In one last final effort to welcome students to Skyline, the Associated Students held its final event in the quad where Administration, staff, and faculty served students a free breakfast.
Providing students with free pancakes remains a Skyline tradition during Welcome Week. The intent behind the event was to get students interacting with other members of the community to close the week with a sweet treat.
Amory Cariadus Coordinator of Student Activities was in attendance at the event mingling with students and encouraging any and all to partake in the pancake gobbling.
“So this morning we’re serving a free pancake breakfast to the student body just as a ‘Hi, thanks for being here’,” said Cariadus. “[Students] get a chance to get a free breakfast, meet everybody…it’s a social thing.”
The breakfast marked the end of Welcome Week and according to Cariadus the message of unification in the community came across successfully.
“I think [Welcome weeks] gone pretty well,” said Cariadus. “I think people have had a good time: They’ve been given access to some resources on campus, they’ve gotten to meet people through clubs, and student organizations, and I think overall it’s been a success”
The event started at around 7:30am in the quad and ended at 9:41am with the faculty catering the event. Administration, staff, and faculty served the food and gave out Bio-degradable forks and knives.
1100 individual pancakes were served with each student getting their choice of two pancakes, two sausages, and some juice. Within two hours they were down to 85 pancakes.
Some students present at the breakfast attended to get a free meal but others did so because they had been to other Welcome Week events and wanted to continue participating.
Students like Noel Arauz a first time student who had been to previous events like Club fair and the free pizza event felt that the event and indeed Welcome Week in its entirety made him feel welcome at Skyine.
“I just think this really shows that [They] really care…I think it’s just a really good way to show students a good time,” Said Arauz. “It’s just really nice like other schools don’t have this for two weeks so I just think its show that they’re really here for students.”
Staff members served the food and talked to the students in order to get both staff and students interacting with each other as soon as possible for the benefit of both parties.
“[Serving pancakes] has been something that the staff and the faculty enjoy participating in as well. They like to come and meet the students in a different form other than behind a desk or in a classroom,” said Cariadus. “I think it’s [also] good for students because they get to meet people on a different level …it’s nice to have different interactions in our community where we can all get to know and appreciate each other as individuals.
Due to her background in child development, Kate Williams Brown, the program coordinator of the ECE program, really felt a passion and understanding for the importance of this student/staff interaction.
“It’s all about relationships, if a teacher makes a good relationship with their students, the student is more motivated to learn. It’s true when you’re two, its true when you’re 22, it’s probably true when you’re 102,” Said Brown. “Skyline can become a caring community of learners, and this is part of what builds the community. We all get to sit around and eat together.”
