by Sarah Kelly
Outside of volunteering at events, UMSL ambassadors enjoy spending time together as well! With homecoming last week, the ambassadors’ social events committee planned an ambassador hang out at the homecoming basketball games to support our athletics teams and get to know one another better.
As the UMSL Men’s Basketball team is in the midst of their best season yet, the Homecoming Steering Committee called for students to “Pack the Stands” at both the men and women’s basketball game on Thursday, February 27. This included a free nacho bar, free t-shirt, and other contests and giveaways!
It was great getting to see other ambassadors and talk about what is going on in classes and engage in a more informal way than we normally get to. Cheering on the UMSL team together made me feel proud to be a Triton and lucky to have friends like these to enjoy the college years with. At a commuter campus, it can be hard to make friends and hang out with them, as our schedules can be hectic with school, homework, work, internships and everything else. The social events committee is making it easy to get to know one another better and take a break from the stress of everything else.
The event was family-friendly with plenty of things for the kids such as face painting and a balloon artist. Since UMSL has a diverse student population, it is awesome to see inclusive programming that is geared towards some of our older student population that may have children or even grandchildren.
With both the men and women winning their homecoming games, it was a successful day at UMSL.
Overall, it was a great time spent with friends and a great opportunity to see what is going on at UMSL!
