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Jacqueline Wolfert
Issue date: 4/30/03 Section: News
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As students and faculty alike have spent the last several weeks diligently working hard to end the academic year on a positive note, so have the members of the Georgetown Day Committee to commemorate those achievements with a day filled with food and fun. The fourth annual Georgetown Day took place on Apr. 29 on Copley Lawn to celebrate the last day of classes and the end of the 2002-03 school year.
The first Georgetown Day in the history of the University occurred in the spring of 2000. According to Georgetown Day Co-Coordinator Eric Polkow, “It was originated to help revitalize and bring back the spirits of the Georgetown community after a particularly difficult 1999-2000 academic year, during which the school faced some tough challenges and events.” Since that spring, Georgetown Day has become one of the many emerging Georgetown traditions seeking to cultivate school spirit and a stronger campus community.
This year’s Georgetown Day offered numerous games and programs for every variety of Georgetown student and faculty member. “The day itself is comprised of free music, games, rides and food. We as a committee seek to have as many students, faculty, staff and family members on the lawn as possible, interacting in a non-classroom situation ... It is a day when everyone gets to see the true nature and spirit of the Georgetown community and why it is so great to be a Hoya!”
Volunteers and coordinators began their day early, arriving on Copley Lawn around 5:30 a.m. to begin decorating the campus with balloons and signs. At 7 a.m. volunteers in Red Square began serving a breakfast of Krispy Kreme donuts and bagels to students and faculty on their way to their last classes of the year. The free food did not stop there, however. Lunch, consisting of an all-out buffet of grill items, watermelon, snow cones and cotton candy was served to all. Gourmets were also appeased as the most popular culinary attraction turned out to be the crepe table serving freshly prepared delicacies to those willing to wait in the long line.
The first Georgetown Day in the history of the University occurred in the spring of 2000. According to Georgetown Day Co-Coordinator Eric Polkow, “It was originated to help revitalize and bring back the spirits of the Georgetown community after a particularly difficult 1999-2000 academic year, during which the school faced some tough challenges and events.” Since that spring, Georgetown Day has become one of the many emerging Georgetown traditions seeking to cultivate school spirit and a stronger campus community.
This year’s Georgetown Day offered numerous games and programs for every variety of Georgetown student and faculty member. “The day itself is comprised of free music, games, rides and food. We as a committee seek to have as many students, faculty, staff and family members on the lawn as possible, interacting in a non-classroom situation ... It is a day when everyone gets to see the true nature and spirit of the Georgetown community and why it is so great to be a Hoya!”
Volunteers and coordinators began their day early, arriving on Copley Lawn around 5:30 a.m. to begin decorating the campus with balloons and signs. At 7 a.m. volunteers in Red Square began serving a breakfast of Krispy Kreme donuts and bagels to students and faculty on their way to their last classes of the year. The free food did not stop there, however. Lunch, consisting of an all-out buffet of grill items, watermelon, snow cones and cotton candy was served to all. Gourmets were also appeased as the most popular culinary attraction turned out to be the crepe table serving freshly prepared delicacies to those willing to wait in the long line.