What's the Buzz?!, is a weekly email newsletter highlighting campus events!
The Office of Student Engagement & Leadership will send an overview of the
upcoming week's events (Thursday - Wednesday) every Wednesday,
as gathered from Jacket Connect and various BW Instagram accounts.
SPRING 2026: January 15-21
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15
Help, Hints, & Hacks for New BW Students
Sponsored by New Student Experience
4PM | Virtual Event via LINK
TRYOUTS: BW Esports – Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
6PM | Loomis Hall
Racquetball Practice (all welcome!)
6:30PM | Racquetball Courts, Lou Higgins Recreation Center
Student Organization Meeting: Bella Voce
7PM | Room 211, Boesel Musical Arts Center (BMAC)
FRIDAY, JANUARY 16
Selfies with the Zetas
Sponsored by Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
1PM-5PM | Union
GAME Guild Weekly Meeting & Gaming Night
4PM-10PM | Quarry Room, Union
Student Organization Meeting: Faces for Radio
4:30PM | Room 113, Kleist Center for Art & Drama
TRYOUTS: BW Esports – Marvel Rivals
6PM | Loomis Hall
Men’s Rugby Practice (all welcome!)
8PM | Lou Higgins Recreation Center
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17
Women’s Swimming and Diving vs. Ohio Northern
1PM | Natatorium, Lou Higgins Recreation Center
Men’s Swimming and Diving vs. Ohio Northern
1PM | Natatorium, Lou Higgins Recreation Center
Men’s Basketball vs. Wilmington
1PM | Ursprung Gymnasium, Lou Higgins Recreation Center
Women’s Basketball vs. Wilmington
4PM | Ursprung Gymnasium, Lou Higgins Recreation Center
SUNDAY, JANUARY 18
Student Organization Meeting: Ohio Collegiate Music Education Association (OCMEA)
3PM | Room 211, Boesel Musical Arts Center (BMAC)
Weekly Mass
Sponsored by Catholic Jackets
6PM | St. Adalbert (66 Adalbert Street)
48-Hour Film Festival
Sponsored by Conservatory of Performing Arts
7:30PM | Mainstage Theatre, Kleist Center for Art & Drama
FREE TICKETS HERE
MONDAY, JANUARY 19
MLK WEEK: Building the Beloved Community
Prayer Breakfast
Sponsored by BW Center for Inclusion, WISE Center, Office of Spiritual Life & Mt. Zion Baptist Church
9AM | Mt. Zion Baptist Church (200 Emerson Ave., Berea, OH)
MLK WEEK: Building the Beloved Community
Day of Service
Sponsored by BW Center for Inclusion, WISE Center, & Office of Spiritual Life
5PM | Center for Innovation and Growth (CIG)
Men’s Rugby Practice (all welcome!)
8PM | Lou Higgins Recreation Center
TUESDAY, JANUARY 20
Student Organization Meeting: Rotaract
5PM | Sandstone 2, Union
Student Organization Meeting: Student Senate
6:30PM | Quarry Room, Union
Racquetball Practice (all welcome!)
6:30PM | Racquetball Courts, Lou Higgins Recreation Center
MLK WEEK: Building the Beloved Community
Women in History: Fannie Lou Hamer
Sponsored by BW Center for Inclusion, WISE Center, Office of Spiritual Life & Berea Library
6:30PM | Cuyahoga County Public Library – Berea Branch (7 Berea Commons, Berea, OH)
REGISTER HERE
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21
Daily Mass (with donuts after!)
Sponsored by Catholic Jackets
8:30AM | St. Adalbert (66 Adalbert Street)
Student Organization Meeting: Circle K International (CKI)
5PM | Quarry Room, Union
Drop in Tutoring: Biology & Chemistry
Sponsored by Center for Academic Success & Achievement (CASA)
5PM | Top Floor, Ritter Library
Drop in Tutoring: Statistics
Sponsored by Center for Academic Success & Achievement (CASA)
6PM | Top Floor, Ritter Library
Meet the Poodles (hot chocolate provided!)
Sponsored by Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
6:22PM | Sandstone 1, Union
Racquetball Practice (all welcome!)
6:30PM | Racquetball Courts, Lou Higgins Recreation Center
Drop in Tutoring: Computer Science & Mathematics
Sponsored by Center for Academic Success & Achievement (CASA)
7PM | Top Floor, Ritter Library
Men’s Basketball vs. Ohio Northern
7PM | Ursprung Gymnasium, Lou Higgins Recreation Center
Student Organization Meeting: Cru
7:30PM | Sandstone 2, Union
Men’s Rugby Practice (all welcome!)
8PM | Lou Higgins Recreation Center
MLK WEEK: Building the Beloved Community
Movie Night featuring “Selma”
Sponsored by BW Film Society
8:45PM | Room 114, Marting Hall
APPLICATIONS/NOMINATIONS
- Resident Assistant Applications
Appy at bw.erezlife.com
Applications due Thursday, January 15, 2026 - The Mill
BW’s student-run literary and arts journal, is accepting submissions from student writers and artists across campus. The Mill welcomes submissions of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, drama, hybrid forms, photography, and art.
Submissions accepted through January 23, 2026
Submit HERE - Student Life & Leadership Award Nominations
Review Award Nomination Information HERE
Nominations due by end of day on Thursday, March 19, 2026
TICKETS/EVENT REGISTRATIONS
- The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Near West Theatre (6702 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH)
January 22nd-24th at 7:30PM
January 24th and 25th at 2PM
GET TICKETS HERE
- Economic Insights Summit – Global, National, and Regional
Center for Innovation and Growth (CIG)
January 28th at 5PM
REGISTER HERE
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Musical Arts Building
January 30th and 31st at 7:30PM
GET TICKETS HERE
The above list of events, applications, and information is accurate, to the best of our knowledge, as of 01/14/2026. Please note that an update will not be sent in the event of a change in schedule. View Jacket Connect for any changes and for any event or meeting additions.
For more frequent updates and announcements about events and involvement opportunities we recommend following a variety of BW Instagram accounts such as @bwstudentlife, @bwbraincenter, @bwcenterforinclusion, @bw_yjab, @bwconservatory, @bw_athletics, @baldwin_wallace_fsl, @baldwinwallace and more!