Mountain Day 2008

Lees-McRae College celebrates Mountain Day twice a year, once during Fall semester and Spring semester. Lees-McRae not only continues on this tradition to enable the returning students to take a day off from classes and get to spend time with their old and new friends ,but to allow the incoming students in all grades to get to know their teacher and peers at a closer, more intimate level. However Mountain day is not purely a social situation; Mountain Day is rich with the history and heritage of the college. Students and professors get a closer look at the college and the beautiful environment around it. They learn about the great community service opportunities and how to become involved in general. Cultures and traditions shape the core of every ones identity. People grow up around celebrating different traditions and rituals within their own unique cultures. Up until this day my family still opens one gift on Christmas Eve and the rest on Christmas Day. The large city surrounding me also affects who I am today. The upbeat and always on the go atmosphere became infused into me. Lees-McRae's unique idea of Mountain Day not only allows for the college students to get to know their surrounding area and peers better but to reflect on their own traditions and cultures they have grown up with.