Family Weekend

Student Engagement welcomes you to attend our first ever virtual Family Weekend on October 17 & 18, 2020! 

We look forward to engaging our Manhattan College community as best we can while keeping everyone healthy and safe.  

Schedule subject to change. No reservations required. Please keep checking this page for updates, including specific times, as well as links in order to view all events.

Lodging, Parking & Directions

Unfortunately, no families are being physically invited to campus this year, but we hope you can all join us virtually!

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Schedule

Saturday, October 17, 2020

Life Is Better With a Filter!
Check out our Family Weekend filter on Snapchat during the weekend (bit.ly/snapchatFW), show off your Manhattan College pride, and share your virtual experience with us on @mcstudentengage all weekend! Also, make sure to use the hashtag #FamilyWeekend2020 when posting your favorite moments of the weekend!


Cooking Show featuring Executive Chef Craig!
10:00am

Take a top-notch cooking class from home as you watch and cook along from your own kitchen! Join our first-ever virtual cooking show - but we need you to participate along with us! Our great Manhattan College Dining Campus Executive Chef, Craig DiBattista, will be teaching everyone how to cook Huevos Rancheros! Please see the complete ingredient list at the bottom of this webpage so that you may purchase all the ingredients and supplies needed ahead of time! Executive Chef Craig, with over 30 years of experience in the culinary industry, will take us step by step through the process to make this delicious brunch item! Co-sponsored by the Multicultural Center, also hear about the history of the food at the same time! You can use the following link to access the event: meet.google.com/bfk-gwnm-twe.

 
Scavenger Hunt
11:00am

For those students who are on campus, join us as we turn the campus into a fun scavenger hunt. You can meet one of the Student Engagement staff members in front of Raymond W. Kelly ’63 Student Commons for instructions on how to play.


Blue Light Bandits Sing-Along Concert
1:00pm
Join us virtually for a groove rock band with sound inspired by a soulful mix of jazz, neo-soul, pop and funk music. Enjoy some classics and make some requests! You can use the following link to access the event: meet.google.com/bfk-gwnm-twe.

 

A Medley of Songs from the musical Hamilton
2:00pm
Join an open rehearsal of the Manhattan College Singers as they work on two pieces in their choral repertoire. The first is an arrangement of the Carly Simon classic, "Let the River Run" followed by a rousing rendition of a Medley from the hit Broadway Musical, "Hamilton." You can use the following link to access the event: meet.google.com/bfk-gwnm-twe.

 

Student Leadership Panel
2:15pm
Join us virtually to take a closer look at our current student leaders within the Manhattan College community! You can use the following link to access the event: meet.google.com/bfk-gwnm-twe.

Jazz Lounge
3:00pm
A special presentation of the Jasper's Jazz Lounge featuring a combo of Eddie Grimes and Matt Keosayian on Saxophone, Patrick Harnedy on trombone, Emmanuel Luzincourt on keyboard, Kieran Clifford on bass, and Sam Szabo on drums. They will perform jazz standards from the Great American Songbook and other favorites. You can use the following link to access the event: meet.google.com/bfk-gwnm-twe. 

 

Virtual Trivia
4:00pm
We’ll put on a live game show, complete with prizes and fun trivia questions for families to enjoy! You can use the following link to access the event: meet.google.com/bfk-gwnm-twe.

A Family of Stars!
7:00pm
Backstreet's back! Get to interact, talk, and text with Brian Littrell and his son Baylee, hear them sing crowd favorites and more. You can use the following link to access the event: bit.ly/BrianBaylee.

Sunday, October 18, 2020

Fall Honors Convocation
4:30pm
This year's prestigious awards ceremony will be streamed virtually from our Chapel of De La Salle and His Brothers via the link fallhonors.manhattan.edu. Select members of the Manhattan College Singers will perform "For the Beauty of the Earth" by John Rutter as a musical reflection for the convocation.

Weekly Mass
7:30pm
Join us virtually in the Chapel of De La Salle and His Brothers as we live stream our weekly Sunday Mass featuring the lively and engaging Manhattan College Music Ministry. This Sunday, one of our musical highlights will be a performance of Cacinni's setting of the Ave Maria. For those that are joining us virtually, please watch online here. For the students who are on campus, they can go to the Chapel. Co-sponsored by Campus Ministry and Social Action.


A special thank you to the Events Management team for their assistance with this weekend!

  • Ingredients and Supplies Required for the Cooking Show
    Sauce
    2 tbsp Olive oil
    1 cup diced red peppers
    1 cup diced green peppers
    1 cup diced onion
    Pinch Kosher salt
    Pinch black pepper
    2 gloves garlic crushed
    1 tbsp dried cumin
    3 tbsp chipotle pepper puree
    1 1/2 cups crumbled chorizo
    16oz diced tomatoes with juice

    Beans
    1 cup canned black bean
    1 cup canned pinto bean
    ¼ diced and seeded jalapeno
    Pinch kosher salt
    Pinch black pepper
    ½ tbsp lime zest
    ½ lime juiced
    2tbsp cilantro chopped

    Eggs
    2 Fresh Cage free eggs (large or extra-large)
    2 tbsp olive oil
    2 oz butter
    Pinch salt
    Pinch black pepper
    3 Corn tortilla
    2 oz cotija cheese
    ½ ripe avocado
    6 leaves fresh cilantro

    Utensils needed
    Knife
    Cutting board
    Small dishes to hold chopped items
    Wooden spoon/plastic kitchen spoon
    Handheld stick blender (optional)
    3 10-inch nonstick pans (could use one and wash after use)
    1 spatula (food turner)

    1 nice serving plate
    Fork and knife (for eating)