Farm Pumpkin Patch South Farm

10 a.m.-Noon Family Weekend with Arts & Sciences Lowry Mall

11 a.m.-1 p.m. Coffee House Student Success Center

1-3 p.m. Graphic Design BFA Student Showcase Bingham Gallery, Fine Arts Building

6:30 p.m. Multicultural Greek Council Showcase Jesse Hall — (Ticketed Event at Jesse Hall)

6:30 p.m. Family Movie on Campus with Missouri Students Association & Residence Halls Association The Shack

Athletics

9-11:00 a.m. Family Weekend on the Fairway Golf Outing AL Gustin (Pre-Ticketed Event)

10 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Girls Grapple Day: Youth Wrestling Clinic MizzouRec

Student Success Presentations

9-10:00 a.m. Housing Presentation Presentation Student Center

10-11 a.m. Study Abroad Presentation Leadership Auditorium, second floor, MU Student Center

11 a.m.-Noon Tigers on Track: A Roadmap for Financial Wellness During College Leadership Auditorium

Noon-3 p.m. Get to Know the College of Health Sciences College of Health Sciences

Experiences

9 a.m.-9 p.m. Fashioning Faurot Filippello Exhibition Showcase, Gwynn Hall, first floor

Noon-2 p.m. Taste of Mizzou with Newman Parish Additional fee onsite at Newman Parish