Adelphi Bucket List: Attend Family Weekend

The Admissions Ambassadors team understands that the college transition process does sometimes get overwhelming. You may not know what to do when you get to campus, so a few members of the Adelphi community came up with the "Adelphi Bucket List" - which is a list of things that all students should do while they're at Adelphi!

First up, Ambassadors Meghan and Sarah share their experiences about our annual Family Weekend and why it's important that you attend it as a member of the Adelphi family!

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The AU Spirit Carnival

It's Meghan and Sarah here, and we're both Admissions Ambassadors here at Adelphi! We want to share our fun memories of Family Weekend with all of you future Panthers.

Every year, Adelphi encourages students to invite their families to enjoy an array of activities on and off campus for Family Weekend, which is Adelphi University’s homecoming. The carnival that’s held on our school’s campus includes a variety of rides, games booths with representatives of clubs and organizations, petting zoos, food, and much more. The highlight of the carnival has to be the coronation of the King and Queen. The past three years the Adelphi Queen has been fellow Admissions Ambassadors; Adelphi Queen 2013 was former Senior Ambassador Nicole Ferrigno, Adelphi Queen 2014 was former Ambassador Lauren Jacobson and Adelphi Queen 2015 was recently graduated Senior Ambassador Karla Hernandez

The 2015 Adelphi King and Queen pictured with President Riordan

In addition to the on-campus events, Adelphi encourages students and their families to explore the outside community and the campus’ close proximity to New York City. This past year, students and their families had the opportunity to purchase discounted tickets to Broadway’s “Fun House” and “An American in Paris”. This upcoming year, families can see the Tony Nominated shows, “The Book of Mormon” and “The Color Purple”. Adelphi also added a sporting event to this year’s schedule for all the football fans out there; the New York Jets will be taking on the Seattle Seahawks in East Rutherford, New Jersey at Metlife Stadium. And there’s no need to worry about transportation - Adelphi includes free transportation with each off-campus event.

Don’t forget that Family Weekend is not limited to the events scheduled for the beginning of the semester. Families are encouraged to visit students as often as possible with the multiple events we have throughout the school year. You can always visit our school’s website to see the upcoming activities listed.

Two students having fun at the AU Spirit Carnival