A barbecue dinner, jazz breakfast, tours, football game, comedy show and a variety of other activities are all rolled up this weekend as part of UCF\u2019s annual Family Weekend.<\/p>\n
The Sept. 16-18 event sponsored by Student Development and Enrollment Services is spread out all around the university and hosted by different organizations as a way to show what it\u2019s like to be a Knight on campus.<\/p>\n
\u201cFamily Weekend provides an opportunity for family members to return to campus and participate in a variety of spirit-filled events,\u201d said Erin Butler, director of the First Year Experience & Pegasus Parent Program. \u201cStudents have been in classes for four weeks now.\u00a0It\u2019s a good time for family members to check in and meet new friends their student has made, hear how courses are going, and simply show love and support.\u201d<\/p>\n
New this year is the Friday night barbecue dinner for weekend registrants, along with the outdoor showing of Disney\u2019s The BFG<\/em> on Memory Mall (hosted by the Campus Activities Board), and the UCF Tailgate Concert Series, Butler said.<\/p>\n Participants also will be able to view the 10 p.m. Friday inaugural Lighting of the Spires on Knights Plaza in front of the CFE Arena. The two columns are fitted with flame bowls at the top that can emit natural-gas flames up to 10 feet.<\/p>\n The complete schedule and registration details are here.<\/p>\n The Family Weekend package of $20 plus tax and service fee covers many of the scheduled events.<\/p>\n Some of the events have additional prices, including the Saturday night football game against the Maryland Terrapins (weekend ticket holders get a 20 percent discount on tickets), and the Sunday night concert by Grammy-winning singer Meghan Trainor at CFE Arena. Tickets for the game are available through UCF Athletics, and for the concert through www.ticketmaster.com.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s lots going on that families can choose to participate in,\u201d Butler said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A barbecue dinner, jazz breakfast, tours, football game, comedy show and a variety of other activities are all rolled up this weekend as part of UCF\u2019s annual Family Weekend. The Sept. 16-18 event sponsored by Student Development and Enrollment Services is spread out all around the university and hosted by different organizations as a way to show what it\u2019s like…","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":74025,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[15651,1659,1717,4468],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-74024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","category-community","tag-erin-butler","tag-family-weekend","tag-first-year-experience","tag-student-development-and-enrollment-services"],"yoast_head":"\n