ABAC hosted its annual Family Day event, which featured a number of exciting activities.
Leaders of the School of Agriculture and Natural Resources (SANR) hosted tours of the J.G. Woodroof farm. The Family Fun Festival was located on the Lakeside lawn, and it included 18 holes of miniature golf, a rock-climbing wall, local vendors, and several of our clubs to showcase what they are all about.
Our annual AET Truck and Tractor Pull was also held, to which all registered family day guests received a discount for admission.
Families also got the chance to explore our campus, seeing the day-today life of their ABAC student.
But the importance of family day can have several meanings.
Campus Activities Board (CAB) member Rebecca Perez said, “I feel like Family Day is important because
it is the first weekend of the semester or year where a lot of the freshmen get to have their family over, and their
families get to see them and their life at college.”
Jenna Williams, the president of the Student Government Association and CAB member, said, “Family Day is an opportunity for maybe some families that didn’t get a campus tour or have never even stepped foot on campus to really see what the ABAC community is about, and really get to interact with all the amazing people and all the amazing things we have to offer at ABAC.”
Family Day also has several favorite parts about it which makes it so memorable to others. CAB member Wendy Gonzalez said, “I think my favorite part about Family Day is being able to see the families come by, especially the families that have a generation that have come
here. They’ll visit the alumni table, and they’ll stay there for a while, and I think that’s very sweet.”
Several families also got the chance to talk about why they think an event like Family Day is important to ABAC.
Carolyn Siets, who has two children that attend ABAC, said, “I think it supports the morale of the student, and it gives the parents a chance to see what they do, what they have going on, to see what student life may be like, and just allow them to have a day where they can be with their family.
Cameron Randall, whose cousin attends ABAC, said, “I feel like it gives them a lot of exposure to people who might want to come here in the future, and it also gives everybody an opportunity to see what their relatives are doing.”
Lastly, Amanda Rose, whose daughter goes to ABAC, said, “I think it’s a way for the relatives to see how their student is progressing and to see the things they are interested in. It also helps to prepare the next generation that wants to come here to see what they are going to be involved in, which helps create the generational path over and over again.”
