This past weekend on Saturday, September 17th,
Ohio Northern University hosted Family Day. Many other colleges and
universities have a day like this as well, and ONU likes to celebrate it just
as much as any other. It is a day where family members are welcome to the
university to engage in various activities with their college student. It also
serves as an excuse for families to come visit their student, since that
doesn’t always happen often. I personally love Family Day because it is the
only time that I get to actually hangout with my family while at school, since
they live three hours north of here in Michigan. It’s always fun to show them
around!
Some of the activities that ONU provided for students and
their family members included bingo, a carnival to raise money for two Greek
philanthropies, a performance from pogo stick professional Wacky Chad, Improvapalooza—a
show put on by ONU’s improv group Fearless Shenanygans—and a talented
illusionist that goes by Kid Ace. Also happening around campus on this day was
the Ada Harvest and Herb Festival located in downtown Ada, as well as a Bright
Pink Run/Walk in honor of breast cancer, and two home soccer games for both the
men and women ONU teams.
As many of you know, Ohio Northern University doesn’t
typically have a whole lot happening on campus. Family Day was a way to bring
all sorts of fun activities and events to ONU for a day. I am so blessed that
my family came to visit me, and I am very thankful to ONU for giving us so much
to do and experience. Full disclosure, there were a few moments throughout the
day that we found ourselves with nothing to do, but that was just because our
timing was off when planning which events to attend. Overall, Family Day was a
great time, as always. I miss my family already, but I’m thankful for the time
we got to spend together here on campus! Hopefully next year will be just as
great.
As a Reslifer, I was fortunate to work some of the events for this day. I love seeing the happy faces of the families!
ReplyDeleteI was really surprised with the whole family day thing. About a month ago I saw college kids waving their parents goodbye as if they would never see each other again, and now they were back already.
ReplyDeleteI'm not trying to make fun of it at all, I really admire the close relationships. I guess its more the difference that made me feel surprise. Back home we love our parents too, but can't wait to get back to college and have a break from everything at home.