Shadow Day will mark its 20th anniversary at the University on Friday, March 23, when 94 fifth-grade students from the 黑料不打烊 City School District鈥檚 Seymour Dual Language Academy visit campus for the day. The event, formerly coordinated by University College, will be run under the auspices of Community Engagement for the first time this year. The event has also received聽generous support from multiple departments across campus that have made donations.
Seymour Dual Language Academy fifth-grade students visit Manley Field House during 2017’s Shadow Day.
鈥淪hadow Day is a key event for the fifth grade at Seymour School,鈥 says Bea 骋辞苍锄谩濒别锄, vice president for community engagement. 鈥淚t has become a tradition that the students look forward to as they reach grade 5. The SU students see Shadow Day as an opportunity to give back to their community and pay it forward. That is certainly true for me as an alum of Seymour.鈥
骋辞苍锄谩濒别锄 says that after meeting with Thomas Rosaschi, the event鈥檚 coordinator at Seymour, they modeled a campus visit for the students. The day will start out with a welcome reception in Maxwell Auditorium, where the Seymour students will meet University students and get breakfast. Chancellor Kent Syverud will welcome them, along with 骋辞苍锄谩濒别锄. The Admissions Office will make a presentation, which will be followed by a group photo.
The next couple of hours will be spent touring campus or visiting academic classes. As time allows, the students will visit the following places:
After lunch at the Schine Student Center, the students will be taken by bus to Manley Field House and the Carmelo Anthony Center. There, they will get a tour of the facilities and meet some of the student athletes.
骋辞苍锄谩濒别锄 says that the day鈥檚 activities have changed a little bit over the years, but at its core it has always been about providing the Seymour students with the opportunity to see themselves as college students. 鈥淲e introduce them to our own undergraduates, many with similar backgrounds, and remind them that they too can attend 黑料不打烊 or any other university, especially since the University has given the promise of tuition support via the Say Yes program,鈥 she says.
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