SUMMER 2022 11 “In college, just as much vital learning happens outside of the classroom as inside of it,” said Wayne Briggs, Director of Student Life. “This campus is where students live life daily. We would do our students a disservice by not creating a social environment that brings them joy and opportunity.” As students across campus entered into the last few weeks of the spring semester, Student Life offered a week full of fun, new activities for the first ever DBU Hillfest. With the desire to offer opportunities for students to relax and enjoy springtime on the hill as classes came to a close, Hillfest included new events like the Hillfest Market and Pie-Day as well as traditional events like RecLife’s Color Race and Thrills and Hills at Six Flags. After the week’s kick-off on Monday, the Hillfest Market welcomed vendors from across the Dallas area and brought a farmer’s market experience right onto the DBU Quad on Tuesday. Wednesday’s wellknown Pepsi Break and Thursday’s Color Race led into Friday’s Pie-Day where students, faculty, and staff were able to submit their best pie for the judges’ consideration. Hillfest came to a close as students traveled to Six Flags for DBU’s Thrills and Hills day on Saturday. “The fall semester is jam-packed with so many incredible things like Homecoming, SWAT, and Christmas,” explains Briggs. “We wanted to carry that same energy into the spring semester but in a way that is authentic and caters to the needs of students around that time.” “Our goal at Student Life is to create a well-balanced social experience for students.” After over a year of dreaming, brainstorming, and planning in the Student Life Office, Hillfest became a reality. The student body was able to watch new traditions form right before their eyes. “Seeing the student body collectively experience and enjoy something totally new was beyond rewarding,” Briggs shares. “There was not a single person on campus who could say that they had experienced Hillfest before. It was something that we all got to navigate together as the DBU Family.”
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