Weekend Highlights
Family Weekend is featuring the following special events:
Student Alumni Association Tuition Raffle
The Student Alumni Association (SAA), in partnership with the UMass Amherst Alumni Association, sponsors a raffle that awards up to $2,000 towards spring 2010 tuition and fees.
Current full-time undergraduate and graduate students attending spring 2010 are eligible to win. There will be no outright cash award. A credit for tuition and fees will be issued to a maximum of $2,000. Tickets are $7 each or 5 for $25.
The winning ticket will be drawn on Monday, September 28, 2009. The winner will be contacted by phone no later that Friday, October 2, 2009.
For more information, contact the SAA Office at 800.456.UMASS (8627) or email saa@stuaf.umass.edu.
Special Note: If you receive financial aid, this credit could be factored into your eligibility and may affect your financial aid award.
Weekend Scavenger Hunt
Don’t forget to pack your digital camera! In addition to snapping some memorable family photos, you could win a prize during the UMass Amherst Parent and Family Council-sponsored Family Weekend scavenger hunt. Stop by our table at registration and find out more about the Parent and Family Council and register for this fun opportunity to explore campus with your student. For more details on the scavenger hunt or the Parent and Family Council in general, please contact Katie Crowe Wood, director of the Parent and Family Council at 413.545.1064 or kcwood@admin.umass.edu.
The UMass Amherst Parent and Family Council provides family members of current students and graduates with enjoyable and meaningful volunteer opportunities that benefit the campus community.
Taste of Home Recipes – Update
UMass Dining asked for favorite family recipes and you responded! We appreciate all of the entries that were submitted last spring. During Family Weekend’s Saturday lunch, some of the Taste of Home recipes will be featured. Your interest and support are very important to us. Enjoy lunch with us!
Any Family Weekend attendees can enjoy Saturday’s lunch and/or dinner along with Sunday’s Jazz Brunch, compliments of Dining Services, when accompanied by a UMass Amherst student who is on the meal plan. For those of you without a student on the meal plan the fees are as follows:
Parents/Guardians
Lunch - $7, Dinner - $8, Sunday Brunch - $7
Non-meal plan student
Lunch - $10.25, Dinner - $12, Sunday Brunch - $10.25
** A chart will be at the cashier for siblings
Band Day
Each fall, dozens of high school bands come to UMass Amherst to learn from and perform with the “Power and Class of New England,” our very own Marching Band. This year marks the 25th anniversary of this awesome UMass Amherst tradition.
Not only is this great fun for all participants, it offers high school musicians a glimpse of what it is like performing in front of a college audience.
The high school students will have the opportunity to work with two of the nation's most recognized marching band specialists. Director George N. Parks and Associate Director Thomas P. Hannum have earned national reputations for their work with marching bands and competitive drum and bugle corps.
Beginning early in the morning, bands from all across New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania join the Minuteman Band in an intense rehearsal which will be performed four hours later at half time of the football game!
All the students put on a truly amazing show. Don’t miss it!
Check out the UMass Marching Band Web site for more details at www.umass.edu/band.
Please note: In order to view the performance, you must have a ticket to the football game.
