09/17/2015
SUNY Cortland’s Family Weekend 2015, which will run from Friday, Oct. 2, through Sunday, Oct. 4, includes a musical theater performance by students, an apple picking bus trip for families and a campus 5K run/walk.
The weekend also includes a “Divas Through the Decades” performance at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3, in the Corey Union Function Room. It serves as a musical tribute to musicians such as Aretha Franklin, Madonna and Taylor Swift. A complimentary dessert buffet will be available during the performance. General admission for the Campus Artist and Lecture Series (CALS) event is $10; all students and children can attend for free.
Other Family Weekend events include a popular community festival, Red Dragon athletic events and educational and recreational activities for the entire family.
This year, for the first time the College is hosting an online registration page for families to purchase tickets to the Family Weekend events. Registration is requested by Wednesday, Sept. 23.
Highlights of the event schedule follow:
Friday, Oct. 2
- Families can check in and pick up their Family Weekend packets containing tickets and updated schedules from 3 to 8 p.m.
- At 3 p.m., the SUNY Cortland women’s soccer team plays host to Plattsburgh at Jets Field.
- At 4 p.m., the College’s nationally-ranked field hockey team takes on Morrisville at the SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex White Field.
- “Musical Theater Revue,” a special Family Weekend performance featuring senior musical theatre majors, takes place at 7:30 p.m. in the Dowd Fine Arts Center.
Saturday Oct. 3
- The local Great Cortland Pumpkinfest, a community event featuring arts and craft exhibitors and other entertainment, takes place from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. in Courthouse Park near downtown Cortland. Bus transportation will be provided every hour from Corey Union.
- “Classes Without Quizzes,” or fun and educational lectures led by faculty members, will take place at 9:30 a.m. in the Corey Union Fireplace Lounge.
- “Coffee and Conversation: Staff and Family Mix and Mingle” begins at 10:30 a.m. in Corey Union Exhibition Lounge. Family members will have a chance to interact with key student services members from the College.
- College President Erik J. Bitterbaum hosts the President’s Brunch at 11:30 a.m. in the Corey Union Function Room. President Bitterbaum and Student Government Association President Patrick Viscome will offer remarks, followed by student group performances. General admission costs $15 for adults, SUNY Cortland students and children six and older. Children younger than five cost $5. View the President’s Brunch menu.
- At 1 p.m., the College’s football team hosts Hartwick College at the SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex.
- An apple picking bus trip to Beak and Skiff Apple Orchard in nearby Lafayette, N.Y., takes place from 2:30 until 5 p.m. A bus with limited seating will depart from Corey Union. Families also are invited to travel in their own vehicles.
- Three one-hour “Classes without Quizzes: Planetarium” lectures take place at 3:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
- The “Divas Through the Decades” performance begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Corey Union Function Room.
- Open family ice skating at Park Center Alumni Arena begins at 9 p.m. Admission costs $3 per person and includes skate rental.
Sunday, Oct. 4
- The 8th annual Cortland Apple 5K, a 3.1-mile fun run sponsored by SUNY Cortland Recreational Sports, begins at 11 a.m. near the pavilion behind Park Center.
- The Great Cortland Pumpkinfest runs from noon until 5 p.m. in Courthouse Park.
The College Store will be open throughout Family Weekend with the following hours: 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday; and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
Visit the Family Weekend frequently asked questions page for additional information about the weekend. Further questions can be directed to Campus Activities and Corey Union at 607-753-2322. Information on lodging in the Cortland area can be found on the College’s Restaurants and Lodging information page.