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 22-28
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22
Refresh! Weekly Non-Denominational Fellowship
Sponsored by the Office of Spiritual Life
11AM-11:30AM | Lindsay-Crossman Chapel
Student Organization Meeting: BW Book Jackets
3:30PM | Room 214A, Ritter Library
Student Organization Meeting: BW Math Club
5PM | Room 107, Knowlton
Jacket LINK Family Dinner
Sponsored by Center for Inclusion
5:15PM | Sandstone 1, Union
Racquetball Practice (all welcome!)
6:30PM | Racquetball Courts, Lou Higgins Recreation Center
Student Organization Meeting: Yellow Jacket Activity Board (YJAB)
7:30PM | Lower Level of the Student Activity Center (SAC)
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
7:30PM | Near West Theatre (6702 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH)
GET TICKETS HERE
FRIDAY, JANUARY 23
Student Organization Meeting: Mythology Club
3PM | Room 103, Marting Hall
Student Organization Meeting: Faces for Radio
4:30PM | Room 113, Kleist Center for Art & Drama
Weekly Drop-In Gaming
Sponsored by GAME Guild
5PM-10PM | Quarry Room, Union
Creative Writing Night
Sponsored by Euphoria
6:30PM | Student Activity Center (SAC)
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
7:30PM | Near West Theatre (6702 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH)
GET TICKETS HERE
Burrell Observatory Lecture Series featuring Dr. Steven Doty
“Aliens are Cool: But They Need a Place to Live”
7:30PM | Mainstage Theatre, Kleist Center for Art & Drama
Get Free Tickets HERE
Men’s Rugby Practice (all welcome!)
8PM | Lou Higgins Recreation Center
SATURDAY, JANUARY 24
Men’s Basketball vs. Muskingum
1PM | Ursprung Gymnasium, Lou Higgins Recreation Center
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
2PM | Near West Theatre (6702 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH)
GET TICKETS HERE
Women’s Basketball vs. Muskingum
4PM | Ursprung Gymnasium, Lou Higgins Recreation Center
Senior Recital: Dylan Arner
Sponsored by Conservatory of Performing Arts
6PM | Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Musical Arts Building
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
7:30PM | Near West Theatre (6702 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH)
GET TICKETS HERE
SUNDAY, JANUARY 25
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
2PM | Near West Theatre (6702 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH)
GET TICKETS HERE
Faculty Recital featuring Dr. Marc Weagraff
Sponsored by Conservatory of Performing Arts
4PM | Fynette Kulas Music Hall, Boesel Musical Arts Center
Weekly Mass
Sponsored by Catholic Jackets
6PM | St. Adalbert (66 Adalbert Street)
MONDAY, JANUARY 26
Spring into the Semester Week 2026 Day 1: Hot Chocolate Bar
Sponsored by Division of Student Experience
11:30AM | Union Lobby
Symphony Orchestra Concert
with the Strongsville High School Orchestra
Sponsored by Conservatory of Performing Arts
7PM | Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Musical Arts Building
Men’s Rugby Practice (all welcome!)
8PM | Lou Higgins Recreation Center
Student Organization Meeting: Catholic Jackets
“Called to be Saints” with guest speaker Robert Koonce
8PM | Lower Level of St. Adalbert (66 Adalbert Street)
TUESDAY, JANUARY 27
Student Organization Meeting: Active Minds
5PM | Sandstone 1, Union
Student Organization Meeting: Rotaract
5PM | Sandstone 2, Union
Student Organization Meeting: Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF)
6PM | Hive, Lower Level of the Union
How To: Internship Workshop
Sponsored by Arts Management Association (AMA)
6PM | Sandstone 3, Union
Student Organization Meeting: Student Senate
6:30PM | Quarry Room, Union
Racquetball Practice (all welcome!)
6:30PM | Racquetball Courts, Lou Higgins Recreation Center
Spring into the Semester Week 2026 Day 2: BINGO
Sponsored by Student Government
8PM | Sandstone 3, Union
Holocaust Remembrance Day Film Showing featuring “A Real Pain”
Sponsored by Hillel and WISE Center
9PM | Room 114, Marting Hall
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28
Daily Mass (with donuts after!)
Sponsored by Catholic Jackets
8:30AM | St. Adalbert (66 Adalbert Street)
New Year: New Opportunities Career Fair
Sponsored by Career Center
11AM-2PM | Union Lobby
Red Cross Blood Drive
Sponsored by Circle K International, Lambda Chi Alpha, and National Residence Hall Honorary
Noon-6PM | Sandstone 3, Union
Register HERE with code “BW”
Economic Insights Summit – Global, National, and Regional
5PM | Center for Innovation and Growth (CIG)
REGISTER HERE
Student Organization Meeting: Delta Omega Chi (DOC): Pre-Medical Society
Learn about Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) Medical, Dental, Pharmacy, Graduate Programs and More!
5PM | Room 115, Telfer
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
Racquetball Practice (all welcome!)
6:30PM | Racquetball Courts, Lou Higgins Recreation Center
Say It Brave Watch Event
Sponsored by Counseling Center
6:30PM | Sandstone 2, Union
Drop in Tutoring: Computer Science & Mathematics
Sponsored by Center for Academic Success & Achievement (CASA)
7PM | Top Floor, Ritter Library
Spring into the Semester Week 2026 Day 3: Spring into Service
Sponsored by Circle K International, Dance Marathon, National Residence Hall Honorary, Office of Residence Life & Housing, and Euphoria
7PM | Quarry Room, Union
Women’s Basketball vs. Otterbein
7PM | Ursprung Gymnasium, Lou Higgins Recreation Center
Student Organization Meeting: Cru
7:30PM | Sandstone 1, Union
Men’s Rugby Practice (all welcome!)
8PM | Lou Higgins Recreation Center
Student Organization Meeting: BW Film Society
8:45PM | Room 114, Marting Hall
APPLICATIONS/NOMINATIONS
- 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
- 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
- Accounting Fair
Kamm Hall
Wednesday, February 11th from Noon-2PM
Register HERE
The above list of events, applications, and information is accurate, to the best of our knowledge, as of 01/21/2026. 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!