Slippery Rock University is one of 230 colleges that participates in Up 'til Two (or in this instance, Up 'til Dawn) for
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. This year's event was held in the Aebersold Student Recreation Center from 12:00am-6:00am on November 9, and students were allowed to sign in at 11:30pm (November 8). The event was preceded by Azucar Salsa Band and Dance, which also collected donations for the event. Students who did not register prior to the start of Up 'til Dawn were allowed to register on the spot. Many organizations had teams who registered together, and would be participating in various events throughout the duration of the event.
Environmental Science major Shannon Wright said that this is not the only event that will be held to raise money for St. Jude's on campus. Currently, they have over 350 participants, and have raised around $25,000, and their goal is $75,000. The
Up 'til Two organization, which became an
official campus organization in November 2012, has raised over $70,000 in both 2010 and 2011.
You could search
#stjudeutd at any time during or after the event and see all the tweets and photos that students were publishing about what was going on throughout the morning.
Athletic Training students Sara M. and Kristen Zaitz talk about their expectations for the event and what they did to prepare for it.
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Students meet up in their teams or as individuals and begin the sign in process.
The far table on the left was for registered teams, the table in the middle was for registered individuals, and the table on the right was for people who still needed to register. |
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Students who did not preregister were allowed to register before entering the event.
Student workers had laptops available with the registration site already open and ready for
students to use. Once they registered, they went to the team sign in or the individual sign in. |
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