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Fall Family Weekend: WVU welcomes its students’ loved ones with variety of activities

West Virginia University welcomed parents and other family members of current students to campus Friday, kicking off its annual Fall Family Weekend.

The schedule is full of a variety of events for the families.

Friday started with a tour of Reynolds Hall, followed by a Mountaineer Welcome at the WVU Campus Recreation Center and Morgantown Arts Walk in downtown.

Families could also visit the WVU Planetarium, the men’s basketball Gold-Blue Debut at the Coliseum and take in WVU Up All Night at the Mountainlair.

Today’s schedule includes an open house of the Health Sciences schools and colleges and a tour of the WVU Greenhouse/Agricultural Sciences Building-Evansdale Campus.

Gee Talk! will begin at 1 p.m. in the Mountainlair Ballrooms, giving families a chance to meet WVU President E. Gordon Gee.

The Fall Family Fair will be from 4-7 p.m. at the Davis College Green Space.

Sunday will start with Yoga On the Green at 8 a.m. at the Rec Center Green.

Brunch wills be from 9 a.m.-noon in the three dining halls.

Families who stick around can watch the women’s soccer team take on Baylor at 3 p.m. at Dick Dlesk Field.