| MEDIA CONTACT: Andrew
LaPlant
561-297-3022, alaplant@fau.edu or Katrina
McCormack
561-297-3163, kmccormi@fau.edu FAU
Campuses Come Together for Football Unity Run
BOCA RATON, FL (March 16, 2004) – The Florida Atlantic University football
team will scatter to the outer FAU campuses and relay run back to the Boca Raton
campus and the Tom Oxley Athletic Center in a unifying gesture.
First, on Wednesday, March 17, FAU football head coach Howard Schnellenberger
will visit all six campuses via helicopter to exchange gifts. Then, on Saturday,
March 20, two separate teams will take these gifts from the Jupiter and Broward
campuses and relay run to the Boca Raton campus.
At the John D. MacArthur campus in Jupiter, 5353 Parkside Drive, they will be
holding a "kickoff" for the event on Wednesday, March 17 at 2 p.m. Football
players and coaches will visit and Coach Schellenberger will arrive via helicopter.
There will be a brief presentation and exchange of symbolic gifts. The gift given
by the campus is a specially designed owl, created by Dr. Jacqueline A. Kern,
Director of Student Affairs for the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College. A football
video entitled "The Dream Lives On," will be shown and cookies and lemonade
will be served. On Saturday, a group of FAU
alumni will gather at Shula's Restaurant at the Sheraton Yankee Trader, 321 North
Fort Lauderdale Beach, at 3 p.m. to cheer the runners as they travel along A1A.
As the players run along the beach, they will be joined by FAU distinguished alumni
Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle, Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber President Christopher
Pollack. They will be riding in convertibles and tossing out FAU goodies to those
observing the unity run. There will also be a banner plane with the message, “FAU
football, Be part of it!” “Much
of the football team’s support comes from individuals who attend or have
attended the FAU satellite campuses,” said Head Coach Howard Schnellenberger.
“Our football team wants to extend a special thanks to all fans in south
Florida, but especially those on our sister campuses, by making this run a symbolic
event that solidifies how strongly we feel about their support.”
The shuttle run will conclude approximately 6 pm, Saturday, March 20 at the Tom
Oxley Center, on the Boca Raton campus. For
more information: Please call Katrina McCormack at 561-297-3163 or kmccormi@fau.edu.
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Wednesday, March 17 Campus Visit Tentative Schedule 12:30
pm Port St. Lucie Campus 2:00 pm Jupiter Campus 3:00
pm Commercial Campus 4:00 pm Dania Beach Campus 5:00
pm Fort Lauderdale Campus 6:00 pm Davie Campus
Saturday, March 20 Shuttle Run 6:10
pm Return to the Boca Raton Campus.
Andrew
LaPlant
Senior Information Specialist
Office of Communications
Florida
Atlantic University
(561) 297-3022 | 
