Yes, the traditional Oweek celebrations are gearing up in
each university in Australia. It’s the time when honoured traditions are
fulfilled from foot races, to debates, to beer tents, to dressing up and
roaming the campus abound!
Doesn’t matter how big or small the campus is, each university
will have some sort of meet and greet team ready for newbies, some sort of
entertainment and definitely lots of academic and administration staff hanging
around ready to answer the easy and not so easy questions.
When I was younger monkey, my university only had 2000
students. Now it’s over 10,000 there.
Mind you, the Oweek celebrations seem the
same! Which can be a good thing. We had an annual foot race to
honour a student that passed away in Oweek many moons ago. Each year his Mum
and Dad come along and do the honours of starting the race, and presenting the
winner a trophy. It’s a nice reminder to stay safe, and also shows the heart of
the campus.
What traditions does your university have?
