{"id":82418,"date":"2024-10-15T14:35:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T19:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=82418"},"modified":"2024-10-15T14:35:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T19:35:14","slug":"serenas-sunflower-5k-and-student-engagement-partner-for-color-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=82418","title":{"rendered":"Serena&#8217;s Sunflower 5K and Student Engagement partner for color run"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>File Photo<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By PARKER NISBETH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tiger Media Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Serena\u2019s Sunflower Memorial Color Run will take place on Saturday. Billed as a \u201cvibrant and meaningful\u201d day meant to honor the memory of Serena Blaske.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Registration begins at 8 a.m. outside the Memorial Union, followed by the 1 Mile Fun Run at 9 a.m. and the 5K Race starting around 9:15 a.m. The Awards Ceremony will take place after the last athlete finishes the 5K, around 10:15 a.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5K-Color-Run.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Student Engagement Coordinator Brett Meyer, last year was the first year Student Engagement did a a color run. This year the event is being co-sponsored by Student Engagement, FHSU Teacher Education and the Speech-Language Pathology Department alongside Serena&#8217;s Sunflower 5K. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Color Run student engagement started last year, and this year has been a big change,&#8221; Meyer said. &#8220;We&#8217;re working with Serena&#8217;s Sunflower 5K. Serena Blaske was a student in the Teacher Education department, and she passed away.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teacher Ed Professor Linda Feldstein taught Serena during her time at FHSU. She said Student Engagement&#8217;s involvement has been helpful in getting more information about the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been really gratifying, because I think Student Engagement just has a greater reach in terms of being able to publicize things,\u201d she said. &#8220;Serena was a student of mine. In fact, she was in my class when she tragically and unexpectedly passed away in December of \u201821 and so we&#8217;ve run this 5K every year since then as a way to raise money for the scholarship fund that her parents started in her name.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inclusion of the color run is new this year. According to Meyer the paint powder will come out of clothes but is not toxic or dangerous to participants&#8217; health. Meyer also said individuals can volunteer at the event if they don&#8217;t want to be &#8220;painted&#8221; or can run around the paint stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Right at the beginning, there&#8217;s a big cloud of paint that&#8217;ll create really cool pictures,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information on the race can be found on the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fhsu.edu\/teachereducation\/news-events-and-people\/serenas-sunflower-5k\"> event webpage. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File Photo By PARKER NISBETH Tiger Media Network The Serena\u2019s Sunflower Memorial Color Run will take place on Saturday. 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