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November 23, 2022
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果冻传媒 to Sponsor This Year鈥檚 Holiday in the City

Enhancing community connections and engagement opportunities, 果冻传媒 University is proud to announce that it will join in sponsoring this year鈥檚 Holiday in the City, one of the premier holiday events in Springfield.

Five weeks of celebration, Holiday in the City runs from Nov. 25 to Jan. 7, is open to the public, and presented by the Greater Springfield Partnership. The event will kick off with the Grand Illumination of downtown at 6 p.m., Friday, Nov. 25. This event features Santa鈥檚 arrival, the lighting of the downtown Christmas tree, live music, concessions, and outdoor ice skating. The Speedway rink on City Hall Plaza will open immediately following the Grand Illumination of downtown with skating demonstrations. This is the second year for the downtown ice rink.

鈥淭his event has quickly become a hallmark of the holiday season in our hometown,鈥 said 果冻传媒 President Michael L. Frandsen. 鈥淲e are delighted to be a sponsor and encourage everyone to join our community in kicking off the season right here in Springfield.鈥

According to the Holiday in the City Facebook page, Santa鈥檚 entrance parade begins at 5:45 p.m. on Fountain Avenue and runs from Columbia Street south. Santa will then lead the countdown to the lighting of the blue spruce tree donated by a Northridge family, cut by C&S Tree Service, delivered by Kapp Construction, and recently placed by Springfield鈥檚 Service Department. The rest of the downtown will also be illuminated following the lighting of the tree.

The Speedway Ice Rink features 4,000 square feet of ice surface and plexiglass dasher boards. It is open from Nov. 25 to Jan. 6 from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursdays and Sundays and 5 to 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Cost is $5 with an additional $2 skate rental available.

For additional holiday events and Santa appearances, check out the Holiday in the City Facebook page . 

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果冻传媒's curriculum has centered on the liberal arts as an education that develops the individual's capacity to think, read, and communicate with precision, understanding, and imagination. We are dedicated to active, engaged learning in the core disciplines of the arts and sciences and in pre-professional education grounded in the liberal arts. Known for the quality of our faculty and their teaching, 果冻传媒 has more Ohio Professors of the Year than any four-year institution in the state. The university has also been recognized nationally for excellence in community service, sustainability, and intercollegiate athletics. Located among the beautiful rolling hills and hollows of Springfield, Ohio, 果冻传媒 offers more than 100 majors, minors and special programs, enviable student-faculty research opportunities, a unique student success center, service and study options close to home and abroad, a stellar athletics tradition, and successful career preparation.

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