Seawolves picnic on Person Lawn

Thursday April 27 Seawolves enjoyed the end of the semester picnic with the “Lunch on the Lawn” event hosted by Associated Student Productions (ASP). This event featured professionally styled sitting arrangements, a DJ performance, a photo booth and lawn games.

Maia Madrigal, a fourth year student who works for ASP had the vision for “Lunch on the Lawn.” Madrigal is the event director for ASP who collaborated with a vendor known as “Picnic Potential” in order for this event to come to life at SSU.

According to Madrigal, “A total of 60 students were expected and about 70 were there”.

It was also the first time this event took place on campus. In an interview with the Sonoma State STAR, Madrigal was asked if “Lunch on the Lawn” would be a recurring event. She said, “It was our first time working with [Picnic Potential]... it was amazing working with them so we would love to do this again.”

Madrigal is not the only one who wants to see this event happening again. Carl Rubin, a first year student who was present at the picnic said, “I thought this event was a great way to increase student involvement on campus, meet people and make new friendships. I would definitely take part in this event again and think events like these should occur more often.”

Students interviewed by the STAR all had the same feedback about the event. Azucena Ferrusca, a fourth year student who also joined the event said that she “loved the event and would definitely love to do this again”.

Overall, most Seawolves had a great time relaxing in the sun. According to the vendor, Picnic Potential, a lot of students went to thank them for the event.

Rubin and Ferrusca both loved the event so much that they wished it was advertised more broadly so more people could enjoy it the way they did. Ferrusca said “I would advertise more on campus because not a lot of people knew about this.” Which was confirmed by Rubin as he said “I never heard about the event until I saw the tables and blankets out near Persons Lawn.” Rubin also hoped the event lasted longer, “time constraints were the main factors that caused some of my friend to not attend this event”

With all this positive feedback, the STAR asked Madrigal if another similar event was put in place for the remainder of the semester. She stated “We don’t have an event exactly like this planned, but as.Sonoma.edu has a list of all our events for the rest of the semester.”