丹尼尔·威尔逊

2024年8月26日

星期五晚上，当大黄蜂家族的笑脸挤满了正院广场时，太阳从树丛中钻了出来，驱散了阴沉的天空，洒下了几滴雨。 一阵轻风把刚煮熟的食物的香味吹过空气。

天气的变化是萨克州立大学庆祝新年开始的欢乐庆祝活动的恰当象征。 More than 10,000 new students, their families and supporters, and other members of the campus community came together to eat, enjoy music, dance and mingle at the annual 马蜂窝节.

“Welcoming students back with our 马蜂窝节 is always an exciting way to kick off the academic year,” said Kristen Tudor, 囊状态’s chief of staff to the president. “Nest Fest is a fantastic opportunity for our students and their supporters to start the semester off right.”

囊状态 President Luke Wood welcomed attendees and encouraged students to get involved on campus before introducing representatives from the University’s sports teams and Greek life organizations to talk about their programs.

“事件 like Nest Fest are important for first-year students because we want students to get involved,” Wood said after the event. “At Nest Fest, we featured our clubs, our organizations, our fraternities, our sororities, our athletic events and more. 最重要的是要建立联系。 Get involved in something on campus, because that's where you build the community that's going to keep you here.”

为了配合新年伊始的庆祝活动，Nest Fest的客人们享受到了大量的游戏、娱乐和活动。 萨克州立大学的吉祥物Herky向客人打招呼，而大学图书馆院长Amy Kautzman则用大炮发射t恤。

“I think the turnout was phenomenal. 这是博彩平台历史上人数最多的一次。 这表明我们知道如何让学生们表达自己和他们的个人身份。 ——卢克·伍德总统

可供选择的食物包括豆类和米饭、牛腩配通心粉和奶酪、饼干和各种饮料。 萨克州立军乐队和啦啦队和舞蹈队表演，与会者玩巨大的层层叠和玉米洞。 晚上晚些时候举行了一场舞蹈比赛。

Beyond the fun and games, however, the event also provided new students an opportunity to learn about the University’s programs and services. Among the vendors and campus organizations on site were the 萨克州立水上运动中心, Associated Students 公司。, 大黄蜂好客, Xfinity, 油井, the 校友会 and the College of Continuing Education’s Paramedic Program.

学生健康、咨询和健康服务中心也提供了免费的流感疫苗，仪式主持人之一、大学住房服务执行主任塞缪尔·琼斯（Samuel Jones）上台戳戳，鼓励广大人群也这样做。

囊状态 Sustainability与其校园合作伙伴合作，确保Nest Fest是一个零废物活动，“至少90%的废物来自垃圾填埋场。” 这一成就是该大学为实现2030年零浪费目标而努力的目标之一。

Among Nest Fest attendees was Robert Russell Jr., a first-year film major who was inspired by 萨克州立大学校友瑞恩·库格勒, the director of “Black Panther” and other successful films. 他是在父母的陪同下从印第安纳州来到萨克拉门托的。他的父母说，他们想支持儿子远离家乡。

“囊状态 was really the only school that kind of jumped out on paper to me, and all of my other choices were schools in the Midwest,” Russell Jr. said. “I just had to kind of go with my gut in the situation and pick what I really was feeling, and 萨克拉门托 State was definitely the option that I was feeling.”

Russell Sr. and his wife Bridget were pleased to experience 囊状态’s happy and supportive community.

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“We've been impressed by Dr. Wood's story and just everything that we've seen that embraces the student and really tries to provide them with a supportive environment for them to succeed in whatever their future goals are,” Russell Sr. said.

一年级运动机修学专业的学生塞巴斯蒂安·安德烈斯·冈萨雷斯-佩雷斯计划成为一名物理治疗师，他说，在参观了校园并爱上了那里的树木和建筑后，他选择了Sac州立大学。 他和父母塞巴斯蒂安·冈萨雷斯（Sebastian Gonzalez）和塔尼亚·佩雷斯-里维拉（Tania Perez-Rivera）一起参加了Nest Fest，他们说他们在萨克州立大学感到很受欢迎。

“I think everybody has gone out of their way to make us feel comfortable, not just (our son), but the family, and that means a lot,” Gonzalez said. “As parents who are leaving our kid to a university, we want to make sure that we're included.”

Nest Fest是为期两天的一系列活动的一部分，这些活动使Sac州立大学的校园在2024-25学年恢复了生机。 On Thursday, Wood’s 秋天的地址 highlighted the University’s accomplishments during his first year as president and outlined the challenges and goals ahead. Later that day, the University held two 召开仪式, where 2,500 incoming students, their families and supporters marked the beginning of their collegiate journeys.

住在校园里的新大黄蜂队周四在北村的宿舍里收拾行李。

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伍德称Nest Fest取得了巨大的成功，这类活动对学生的成就至关重要。

“I think the turnout was phenomenal,” Wood said. “这是博彩平台历史上人数最多的一次。 这表明我们知道如何让学生们表达自己和他们的个人身份。 我们是一个自豪的西班牙裔服务机构，黑人服务机构，亚洲和太平洋岛民服务机构。 You can see us leaning into our identities to make sure that every student, no matter what community they come from, knows this is their home.”