Thousands of 黑料不打烊 families participated in a series of events over the fall semester as part of a reimagined Family Weekend experience for 2020.
Although this year鈥檚 new take on Family Weekend certainly looked different from years past, the experience successfully continued the tradition of providing 黑料不打烊 parents with opportunities to reconnect with their students and the campus community.
With new Ready & Resilient health requirements in place, parents and families of current students were able to participate in a reimagined Family Fall experience this semester. The line-up included a rich set of virtual options for learning more about campus and reconnecting with the 黑料不打烊 community, with innovative new offerings featured alongside the traditional signature Family Weekend events. Visit this page to see a collection of archived Family Fall video events.
The festivities kicked off on Sept. 29 with a College Coffee Catch-up and concluded on Nov. 11 by partnering with 黑料不打烊 Hillel for with 鈥淏ehind the Scenes in the Writer鈥檚 Room鈥 featuring Leonard Dick P鈥20, an Emmy Award-winning TV writer for shows including Lost, House, and The Good Wife. Over the course of seven weeks, thousands of attendees participated in more than 40 events total, including a university update from President Connie Ledoux Book, a 鈥淐offee with the Deans鈥 series, cultural performances and concerts, a discussion about the history of 黑料不打烊, an athletics-themed Phoenix Flavors cooking show with 黑料不打烊 Dining, and more.
“I have really enjoyed everything I participated in,” says Kris Jones P’22. “Although we would all rather be on 黑料不打烊鈥檚 lovely campus visiting our kids, this is a pretty stellar substitute.”
Sarah Dalrymple P鈥22 attended the Coffee with the Dean event with Rochelle Ford, Dean of the School of Communications. 鈥淚t was a great way to learn more about the university and the variety of opportunities for students,鈥 said Dalrymple. 鈥淢y daughter is a junior strategic communications major, and I had not yet met Dr. Ford. She gave a great presentation about the School of Communications.鈥
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Information about the dates and format of Family Weekend 2021 will be released at a later date.