This past Friday, the university held its frist-ever FestivALL, a day when students were invited to the Green for food and a day of relaxing.
The weather was perfect and the day turned out to be pretty close to perfect itself.
It was nice to see the university do something for the students and involve many Registered Student Organizations on campus to make it feel like everyone was welcome to join in on the day's festivities.
The Student Government Association also needs to be commended for its effort in getting this event out to the university.
Another highlight of the day was the environment itself. The entire day was a sober event which can be a rarity on this campus and many others.
Let's hope if this event does become an annual occurrence, it does not turn into the type of day-long drinking fest many other university events have in the spring.
For as well as it turned out, FestivALL could have been an event even more people could have enjoyed. One way to help this event grow in the future is to advertise it earlier.
For some students, they did not see the advertisements until the week before.
Had the SGA pushed harder to advertise the event, it could have included an even greater portion of the student body.
With this said, the turnout for the first FestivALL was well above what was expected - and that can't ever be a bad thing.
Another idea to help this event become what it could be is to possibly tie it in with SCPAB's Spring concert, if it ever returns. This way FestivALL would become an all day set-up for the evening's event.
Or, possibly, have one of the local cover bands finish out the day on the Green and play for the students. This way the university could make FestivALL an all inclusive even for everyone to enjoy.
In all, FestivALL succeeded on many levels. The university should be excited with the way everything went and consider making this an annual event, if it hasn't already.
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