This October Beyond the Diag will begin hosting a variety of free events to help build a sense of community in our off-campus neighborhoods. All of our events are hosted by our neighborhood ambassadors, are free and open to public. They provide a fun way to get to know your neighbors, neighborhood ambassadors, and provide you with safety, health, wellness and university resources. We host a number of events throughout the year, with each neighborhood typically hosting up to three events per semester.
Here is a list of our events for the month of October:
- Friday October 10th: Bonfire at the Courtyards.
This event will be held behind building 1780 at the fire pit. This event is a great way to get to know other students living in the Courtyards by making s’mores, drinking hot chocolate and listening to music. Feel free to stop by starting at dusk!
Pumpkin Carving Events: Come to carve a pumpkin, enjoy free cider, donuts and Halloween candy! Many of our neighborhoods will host pumpkin carving contests as well with prizes for the scariest and most creative faces! There will also be safety resources and information available.
- October 19th: Old Fourth Ward and North Ingalls.
These two neighborhoods will be teaming up to host a fun, festive and free pumpkin-carving event. A winner will be announced for the scariest and most creative pumpkins with prizes!
- Sunday October 26th: South University, East Packard and Tappan neighborhoods.
Come on over to the other side of our off-campus community by joining residents from each of these neighborhoods for pumpkin- carving, cider and donuts. This will also be an informational event that will provide students with safety tips for the Halloween weekend as well.
- Tuesday October 28th: Elbel.
Just as a reminder, you are allowed to go to any number of our events, whether it’s in your neighborhood or not. All of our events are free and open to the public. For even more information about Beyond the Diag or our events, look out for flyers, chalking, and watch out for emails from your neighborhood ambassadors and from posts on social media from the Beyond the Diag twitter and Facebook pages!
Contributed by Harry Hadden