CAMPUS Students take a break at Summer Send-Off

Top: Raeslyn Miller, Emma Goins and Cody Cothran line dance to “Copperhead Road” outside the University Center at the Summer Send-Off April 20. Popular country songs for line dancing were played over speakers throughout the three-hour event, as students and guests engaged in games and crafts.

Left: Freshman Addyson Lindsey pets a small goat at the petting zoo corral at the Send-Off. The corral featured goats, pigs, ducks, and bunnies that guests were allowed to pet and take pictures of as a part of the Country Fair theme.

Above: Students wait their turn to ride the mechanical bull on the Quad Lawn. The mechanical bull was a part of the Country Fair theme of this year’s Send-Off, accompanied by a petting zoo, fake cow-milking, and a shoot-out laser tag course.

Below: Student Affairs faculty Kimberley Graham, Allie Longoria, and Dr. Levi Harrel-Hallmark run the Send-Off check-in tables. The campus-wide event, also open to the public, lasted from 5:30-8:30 p.m. and students and families could check in at any time to get their wristbands and gray ticket that granted access to the activities.