Campus Events
New Format for Open House Succeeds
The Office of Admissions organized a socially distanced Fall Open House on Saturday, November 13, to ensure the safest possible event for guests, faculty, and staff. A total of 88 students and their guests attended (209 total visitors) across a three-hour period. They met with Program Directors, Financial Aid, and various other departments that students depend on including Athletics, Career & Transfer Services, Residence Life, and the Student Success Center. Guests’ surveys said they enjoyed the socially distanced, self-guided tour format. Some of the highlights of the day included the tour of the Veterinary Services Building, touring of the dorm room and meeting the RA, who was “very nice,” and meeting with Program Director Jacki Kopack to find out more about the PTA program. Admissions plans to offer this more personalized format for the Spring Open House on April 23. PICTURED: Animal Center Management Program Director Linwood Robinson and ACM alumna Drew Smyth ’17.
FALL FEST IS PERFECT AUTUMN DAY Campus Activities held the first-ever Fall Fest to kick off Freak Week on the Library Lawn on Monday, October 25, featuring games, prizes, music, and more. It was a perfect fall day for ping-pong, scarecrow ring toss, drinks, music, and dressing up like a pumpkin. Trevor Gulledge, Campus Activities Director, hoped that Fall Fest would capture the feel of going to a fair or festival in the fall and to give students a chance to socialize and play games, including win tickets for a raffle. A host of other activities continued for Freak Week, including a campus trick-or-treat day when students visited participating offices for candy on October 26, a Halloween Bash at the Student Success Center on October 27, and a trip to the Bates Motel, the top-rated haunted attraction in the U.S. on October 28.
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FIRST COMMUNITY SCHOLARS RECOGNIZED More than 20 Partnership Sites students who participated in the first-ever Community Scholars program were recognized during a special gathering in the Little Theatre on Saturday, October 16. President Jon Jay DeTemple and David Castro, President and CEO of I-LEAD, thanked the students for their dedication to completing the program. The students devoted numerous Friday evening classes that were hours long to the leadership curriculum components. Each graduate spoke to the assembled group. President DeTemple briefly explained that he chose education as an opportunity to help people and that he grew up in a government project, and most importantly, that education was his path to success and career fulfillment. PTA CLINICIAN APPRECIATION DAY The PTA program successfully completed the 7th Annual PTA Clinician Appreciation Day on October 16. Event organizers Dr. Jacki Klaczak Kopack and Shaun Madary sought to recognize and acknowledge the important role clinical instructors perform in PTA education. This year’s event was offered in a hybrid format, to enable more clinicians to
