Family Weekend 2022

This year's Family Weekend will be from Friday, September 23 - Sunday, September 25, 2022. Bring the whole family and join us for a weekend of fun and connection with your student! The weekend of events will include live performances, sporting events, academic showcases, movies, carnival attractions, and much more. Don't miss this chance to get to know the FSU community and spend quality time with your student.

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Check out Frostburg and Allegany County lodging options, restaurants, and shops

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Chesapeake Dining Hall

7:15 AM-8 PM
FSU Chesapeake Dining Hall, Lower Quad
Menu |
Breakfast $7.55
Lunch $11.25
Dinner $13.40
Late Night $10.40

The Market at Chesapeake

7:15 AM-Midnight
FSU Chesapeake Dining Hall, Lower Quad

Starbucks

7:30 AM-3 PM
Lane University Center, 2nd Floor

University Store open

8 AM-6 PM
Lane University Center, 1st Floor

Grill Nation

8:30 -10:30 AM
11 AM - 3 PM
Lane University Center, Appalachian Station

College Avenue Subs

11 AM-3:00 PM
FSU Sowers Hall, Upper Quad

Daily Press, Moe's Southwest Grill, Bowls, Sushi with Gusto

11 AM-3:00 PM
Lane University Center, Appalachian Station

Stephen Estrada Exhibition

12-5 PM
Fine Arts, Roper Gallery
FREE

Painting of waves by Stephen Estrada

Stephen Estrada’s paintings reflect an intimate, human connection with the natural world. His work traces his personal journey from the Pacific to the Atlantic coast, as well as travels in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico where he has worked to rebuild homes after hurricanes Katrina and Michael. Stephen continued his studio practice while working as design chief at the Smithsonian and director at the US Department of State's Museum of Diplomacy. He now makes art full-time at his Bethesda, MD studio. He has shown nationally and his work is in collections throughout the United States. He has two daughters and lives in Silver Spring, MD with his wife Leslie and their bullmastiff, Ruby.

Welcome Table

4:30-6:30 PM
Lane University Center 2nd Floor Lobby

Dinner with your student

4:30-8:30 PM
The cafeteria is open $ or visit one of the area's local restaurants.

Flutist Nina Assimakopoulos presents Guest Artist Recital

Nina Assimakopoulos

7:30 PM
Woodward D. Pealer Performing Arts Center, Pealer Recital Hall
FREE and no tickets are required

The Department of Music Guest Artist Series is pleased to present flutist Nina Assimakopoulos in recital on Friday, September 23, at 7:30 pm in the Pealer Recital Hall of FSU's Pealer Performing Arts Center. The recital is free and open to the public. If you cannot attend in person, it will also be live-streamed; click the ‘JOIN STREAM’ button on this page: https://events.frostburg.edu/e...

Internationally acclaimed flutist Nina Assimakopoulos is credited with over 83 international world-premiere performances and commissions and has released 5 solo CDs. She travels frequently in the USA, Europe, Asia, and South America as a performing artist, masterclass and workshop presenter, and adjudicator at competitions. She is the recipient of numerous awards and prizes including the Aaron Copland Fund Grant for New Music Recording, two Fulbright Grants, and the National Society of Arts and Letters Career Award, and has performed with the Munich City Opera, Bavarian Radio Symphony Academy Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra, and Toledo Symphony Orchestra.

Professor Assimakopoulos has the privilege of working with a studio of wonderful undergraduate through doctoral students at WVU. Her students hold accolades as finalists and prize-winners in numerous national and international competitions including the Fischoff Competition, Intermusica International Concerto Competition, Alexander-Buono International Flute Competition, and the Young Artist Competitions of the National Flute Association, Rochester Flute Association, Southeast Michigan Flute Association, Mid-Atlantic Flute Association, Oklahoma Flute Association, and the Kentucky Flute Association.

Assimakopoulos was a student of Peter Lloyd at the Indiana University School of Music, Bloomington, IN and Paul Meisen, at the Academy for Music and Theater, Munich, Germany.

Movie: Thor Love and Thunder

8:30 PM
FSU Clock Tower Quad
FREE

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

Lane University Center Game Room

9 AM - 11 PM
1st Floor Lane University Center

University Store open

9 AM-4 PM
Lane University Center, 1st Floor

Starbucks open

10 AM - 3 PM
Lane University Center, 2nd Floor

Book Giveaway

Hosted by the ASTAR AmeriCorps Program at Frostburg State University
10 AM - 4 PM
Lane University Center 113

Lewis J. Ort Library open

10 AM - 6 PM

Chesapeake Dining Hall opens

10:30 AM-1:30 PM
4:30 - 7:30 PM
FSU Chesapeake Dining Hall, Lower Quad
Menu |
Breakfast $7.55
Lunch $11.25
Dinner $13.40
Late Night $10.40

The Market at Chesapeake

10:30 AM-Midnight
FSU Chesapeake Dining Hall, Lower Quad

CAPS/Wellness Meeting with Parents

11 AM
Lane University Center 111

Family Activities

11 AM - 3 PM
FSU Clock Tower Quad
FREE

Activities include Fairy Gardens, Flower Crowns, Mystery Wheel, Air Brush Tattoos, DIY canvases, Name on Rice, and a 360 camera.

Football vs. Concord

TAILGATING 10:30 AM
Purchase Tailgate Spot $25

Refer to tailgating map here. RVs must purchase the number of spots your vehicle/trailer occupies. NO GATE SALES! All tickets must be purchased online and presented at the gate.

GAME 1 PM
Bobcat Stadium

RESERVED PARKING
Purchase Reserved $5 Parking

Planetarium Show: "The Sun, Our Living Star"

Showings at 12-12:30 PM & 1-1:30 PM
Gira Center Multimedia Learning Center, 1st Floor
FREE

Discover the secrets of our star in this planetarium show and experience never-before-seen images of the Sun’s violent surface in immersive full-dome format. 30 minutes.

Natural History Museum

12-4 PM
Compton Science Center 1st Floor
FREE

Movie: The Bad Guys

Showings at 12 PM, 2 PM, 4 PM
LUC Atkinson Room
FREE

Family Weekend Celebration: TAKE3

TAKE3

7:30 PM
Lane University Center, Manicur Assembly Hall
Purchase tickets: FSU Students FREE | Adults $15 | FSU Staff/Military $13.50 | Youth $5

With a flair for the wild and unexpected, the genre-defying trio TAKE3 takes the refinement of classical music and infuses it with rock-star charisma. Known for their captivating and down-to-earth onstage personalities and eclectic programming — from favorites like Billy Joel, John Lennon and Coldplay to the heart-pounding music of Game of Thrones, Pirates of the Caribbean and Pulp Fiction — the threesome has made an indelible impact on audiences across the country.

Artist's Website