MOUNTAIN DAY!!

When I arrived to work this morning I was greeted by Dr. McDowell honking her car horn and yelling out her window "Apryl! It's Mountain Day!" - no joke!

Mountain Day is a surprise day off that Lake Erie College students receive each Fall. This tradition came to our campus shortly after its inception, but originally started in 1838 at Mount Holyoke College, which Lake Erie College was modeled after.

This year students were notified that it was Mountain Day by a bagpiper walking through campus playing at 6:00 a.m. Yes - a bagpiper! Official events kicked off this morning at 9:30 a.m. with a Treasure Box Hunt that leads teams of 8 throughout campus in search of clues to find the treasure chest filled with LEC gear and other prizes.

As I type, T-Pain's "Low" is blasting from the D.J., and students are playing Cornhole and Ladder Golf, and bouncing around in the inflatable bungee run, obstacle course and some bungee jump trampoline thing.

And here I am in my office, preparing for our Campus Visit Day on Saturday.

But it's back to the daily grind for Lake Erie College students tomorrow, filled with studying, writing papers, and visiting the Math lab because honestly, who really knows how to find a derivative? But for now, they're strapping on those boots with the fur (you could use them on a day like today) and enjoying Mountain Day!