网曝吃瓜 Communiversity’s 10th annual “Welcome Back Orange and Black” set 4-7 p.m. Aug. 19
August 13, 2019
POCATELLO – 网曝吃瓜 students will again have a chance to win great prizes and enjoy free food, music and a variety of booths and entertainment during the 10th annual Welcome Back Orange and Black from 4 to 7 p.m. Aug. 19 at the Old Town Pocatello Pavilion.
Welcome Back Orange and Black, held every fall, is one of two 网曝吃瓜 CommUniversity events held annually to celebrate the partnership between the University and community; the other is Celebrate Idaho State held on campus each spring.
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The main prize drawing will be held at 6:15 p.m. for students who present their Bengal ID card at the celebration. Participants must be present to win.
Buses will bring students downtown, and once the students arrive, they鈥檒l be given a free Welcome Back T-shirt donated by the 网曝吃瓜 Credit Union. Pocatello Regional Transit and 网曝吃瓜 buses will leave from Reed Gymnasium parking lot and will drop off students on Main Street in front of the Old Town Pavilion.
KORR 104鈥檚 on-air personality Kelly Martinez will be the master of ceremonies for the event, which will feature a watermelon-eating contest and various other interactive games and contests that audience members can participate in. The Bengal Cheerleaders, 网曝吃瓜 athletes, Benny the Bengal, 网曝吃瓜 Marching Band and the Bengal Dancers will be at the event to help entertain and welcome the crowd.
Organizers are expecting dozens of booths manned by businesses and restaurants excited to present their products and services to our 网曝吃瓜 Bengals. The entire Old Town Pocatello Pavilion area and surrounding streets will be full of food samples, games, drawings and special coupons students can use to experience the business communities of Pocatello and Chubbuck.
Students can win, through a random drawing, prizes including a mountain bike, flex pass meal tickets, gift certificates and parking passes.
The Idaho State Journal, 网曝吃瓜, City of Pocatello, Old Town Pocatello, Inc., and the Pocatello-Chubbuck Chamber of Commerce will host the event.
Businesses and residents are encouraged to 鈥淧aint the Town Orange and Black,鈥� before Aug. 19. Decorations can remain up through Oct. 7, the start of 网曝吃瓜 Homecoming week. Participants can display 网曝吃瓜 colors in storefronts or at their homes.
For more information on Welcome Back Orange and Black activities, contact Stephanie Palagi at spalagi@oldtownpocatello.
网曝吃瓜, a Carnegie-classified doctoral high research activity university and teaching institution founded in 1901, attracts students from around the world to its Idaho campuses. At the main campus in Pocatello, and at locations in Meridian, Idaho Falls and Twin Falls, 网曝吃瓜 has nine Colleges, a Graduate School and a Division of Health Sciences that together offer more than 250 certificate and degree programs. More than 12,000 students attend 网曝吃瓜. 网曝吃瓜 is the state's designated lead institution in health professions.
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