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WHAT'S THE BUZZ: ON
THE MAKE-UP OF RESIDENTIAL STUDENTS AND PARENTS WEEKEND
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Sonoma’s residential community is growing due to the desire of students to be housed where they attend college. Some SSU housing statistics:
1. We currently have 25% of our students living on campus (1976 out of
7950. This is NOT the final census headcount of students. That number
will be known in a few weeks but it is not expected to change dramatically.)
2. When Phase 1 of Beaujolais Village is completed in Fall 2003, there
will be 350 students housed there.
3. When Phase 2 of Beaujolais Village is completed in Fall 2004, an additional
350 students will be housed in that village. That will bring the total
in Beaujolais to 700. At that time, and IF Sonoma’s enrollment remains
approximately the same, there will be 34% of the student body housed on
campus.
Having a residential campus (Sonoma has the highest percentage in the
CSU for the number of students living on campus compared to the number
of students who are enrolled), requires a much richer activity level than
the University has had in previous years. To give students (and their
parents) that richness, involves many events and activities such as concerts,
plays, trips to San Francisco and other locations. A request from students
and their parents that has evolved into a university-wide effort is Parents’
Weekend which takes place this year on October 18-20.
Parents’ Weekend is an all-campus effort coordinated through the
Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs and Residential Life,
but many questions are being asked of faculty and staff who may need more
information in order to answer those questions. Here are the details of
the weekend experience:
Friday, October 18
12:30 p.m. Men’s Soccer v. Cal State, Bakersfield
3:00 p.m. Women’s Soccer v. Cal State, Bakersfield
3:00 p.m. Scholarship Awards Ceremony
6:00 p.m. Scholarship Awards and Parents’ Weekend Reception
Saturday, October 19
8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8-10 a.m. Parent Registration
8:30 a.m. Parents’ Association Information
9:00 a.m. President’s Welcome
9:45 a.m. “Back to the Classroom” Faculty Lectures
9:45 a.m. Campus and Residential Tours
10:45 a.m. “Back to the Classroom” Faculty Lectures
10:45 a.m. Campus and Residential Tours
Noon Family BBQ
1:00 p.m. LaCrosse Alumni Game
8:00 p.m. A Night of Entertainment
Sunday, October 20
10:00 a.m. RSA Residence Hall Reception/Brunch
11:00 a.m. Workshop: How to Help Finance Your Student’s Education
12:30 p.m. Men’s Soccer v. Cal State Stanislaus
3:00 p.m. Women’s Soccer v. Cal State Stanislaus
The cost is $28 per person (meals are extra). Parents will receive a t-shirt,
an evening of entertainment, and athletics tickets.
If students are interested in information for their parents, they should
contact Mo Phillips at x4-2804.
To see what activities and events Residential Life is promoting to students
(generally students living on campus, but open to all), go to www.sonoma.edu/sas/reslife/programming.htm.
To add events that that can enrich Sonoma students’ lives, call x4-2804.
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