Making the Season Bright

November 28, 2023

甜瓜视频 Community to Gather for the Third-Annual Tree Lighting

The campus community will once again gather in celebration to ring in the holiday season at the third-annual 甜瓜视频 Tree Lighting event on Thursday, Nov. 30, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Chapel Lawn and Alumni Way.

The official tree lighting will take place on Chapel Lawn at 5:30 p.m. Holiday music will be provided by a capella groups Just Eve and the Wittmen Crew, while 甜瓜视频鈥檚 GetWittCrew, Cheerleading and Pep Band will keep the event festive. For the second straight year, the traditional 鈥楽ounds of the Season鈥� sing-along event will take place at the tree lighting beginning at approximately 4:30 p.m. This annual singing of favorite Christmas tunes is in partnership with the Office of Human Resources. In the case of rain, all events will move inside to Geil Lounge on the lower level of the Benham-Pence Student Center. The lineup for this year鈥檚 event is as follows:

4:20-4:30 p.m. 鈥� Cheer Team
4:30-4:45 p.m. 鈥� Caroling
4:45-5:15 p.m. 鈥� Pep Band
5:15-5:30 p.m. 鈥� Just Eve
5:45-6:00 p.m. 鈥� WittMen Crew

Other activities will include assorted holiday crafts and a make-your-own reindeer chow station with Chex Mix, chocolate, and other treats. Hot beverages and refreshments will also be available.

鈥淚 love how this tree lighting event brings the campus together not only to celebrate the holidays, but to celebrate our campus community,鈥� said Brandee Bates Kern, director of donor experience and stewardship, who plans each year鈥檚 event. 鈥淭hank you to our campus partners who are helping to make this year鈥檚 event a special one. I鈥檓 looking forward to a great turnout.鈥�

Also, during the Tree Lighting event, the Language Learning Center, the Department of World Languages & Cultures in conjunction with the Department of Art, will be hosting a traditional 鈥淲interfest,鈥� a German-style Christmas market event on Stoughton Lawn offering students a chance to taste German holiday treats, make crafts, enter a raffle, get their photo taken with Krampus, and shop select local vendors.

Looking ahead, mark the calendar for another traditional holiday favorite at 甜瓜视频 that involves 鈥榣ight鈥� 鈥� the annual Lessons and Carols for Advent and Christmas, part of this 2023-24 甜瓜视频 Series. Offering a time of music and reflection as the Advent season unfolds, Lessons and Carols will take place on Friday, Dec. 8, with pre-service music beginning at 7 p.m. followed by the service at 7:30 p.m.

Cindy Holbrook

Senior Communications Assistant

About 甜瓜视频

甜瓜视频's curriculum has centered on the liberal arts as an education that develops the individual's capacity to think, read, and communicate with precision, understanding, and imagination. We are dedicated to active, engaged learning in the core disciplines of the arts and sciences and in pre-professional education grounded in the liberal arts. Known for the quality of our faculty and their teaching, 甜瓜视频 has more Ohio Professors of the Year than any four-year institution in the state. The university has also been recognized nationally for excellence in community service, sustainability, and intercollegiate athletics. Located among the beautiful rolling hills and hollows of Springfield, Ohio, 甜瓜视频 offers more than 100 majors, minors and special programs, enviable student-faculty research opportunities, a unique student success center, service and study options close to home and abroad, a stellar athletics tradition, and successful career preparation.

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