{"id":28151,"date":"2011-09-27T15:40:20","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T19:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=28151"},"modified":"2019-03-30T10:37:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T14:37:00","slug":"family-weekend-connects-students-parents-rosen-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/family-weekend-connects-students-parents-rosen-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Weekend Connects Students, Parents, Rosen College"},"content":{"rendered":"
Students and their families gathered in Orlando during UCF\u2019s Family Weekend Sept. 9-11.\u00a0 In addition to a rousing 30-3 football victory over the Boston College Eagles, families enjoyed exclusive Rosen College happenings including a Game Day Open House, Family Weekend Brunch and Red, White & B-luau.<\/p>\n
On Saturday afternoon, over 40 parents, students and alumni attended the Rosen College Game Day Open House event on main campus.\u00a0 Guests experienced mock classroom discussions on the topics of theme parks and restaurants, competed in theme park trivia and learned about two of Rosen College\u2019s professional student organizations \u2013 Meeting Professionals International (MPI) and the National Society of Minorities in Hospitality (NSMH).\u00a0 The event was organized by Rosen College Coordinator of Academic Services, Joshua Johnson.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, families were invited back to the Rosen Campus for the annual Family Weekend Brunch.\u00a0 The sold-out event catered to 300 guests in three seatings, who enjoyed a free photo booth and delicious fare.\u00a0 Special appearances and welcoming remarks were made during the event by Dean Abraham Pizam, Associate Dean Tadayuki Hara and Chair of the Department of Foodservice & Lodging Management, Joe Hutchinson.<\/p>\n
To commemorate the tenth anniversary of September 11th, Rosen College Student life sponsored the Red, White & B-luau.\u00a0 The live show featured Polynesian-style entertainment in the Darden Auditorium that left guests with a sense of patriotism coupled with a tropical flair.<\/p>\n
Rosen College was pleased that so many families chose to spend their weekend with UCF.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Students and their families gathered in Orlando during UCF\u2019s Family Weekend Sept. 9-11.\u00a0 In addition to a rousing 30-3 football victory over the Boston College Eagles, families enjoyed exclusive Rosen College happenings including a Game Day Open House, Family Weekend Brunch and Red, White & B-luau. On Saturday afternoon, over 40 parents, students and alumni attended the Rosen College Game…","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":28152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1410,17586,14438,4068],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-28151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","tag-abraham-pizam","tag-joe-hutchinson","tag-restaurant-and-foodservice-management","tag-rosen-college-of-hospitality-management"],"yoast_head":"\n