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Students from the Department of Engineering and Physics walk to chapel. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)

Gallery: Praise Day Friday opens Family Weekend

September 20, 2024 by Sarah Thompson

Family Weekend is underway as students attend Praise Day Friday and engage with athletes in the Campus Center. The women’s volleyball team greeted students at chapel and promoted their upcoming games. After a time of worship, students were met with a CAB club-level seat giveaway for tomorrow’s football game. Members of the football team promoted their game by handing out cookies to students. In the Campus Center, the Student and Small Business Fair featured student businesses and Follies merchandise.

Students from the Department of Engineering and Physics walk to chapel. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)
Students are greeted at the door by members of the women’s volleyball at chapel. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)
Nathan Kranz, campus minister and graduate Master of Divinity student from Abilene, speaks a word of encouragement to the student body. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)

Mace Ratliff, coordinator of Chapel production, leads the student body in a time of worship. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)
Members of the women’s volleyball team sit in the front row after greeting students at the beginning of chapel. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)
Students exit Moody Coliseum after Praise Day Friday. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)

Jacob Greenman, freshman information systems major from Mansfield, exits Moody Coliseum after Praise Day Friday. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)
CAB hosts a Club Level Seat Giveaway to promote student engagement and the football game. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)
Langston Myrick, freshman tight end from Angleton, hands a cookie to a student in the Campus Center. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)

Students look to purchase Freshman Follies merchandise at the Student and Small Business Fair. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)
Amelie Beegle, sophomore theatre major from Forney, sells baked goods at the Student and Small Business Fair in the Campus Center. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)
Student Productions sells Follies merchandise at the Student and Small Business Fair. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)

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