Annual Programs

Alternative Break Trip

FSU Break is committed to organizing off-campus service trips for students. For the last two years, students and staff have served with Hurricane Ida relief in Houma, LA over winter break. See the Alternative Break webpage for photos, more details, and application information!

Move-In Weekend & Welcome Week

Every fall semester, the Office of Student Life, in partnership with other offices around campus, host activities for move in weekend welcome week. Past activities have included: axe throwing, water balloon fights, concerts, and comedians! Check out the Move-In Weekend webpage for updates and follow the University Programming Council on Instagram (@frostburgupc) for welcome week updates!

Sponsor-A-Family Thanksgiving Baskets

Through the annual Sponsor-A-Family, academic and administrative departments, student groups or individuals can help make a difference in a family’s life in Western Maryland by providing a Thanksgiving food basket to a family in need. Since its beginning, the Sponsor-A-Family program has provided Thanksgiving baskets for over 500 families in Western Maryland. If you, or your group, is interested in sponsoring a family for the Thanksgiving holiday or just making a donation, please contact the Paws Pantry at pawspantry@frostburg.edu.

Toys for Happiness Drive

Toys for Happiness collects new, unwrapped children’s toys to give to children in the area. Toys can be donated at the President's Holiday Reception each December. Toys are collected by the Office of Student Life in Lane University Center 231, at the Paws Pantry, for two weeks before the Reception and will be displayed at the event. Toys can also be dropped off at the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social & Behavioral Sciences (Compton 241).