{"id":80,"date":"2018-09-05T16:42:32","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T16:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/parents\/?page_id=80"},"modified":"2026-04-13T18:33:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:33:27","slug":"parents-family-weekend","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/parents\/parents-family-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents &amp; Family Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000080;font-size: 150%\"><strong><span style=\"color: #002856\">Parents &amp; Family Day 2026 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000080;font-size: 14pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #002856\">*Schedule coming soon<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #002856;font-size: 120%\"><strong>Saturday, September 12<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>All activities are optional.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #002856\"><strong>*Schedule subject to change<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #002856;font-size: 120%\"><strong>WestConn Parents and Family Weekend Give Back<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>We are encouraging families attending Parents and Family Weekend to donate to Wally\u2019s Cupboard, our on campus food pantry, to help make sure students in need have access to free and healthy food options. By making a donation, your student will be entered in a raffle to win a WCSU Bookstore book voucher for up to $500* for the upcoming spring 2027 term. Make donation by purchasing<\/em><em>\u00a0items directly from the<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><a class=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/a.co\/02FIO7Fc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Amazon Wish List<\/em><\/a><em>. <\/em><em>Please send confirmation of your donation to<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"mailto:parents@wcsu.edu\"><em>parents@wcsu.edu.<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0*The book voucher is non-transferable and can only be used to purchase\/rent required textbooks available through the WCSU Bookstore. The book voucher will cover the cost of purchasing\/renting required textbooks up to $500. Please note, book vouchers count as a financial resource to the books\/supplies component of the cost of education budget and in some instances may affect or be affected by a student\u2019s financial aid offer.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Overnight Accommodations &#8211;<\/strong> \u00a0<a class=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/alumni\/accommodations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View list of local hotels<\/a> with special room rates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Local Eateries<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a class=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/parents\/restaurants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View list of local restaurants<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Things To Do in the Area<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.danburyfairmall.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Danbury Fair Mall<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Round1 Bowling &amp; Arcade<\/li>\n<li>Target<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.danburyrail.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Danbury Railway Museum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/tarrywile.com\/exploring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tarrywile Park and Mansion<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Local Breweries Include:\u00a0<a class=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.charteroakbrewing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charter Oak Brewing<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brokensymmetrybrew.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Broken Symmetry<\/a>, <a class=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elicitbrewing.com\/danbury\/elicit-brewing-co---danbury\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elicit Brewing<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nodhillbrewery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nod Hill Brewery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/bluejayorchardsct.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blue Jay Orchards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/esc101.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Escape 101<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>For questions or accommodations, please reach out to Assistant Dean of Students, Nick Canzano via email at canzanon@wcsu.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents &amp; Family Day 2026 *Schedule coming soon &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Saturday, September 12 All activities are optional. *Schedule subject to change\u00a0 WestConn Parents and Family Weekend Give Back We are encouraging families attending Parents and Family Weekend to donate &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":395,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-80","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}