Siblings Weekend is one of the biggest events hosted by the Residential Community Association (RCA) at Wright State University (WSU). This year, it took place from March 20 to 22, allowing students to bring their families on campus to play games, watch movies, and more.
It was RCA’s second year hosting siblings' weekend since COVID-19, and their high attendance turnout showed why they brought it back.
Alexandria Feckner, a student at WSU and an employee for RCA, spoke more on this.
“We had around 150 students come, so in total we had almost 300 [collectively] of everybody, with students and families,” Feckner said.
The weekend was filled with events that purposely catered to interests of all kinds, with an overarching theme of superheroes. Friday was check-in day, and the organization hosted a late-night breakfast, as well as trivia.
Saturday offered donuts and refreshments in the morning, with multiple activities throughout the day and into the evening, and a movie showing of "The Incredibles" to end the night.
For the last event, Sunday brought back the chance of donuts and juice in the morning, with an afternoon finale of stuffing your own Rowdy plushie, making slime and designing tote bags.
One event in particular gathered the most amount of people: "Choose Your Mission," which was Saturday's field day of activities.
Choose Your Mission included a variety of free entertainment such as face painting, balloon artists, caricature drawings, food trucks and a wide range of games.
Although the siblings' weekend was meant to show a different side of campus to people who may only be familiar with an academic-based view of it, the events also presented the opportunity for families to be able to see what WSU is like, beyond the events.
WSU freshman Lorelei Schmidt and her younger siblings spoke about this topic and what it meant for them.
“I got to show my brother that college is a lot different than high school,” Lorelei Schmidt said.
Her brother, Owen Schmidt, has expressed interest in the computer science program at WSU and shared more about his thoughts on the college.
“Although I haven’t had much time to look around, I’d say this is a very big place, but they still put a lot of effort into making it comfortable,” Owen Schmidt said.
Amelia Schmidt, Lorelei's sister, shared her love for WSU from an artistic perspective.
“Walking around, looking at all the things, I didn’t expect it to be so pretty and comforting,” Amelia Schmidt said.
She mentioned that she enjoyed seeing BART as well as the double helix sculpture. Both Owen and Amelia shared their plans to apply to WSU in the future.
Overall, siblings' weekend stands out as a popular event at WSU that not only gives families the chance to come together and have fun at a college campus but also shows what the college has to offer to their community and as a whole.
