EXCITED much for some more Alabama football this weekend?! To add to the game excitement, get ready for our first Family Weekend Tailgate on September 17th! The Ferguson Center Programming Office will be working in conjunction with Parent Programs this Saturday at Presidential Park, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. There will be a small raffle for registered parents and family members. So if your parents or family have not registered yet, make sure they sign up and get ready to Roll with the Tide. To maximize the tailgate experience for our families, Full Moon BBQ will be served along with great music from the band Two and Half White Guys. So remember to sign up and come out and ROLL TIDE!
--Joycelyn Kennedy
The Whole Shebang:
This Saturday, September 17th, is the Family Weekend Tailgate. It’s a tailgate that Parents Programs is throwing for students and their families who are making the pilgrimage to our capstone dearest to spend the weekend in all out, total UA style. (Parent Programs is a part of Student Affairs, for anyone who doesn’t recognize the name) Anyway, I’ve heard that there are about three thousand people coming to this shin-dig, and I can say that impresses me a whole lot. As my friends have said, “UA goes big, or stays home.”
I have only ever been to one football game (don’t get mad, I watch on TV when I can!), and I definitely can’t say that I am a seasoned tailgater. But I will say that in all my time here, experiencing a game-day (the way you see it depicted on all those nifty UA brochures and online) is one of the things I am determined to do at least once before I graduate.
And so we’re off! I am buckling down and really going for it—the whole shebang-- the complete game-day tailgating experience. I’m going to get that washable tattoo put on my cheek, and I’m going to take pictures of random people in copious amounts of houndstooth and crimson, and if I’m lucky, I am going to find that guy with all those UA tattoos.
So, this Saturday at Presidential Park, at 3PM, three thousand people (students and family alike!) and I will be rolling with the tide, getting ready to see our school make us proud. Roll Tide!
--Dominique Duerr
Perspectives on Family Weekend: Interview with Litsa Orban, coordinator of the First Year Experience and Family Weekend staff member
September is always an exciting time of year for students at UA. School has barely begun and the sights and sounds of football season can be all seen across campus.
However, September is also a very exciting time for families of UA students as well. Every year, the Office of Parent Programs hosts Family Weekend (hyperlink: http://parents.ua.edu/familyWeekend.cfm), a weekend geared towards offering the families of UA students a chance to visit the campus and really experience what it means to be a part of what we call the “UA Family.”
I had the pleasure of talking with one of our newest members of the UA Family. Litsa Orban is the new coordinator of the First Year Experience and a staff member for Family Weekend. Though Litsa did not graduate from the University of Alabama, she has actually been involved with the UA Office of Parent Programs since 2010, when she was a graduate intern.
She has a deep love for UA, and that is most apparent through her work on Family Weekend:
Q: What is your role or involvement with Family Weekend? How long have you been involved with this event?
LO: Family Weekend planning is a team effort with all staff of First Year Experience and Parents Programs. My specific responsibility was to plan the Family Weekend Student Affairs Brunch. Truly, the execution of this large event is a team effort with all areas of the Division of Student Affairs.
Q: What is Family Weekend about? Why is it important to the UA community and families?
LO: Family Weekend is about sharing. It is about students sharing their lives at UA with their family members; it is about the UA family sharing the place we love with our students’ families; it is about families sharing their lives with the University. At the end of the weekend, we are all family.
Q: Has attending or working Family Weekend changed or deepened your perspective on what the “UA Family” is? How so?
LO: UA is special and Family Weekend reminds everyone exactly how special it is. Although our students’ family members may not always be on campus, they are our family. So, it’s nice to have the whole family together.
Q: What are you looking forward to from this event?
LO: Family Weekend is a time for family members to experience The Capstone. It is always fun to witness others falling in love with UA.
With Family Weekend coming up this Saturday, we are all very excited to meet more of our UA Family!
--Tiara Dees
Hey, Crimson Tide family! Join us this Saturday, September 17, for our Family Weekend Tailgate party! This is an exciting way to meet up with all your friends here in our UA family and have a good time before the game. Bring your family and introduce them to your friends, and show them what weekend life is really like here at UA. It's fun, family friendly and it's absolutely free. Then, join us afterwards at 6:30pm Saturday evening, when YOUR Alabama Crimson Tide marches onto the gridiron to take on North Texas at the famous BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM! A limited number of tickets are still available for that game, so don't wait. If you or your family don't have tickets, order today by calling the UA Ticket OFFICE at 348-2262; 348-BAMA. So come on out, bring your family, and join your UA family for the Family Weekend Tailgate Party, this Saturday afternoon only, here at the University of Alabama. It's free, it's fun, and you don't want to miss it. You and the University of Alabama: ROLL TIDE!
--David Rissling
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