Parents Weekend in Photos

November 8, 2023

Office of Communications Staff

A family sitting on a bench and smiling for the camera — Photo credit: Dae Williams

A group of people standing under the movie theater Apollo marquis and smiling for the camera

Jewish students covering their eyes for the blessing of the Shabbat candles

A large room full of people sitting at round tables eating breakfast

Students sitting under a tree and its fallen leaves

A wall of posters of events happening during Parents Weekend.

Photo credit: Geoff Pingree, Rabbi Shlomo Elkan, Nathaniel Liu, Mike Crupi, Dae Williams, Yevhen Gulenko

Parents and families visited with their Obies the weekend of November 3-5. A full slate of programming included performances and lectures, a trivia night at the Cat in the Cream, Shabbat services at Chabad, and the opera theater production "Albert Herring." Visitors even got to experience a dusting of snow.

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