October 8, 2009

BCU to Host Annual Family Weekend

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Briar Cliff University will host its annual “Family Weekend,” Thursday, Oct. 8 through Sunday, Oct. 11.

The fun-filled event for BCU students and their families kicks off with a football game on Thursday night and continues with family bingo and a “Cliff Top” movie on Friday night. Saturday’s highlights include a cross country meet at the Adams Nature Preserve in North Sioux City, S.D., followed by women’s and men’s soccer games, a mystery dinner theatre and a volleyball match.

On Sunday morning, Liturgy will be held in the Chapel of Our Lady of Grace on the Briar Cliff campus followed by a Fall Choral Concert in the afternoon at the First Presbyterian Church, 608 Nebraska Street, Sioux City.

“We look forward to hosting families from all over the country,” said Tiffany Quinze, Ed.D., assistant vice president for Student Development. “It is another opportunity for them to visit their students at their home-away-from-home.”

Briar Cliff University is a Catholic institution with an enrollment of more than 1,100 students from 28 states.  Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care and compassion. For more information, please visit briarcliff.edu.

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