Traditions

Classically Roanoke

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01. Kick the post between the Admin building and Trout Hall for good luck.
02. Painting the rock on the back quad.
03. Friday on the Quad (FOTQ) - during the fall, there is a campus wide picnic every Friday on the back quad.
04. Family Weekend - Families of students are invited to visit for a weekend.
05. Alumni Weekend - All Roanoke Alumni are invited back to campus for a weekend in the spring. Students, faculty and staff join the alumni festivities with reunions, sports, and organization celebrations.
06. There is a superstition among students that anyone who steps on the seal inside the Founders Circle will not graduate.
07. Hanging out or working at Mac & Bob's on Main Street.
08. Help build a Habitat for Humanity house.
09. Carving your name in the bookcases in the basement of the president's house before graduation.
10. Playing campus golf on the back quad.