The 3 Best and Unique Traditions on Overseas Campuses
Entering a higher education abroad is definitely more than just studying for exams, attending lectures, and planning your future carefully, but there are also unique campus traditions that become your best experience.
The college experience is literally colored by what happens outside and inside the classroom. The experience of studying outside the classroom most awaited by many students is perhaps a unique tradition there.
Campus or college is the scope of the world in a small form. Once you become part of it, you will experience its culture, rituals, and traditions.
Some university traditions may seem weirder than others, but their uniqueness makes them unique.
Krispy Kreme Challenge, North Carolina State University
There are 2400 calories, 12 donuts, 5 miles, and 1 hour as the main points of this Krispy Kreme challenge at North California State University (NCSU).
This annual tradition has been going on since 2004. Every winter, students start a 2.5-mile run to the local Krispy Kreme to devour a dozen donuts before returning to campus in 1 hour. Kind of like burning fat after consuming thousands of calories, but lively.
The tradition is become very lively as a charity match published nationally. And it must be done at least before graduating from North Carolina State University. Henceforth, the proceeds from the purchase of the Krispy Kreme Challenge will be given to patients at UNC Children’s Hospital.
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Pumpkin Drop, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Pumpkin Drop is an annual tradition held at MIT on Halloween night after class. The goal is definitely to have fun and relieve stress!
In this tradition, hundreds of students will gather to watch many pumpkins dropped from the top of the Cecil and Ida Green Building. Spectators will gather a safe distance away from the bottom of the building to cheer as other students start throwing pumpkins from the 21st floor.
Nor is this tradition one of those projects where students compete to land a pumpkin safely on the ground, but purely to unwind.
Oozefest, State University of New York at Buffalo (UB)
Another unique campus tradition is Oozefest. Oozefest is one of UB’s most popular traditions and one of the largest mud volleyball tournaments in the United States, held each spring.
Oozefest had started in 1984 as a way to help students relieve stress before exams and unite the UB student community. All components of the university, students, administrators, alumnae, can participate in this event.
This event’s location is in the St. Mud Hole. Rita’s Lane is in the south of the UB campus. Sound interesting, right?
