Hey everyone, my name is Dave Overman and I am a junior majoring in Human Biology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences here at N.C. State. Today I want to share with you my experience from this past weekend where I had the opportunity to attend the annual CALS Tailgate and afterwards attend an N.C. State Football game. I started my day at 8:00am when I met up with some of my fellow ambassadors at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds to set up for the Tailgate. Each year, our college chooses a Saturday with a home football game to invite all of the alumni, faculty, and current students out to have a great time tailgating and then we all go to the football game. This past Saturday morning, we spent much of our time getting Dorton Arena ready to host our tailgate. We blew up hundreds of balloons, set up all kinds of decorations, helped prepare the food, and set up display stations for some of the departments and student organizations within our college. After everything was prepared, it was time to have some fun.
Over the course of the afternoon leading up until the kickoff of the football game, we had thousands of people show up to celebrate our college with us. Numerous professors, alumni, current students, parents, distinguished faculty, and even Mrs. Wuff showed up to enjoy spending time together. Some of the activities that my friends and I got to experience at tailgate included face painting, enjoying a live band, getting some cool give-a-ways from the college, holding a snake and some crazy looking insects, homemade cookies, and seeing tons of friendly faces. We also got to eat a great lunch of good ole fashioned barbeque that was delicious! I had a BLAST at tailgate that afternoon hanging out with all of the people there.
After the tailgate was over, we walked over to Carter Finley Stadium where we got to spend the night watching our Wolfpack Football team play the Gardner Webb Bulldogs. We cheered, screamed, and celebrated as our team put on a show beating the Bulldogs. I’ve never experienced anything as exciting as a Wolfpack Football game. There is just something about atmosphere with the crowd, the students, the cheerleaders, the mascots, and the band playing the fight song. And we always close a game by putting our arms around each other in the student section and singing the Alma Mater. It is such an electric experience and one of my favorite parts about being a student at N.C. State. You get such a sense of unity by cheering on your school and showing your school pride together with your fellow students.
Well that is pretty much my experience from this past Saturday at the Tailgate and the football game. I had a blast hanging out with all of my friends at both events and I am looking forward to doing it again at the next game. GO PACK!
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- We are Outreach Advisor Ambassadors who are specially trained to work with prospective students and represent the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. We assist with recruiting events and school outreach including college and career fairs and our Spend-a-Day-at-State program. We also participate in commodity field days, trade and farm shows, alumni board meetings, Dean's tours, and legislative events. Be sure to read all of our blog pages! Do you have a question or want more information about CALS or NCSU? PLEASE email us at cals_ambassadors@ncsu.edu as we would love to hear from you!