Parents return for Family Weekend 2008

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Oklahoma State University’s Family Weekend 2008, designed to bring students and family members together on the Stillwater campus for a weekend of fun, fellowship and recognition, is this weekend.

Numerous fun activities for family members of all ages will begin on Friday and continue through Saturday with the football game against Troy.  Tickets for the Parents Association brunch sold out early.  

The eight 2008 recipients of the Parents Association Scholarship will be recognized at the brunch. Scholarships are made possible through membership dues and fund-raising activities such as the finals week care package program.

Fran Gragg, coordinator of the Parents Association, said the number of association members has continued to climb since the group was organized in 2004.  Today, more than 3,000 parents take part in association activities in chapters in Oklahoma and Texas.  Group members purchased a record number of nearly 2,700 tickets for Saturday’s football game; plus many members are season ticket holders.

Friday activities include the Aili Schmeltz Exhibition at the Gardiner Art Gallery; Cowgirl soccer vs. Texas Tech, and the Fridays at the Fountain pep rally.

Saturday activities include the morning Crop Walk for hunger at Boomer Lake; a carnival that include an Orange Pie Eating Contest; Gameday at the Union, and the Hall of Fame Block Party on the north side of Boone Pickens Stadium.  

A complete schedule and more details are available at http://union.okstate.edu/ParentsAssociation/familyweekend2.htm