The Amazing Academic Race
Welcome Week Dean's Meeting :
The Amazing Academic Race is a scavenger hunt/orienteering course for the incoming students at KU.
Friday, August 23 from 2:00-4:30 pm
Majors in each college meet at the following locations:
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Schaeffer Auditorium
College of Visual & Performing Arts
Academic Forum 101, 102
Exploratory Studies
McFarland Student Union 183
Not sure of your college? Find it here on the Checksheet and Planners website.
Get To Know Campus
This is the first time since you’ve arrived that you’ve been given some freedom to walk into the buildings that you will call your academic home for the next several years. Many of the places we are sending you may be important to for you to know. They are the offices of staff, important services, and things to do or to know on campus to help you get involved.
Meet People In Person
Practice saying hello and getting to know other people going to school here for the first time. Walking around together gives you this common experience. It’s ok to get lost on campus.
Instructions for the Amazing Academic Race:
- Team up (groups of 4-5 people works best)
- Read the clues
- Go to locations
- Write answers on score card
- Return score card
Prizes:
For each college, the first three teams with the quickest returned score cards and with the most correct answers will win Paw Pass Gift Cards!
Use this Amazing Academic Race North Campus Map PDF to help find your way!
![North Campus Academic Map 2023](/Departments-Offices/G-L/LiberalArtsSciencesCollege/Documents/LAS-Events/NorthCampusAcademicMap2023.png)
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The Amazing Academic Race 2022
Students on North Campus
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The Amazing Academic Race 2022
Students on North Campus
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The Amazing Academic Race 2022
Students out front of Old Main
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The Amazing Academic Race 2022
Students in Old Main
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The Amazing Academic Race 2022
Students in Old Main
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The Amazing Academic Race 2022
Students out back of Old Main
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The Amazing Academic Race 2022
Students in Boehm Science Center
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The Amazing Academic Race 2022
Students at the Bear on North Campus
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The Amazing Academic Race 2022
Students in Lytle Hall
![Students on North Campus](/Departments-Offices/G-L/LiberalArtsSciencesCollege/Documents/LAS-Events/Amazing%20Academic%20Race/Academic%20Race%2022%20outside%202.jpg)
![Students on North Campus](/Departments-Offices/G-L/LiberalArtsSciencesCollege/Documents/LAS-Events/Amazing%20Academic%20Race/Academic%20Race%2022%20outside%201.jpg)
![Students out front of Old Main](/Departments-Offices/G-L/LiberalArtsSciencesCollege/Documents/LAS-Events/Amazing%20Academic%20Race/Academic%20Race%2022%20OM%204.jpg)
![Students in Old Main](/Departments-Offices/G-L/LiberalArtsSciencesCollege/Documents/LAS-Events/Amazing%20Academic%20Race/Academic%20Race%2022%20OM%203.jpg)
![Students in Old Main](/Departments-Offices/G-L/LiberalArtsSciencesCollege/Documents/LAS-Events/Amazing%20Academic%20Race/Academic%20Race%2022%20OM%202.jpg)
![Students out back of Old Main](/Departments-Offices/G-L/LiberalArtsSciencesCollege/Documents/LAS-Events/Amazing%20Academic%20Race/Academic%20Race%2022%20OM%201.jpg)
![Students in Boehm Science Center](/Departments-Offices/G-L/LiberalArtsSciencesCollege/Documents/LAS-Events/Amazing%20Academic%20Race/Academic%20Race%2022%20BH%201.jpg)
![Students on North Campus by the bear statue](/Departments-Offices/G-L/LiberalArtsSciencesCollege/Documents/LAS-Events/Amazing%20Academic%20Race/Academic%20Race%2022%20Bear.jpg)
![Students in Lytle Hall](/Departments-Offices/G-L/LiberalArtsSciencesCollege/Documents/LAS-Events/Amazing%20Academic%20Race/Academic%20Race%2022%20LY.jpg)