Students, faculty and staff gathered on Thursday at the Colonnade to attend the annual Potter College of Arts and Letters Fall Festival, hosted by the PCAL Dean’s Council of Students.
This year’s festival was themed ‘The Mysteries of Fall Fest’, inspired by the “Scooby-Doo” cartoon series.
This event is held each year to showcase the different departments within PCAL. Various groups within PCAL participated in the event with tables and activities.Many activities were held at the event, including axe throwing, a bouncy house and live music performances, as well as opportunities to learn about the various offerings of PCAL.
“We have some amazing programs here at WKU and we really encourage everybody to take a folk art class, take an anthropology class and learn about amazing people, cultural ethnography, cryptid, ghost, and tradition and that is what we are really excited,” Camille Acosta, WKU folklife specialist said as she was working the folk studies and anthropology booth.
Allison Garrett, a sophomore at WKU said “It is nice seeing all of the booths. I got to talk to the women and gender studies booth and I haven’t really had the opportunity to do that before so that was nice. It was really nice to see all of the communities of Western come together.”
The fall festival has been an annual tradition with PCAL for quite some time. While some things, like celebrating the spirit of PCAL, remain constant throughout the years, most festivals differ from one another in several ways.
“The beauty of PCAL is its diverse majors, from history and political science to theater and dance,” said Mollie Hoagland, president of the Dean’s Council of Students. “We want this event to unite us in celebrating our hard work while inspiring creativity and connections. Many students outside of PCAL take our classes, so these events help you connect with teachers and classmates you might not normally interact with.”
Despite the festival being hosted by PCAL, students from all colleges were encouraged to attend. The Fall Fest was an activity-based event, but it also provided many opportunities for students to branch out to see other areas of study.
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