This year Homecoming Weekend is taking the place of Family Weekend. It will be held Friday, Sept. 27, to Sunday, Sept. 29.
For those of you who are unsure of what a Homecoming is, it is a series of events that colleges and high schools have to welcome back returning students and welcome new students. It allows people to get to know each other and take pride in their school, while having a good time.
For years Cabrini College has been holding a Family Weekend, which invited the parents of students to come see the campus and go to fun events. This year Cabrini College is hosting a Homecoming Weekend. Parents will still be invited, along with alumni, and others who would like to take part in these events.
Amber LaJeunesse, who is the assistant director of the center for student engagement and leadership,(SEaL) said in an interview that, “Years ago we used to do a Family Weekend, and in recent years the college wanted to increase the pride, spirit and tradition at Cabrini by bringing back Homecoming.” They hope that by having an event like this it will bring students, faculty, parents and alumni together for a fun filled weekend.
Over the weekend there are going to be many activities for everyone to get involved in. The activities start on Friday, Sept. 27 to Sunday ,Sept. 29. All these activities will take place on the Cabrini College campus. There will be day long activities that will mostly be free, and only a couple that you will have to pay for.
The activities that will be taking place during Homecoming are events such as an ice cream social that will be hosted in Jazzman’s, a showing of “Monsters University” in the Widener Lecture Hall, a Homecoming dance in the Mansion, which you will have to pay $3 to attend, and a Homecoming Parade. There will also be many other activities during the weekend that will sure be very fun to attend and worth while.
While interviewing Amber LaJeunesse about Homecoming, she seemed very excited about the upcoming events and looking forward to this weekend, Lajeunesse said, “I have not seen the movie yet so I am really excited about it, but because the parade includes so many students, it will bring so much energy and I am really looking forward to it .”
Anybody is welcome to attend, there will be games, people to meet, and a lot of school spirit going around.
