Banana Day’s thirtieth Birthday Will be Bunches of Fun on April 15!

Banana Day’s 30^th Birthday Will be Bunches of Fun on April 15!

Annual Pre-Final Stress Buster Is a Rite-of-Spring at WCU 

It’s formally banana season at West Chester University and there’s purpose to have a good time!
Banana Day can be turning 30 years-old on Wednesday, April 15, and, from 11 a.m.
– 3 p.m. throughout North Campus, bunches of enjoyable can be had by your complete WCU group
throughout probably the most interesting day of your complete yr. With 2,000 bananas readily available, together with a donation of 600 pretty
traded Equal Exchange bananas, WCU’s student-centered custom of organizing the
best banana video games, whipping up scrumptious banana treats, and extra will get
higher yearly. The spirited annual ceremony of spring acts as a pre-final stress buster
for all Golden Rams. Neighbors are welcome to affix in, too! WCU’s North Campus is
sure by 700 South High Street, Sharpless Street, South New Street, and West Rosedale
Avenue (Campus Map).

The most visible banana enjoyable will occur at 12 p.m. on the Academic Quad (positioned between University Avenue and West Rosedale Avenue) as college students compete within the conventional Banana Toss, Banana Balance, Banana Towers,
and different banana enjoyable video games. Also featured on the Academic Quad can be face portray,
balloon twisting, a photobooth, Travelin’ Tom’s Coffee Truck, and much extra. The Residential
Quad (positioned between University Hall and Brandywine Hall at 709 S. New Street) can be all about bananas, too, with extra banana video games, banana-themed crafts, banana
baked goodies, and extra. Lots of banana enjoyable will even be doled out in Sykes Student
Union (positioned at 110 W. Rosedale Avenue) with Box Stacking, Banana Grab, and even Banana Day crochet gadgets on the market. Rounds
of music trivia with “WCUR Guess That Song!” will happen close to the Sykes Pergola.
Students will even compete for the golden banana by climbing the large rock wall in
the Campus Rec Center (positioned at 275 North Campus Drive).

With Aramark’s signature Banana Buffet, in addition to the Bananarama meals truck’s nutritious
banana whips and Scrape & Scoop, it’s going to be a wholesome and yummy day on campus.
Thousands of leftover banana peels won’t go to waste; a number of composting options
will even be integrated into Banana Day, too.

Organized by the University’s Student Activities Council every year, 20 instances of bananas
can be used through the 30^th annual Banana Day. Why does everybody at WCU go bananas over Banana Day every year?
It’s all concerning the t-shirt… The Banana Day t-shirt is a top-secret design-in-the-making
yearly and isn’t revealed till the morning of Banana Day. As a really restricted
version, the specially-designed t-shirt is coveted and given solely to the winners of
banana video games — till they final.

A terrific stress-reducer for West Chester University college students previous to last semester
exams, Banana Day was based in 1996 by WCU alumnus Rodolfo “Rudy” Tellez, who organized
the distribution of hundreds of bananas throughout campus to have a good time West Chester University
spirit. 

“Everyone knows about Banana Day at WCU,” says Kaitlyn Sheehan, vice chairman of
traditions on the University’s Student Activities Council. “Banana Day is such a particular
custom for all of us, and it’s all the time a lot enjoyable bringing your complete campus group
collectively for what we think about to be “our” big day. It simply places smiles on everybody’s
face, and it’s a good way to enter our finals!”