UK Happenings

Student Center Celebrates 75th Anniversary with Campus Picnic

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 12, 2014) — The University of Kentucky community is invited to join the festivities of the Student Center's 75th Anniversary Finale Picnic Saturday, May 17, on the front lawn of the Main Building. There will be food, music, games, hot air balloons (weather permitting) and more at this grand finale of the Student Center's 75th anniversary celebration.

Tours of the Student Center begin at 5:30 p.m.; the picnic gets underway at 6:30 p.m.; and a fireworks gala starts at 9 p.m.

Admission for UK students and children under age 5 is 75 cents. Admission for all others is $10. To RSVP or purchase tickets, call the Student Center Director's Office at 859-257-5781 or email nancy.smith@uky.edu by 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 14.

The picnic buffet includes Kentucky Proud beef, chicken and roasted vegetable kabobs, pasta salad, potato salad, assorted pinwheels, fresh fruit, cake and drinks. Tables and chairs will be set up on the lawn, and people are welcome to bring blankets as well.

Other highlights include a jazz band, two hot air balloons, digital photo booth with props, balloon animals and corn hole games. The first 75 guests will receive a set of commemorative Student Center 75th Anniversary glasses.