


The T-shirts are a hot commodity, so students are advised to get to a station as early as possible. The Banana Day festivities will begin at 11:50 a.m. Banana Olympics will hopefully be featured in next year’s Banana Day, so that is something to students can anticipate. The planning process will begin in the fall. There are plenty of opportunities to win.Īlthough it is too late to get involved with this year’s celebration, interested students should contact Rudy Tellez to be apart of the planning for next year. WCU senior, Sara Cochran, designed this year’s shirt. Another way to win a famed Banana Day t-shirt is to log onto the Banana Day website, () and say why you deserve to win a shirt. Over 400 Banana Day T-shirts will be given away, as opposed to the normal 200.
BANANA DAY WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY 2022 FREE
There will be individual competitions set up at each station, such as making monkey sounds to win a free T-shirt. This year, with careful preparation, co-chairs, Stephanie Schrader and Jim Simpkins are planning to make the celebration an event to be remembered.ĭifferent stations will be set up at University Hall, Main Hall, Sykes and Ehringer Hall. In 2000, the official mascots for Banana Day were introduced as “Nana” and “Nanner.” Today, Banana Day is beginning to branch out to other universities. Fifty hours of community service were also completed. After many hours of planning, the first ever Banana Day debuted and 3,000 bananas were distributed. This year, Phi Sigma Pi, WCUR, the Friar’s Society and the Abbe Society will be distributing the bananas.īanana Day was introduced by Rodolfo (Rudy) Tellez during his senior year at West Chester University in 1996. It’s also a great way for these organizations to advertise and get more students involved. Many different organizations will be helping out with this day and will be promoting diversity. In celebration of Banana Day’s 10 anniversary, there will be about 10,000 bananas distributed. It will be a carefree and exciting day to share a laugh, meet new people and enjoy yourself The purpose of Banana day is to bring members of West Chester University and the West Chester community together for a day of fun, involvement, diversity and health and wellness. WCU’s Student Activities Council submitted a video of the University’s 22 year-old ritual to the National Association for Campus Activities’ “Your Best Campus Tradition” Competition for 2018, and won first place among universities that enroll 5000+ students! The award was presented to WCU’s Student Activities Council during the 2018 NACA National Convention in Boston, MA, which drew over 2,000 university student affairs professionals.Ĭollege students at went bananas today for their annual spring tradition… Tune in tomorrow morning to Morning News for the story at 5:00am Wednesday, April 19, all students are encouraged to come out and join in the 10 annual Banana Day. Until they last, the specially-designed t-shirts will be given to winners of banana games throughout the day. Banana Day is a special student rite of spring at WCU, and features the doling out of 3,000+ free bananas at almost every corner of campus, peeling around corners in banana and gorilla costumes, and competing in a bunch of banana-themed games all over the University to win coveted limited-edition Banana Day t-shirts.Īs a limited edition with only a quantity of 1,500, the Banana Day t-shirt is a secret design-in-the making every year, and is only revealed on Banana Day. Wednesday marked the 22nd annual, award winning, Banana Day, on campus.
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WEST CHESTER, PA – At West Chester University, a not-so traditional tradition has students going bananas before finals week. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
