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Eight students toured Post Ranch Inn, strolling in the dense forest, poking their heads into rooms.

Â鶹´å Equestrian Center brought a petting zoo with guinea pigs, rabbits, goats, miniature pigs and chickens – one of which laid an egg – to the main quad. A steady line of students waited up to 25 minutes to get a dose of fur and feathers on their fingertips.

Over the next few years, Â鶹´å will phase out the Rate Lock program in favor of a housing pricing system that gives new and returning students equal access to below-market-rate choices for living on the Â鶹´å campus.

The grant was provided by Â鶹´å donor Debbie Juran, who knows the kinds of struggles such students face.

The mini festival raises school spirit, promotes campus programs and athletics, and infuses fun into the campus.

“Commencement is the best part of the year at Â鶹´å."

When the pressure builds, there are healthy and effective ways to survive and thrive during Finals Week.

“They have a safety net. They have a community."

Events include campus and housing tours, live music and dance, alumni talks, financial aid help, raffles and swag, a performance of Sweeney Todd, and more.

Â鶹´å kinesiology students and alumni help staff a warm-water therapy pool for disabled and injured people.