Play bingo for a chance to win a bag of groceries or a $20 Kwik Trip gift card! Stay until the end for the Blackout Round where we’re giving away a GIANT bag of groceries (valued at around $50-60).

Bingo cards provided for free.

Hosted by the �����Թ� Hutchinson Campus Student Senate.

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All currently enrolled Ridgewater students that complete 100,000 steps in the FitOn app during the month of November 2026 will be entered to win one of four $50 Ridgewater Bookstore Gift Certificates! The student with the most steps is guaranteed a gift certificate!

FitOn Pro is available for free for Ridgewater students.

To learn how to sign up for FitOn for free and enter the challenge, visit:

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All currently enrolled Ridgewater students that complete 100,000 steps in the FitOn app during the month of November 2026 will be entered to win one of four $50 Ridgewater Bookstore Gift Certificates! The student with the most steps is guaranteed a gift certificate!

FitOn Pro is available for free for Ridgewater students.

To learn how to sign up for FitOn for free and enter the challenge, visit:

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Join us for a spooky, fun time eating ice cream with the Student Senate, playing games with clubs, trick-or-treating, and winning prizes!

Costumes encouraged but not required!

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Location: All Over Campus!
Start at the Student Life Desk in the Commons
Begins: Monday, Oct. 26, 2026 at 11:00 am
Ends: Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026 at 2:00 pm

Start at the Student Life Desk in the Commons (near the pool tables) to get your Trick or Treat “passport” and map of participating locations.

There will be 10 locations on campus where you can get free candy (no costume required).

If you stop by all 10 locations on the map and stamp your passport at each one, you can enter for chance to win prizes!

PRIZES:

$50 �����Թ� Bookstore Gift Certificate
$25 Amazon Gift Card
$25 Walmart Gift Card
$25 Kwik Trip Gift Card
$25 Caribou Coffee Gift Card

Hosted by the Hutchinson Campus Student Senate.

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Location: All Over Campus!
Start at the Student Life Desk in the Commons
Begins: Monday, Oct. 26, 2026 at 11:00 am
Ends: Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026 at 2:00 pm

Start at the Student Life Desk in the Commons (near the pool tables) to get your Trick or Treat “passport” and map of participating locations.

There will be 10 locations on campus where you can get free candy (no costume required).

If you stop by all 10 locations on the map and stamp your passport at each one, you can enter for chance to win prizes!

PRIZES:

$50 �����Թ� Bookstore Gift Certificate
$25 Amazon Gift Card
$25 Walmart Gift Card
$25 Kwik Trip Gift Card
$25 Caribou Coffee Gift Card

Hosted by the Hutchinson Campus Student Senate.

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Location: All Over Campus!
Start at the Student Life Desk in the Commons
Begins: Monday, Oct. 26, 2026 at 11:00 am
Ends: Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026 at 2:00 pm

Start at the Student Life Desk in the Commons (near the pool tables) to get your Trick or Treat “passport” and map of participating locations.

There will be 10 locations on campus where you can get free candy (no costume required).

If you stop by all 10 locations on the map and stamp your passport at each one, you can enter for chance to win prizes!

PRIZES:

$50 �����Թ� Bookstore Gift Certificate
$25 Amazon Gift Card
$25 Walmart Gift Card
$25 Kwik Trip Gift Card
$25 Caribou Coffee Gift Card

Hosted by the Hutchinson Campus Student Senate.

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Location: All Over Campus!
Start at the Student Life Desk in the Commons
Begins: Monday, Oct. 26, 2026 at 11:00 am
Ends: Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026 at 2:00 pm

Start at the Student Life Desk in the Commons (near the pool tables) to get your Trick or Treat “passport” and map of participating locations.

There will be 10 locations on campus where you can get free candy (no costume required).

If you stop by all 10 locations on the map and stamp your passport at each one, you can enter for chance to win prizes!

PRIZES:

$50 �����Թ� Bookstore Gift Certificate
$25 Amazon Gift Card
$25 Walmart Gift Card
$25 Kwik Trip Gift Card
$25 Caribou Coffee Gift Card

Hosted by the Hutchinson Campus Student Senate.

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Student Life is launching Midweek Munchies where we bring a food truck to Ridgewater every Wednesday between August 26-November 04*!

This week, we’re bringing the Samurai Teppanyaki food truck! Check out their to see food offerings.

All Ridgewater students/employees and the general public are welcome! Food is not paid for by Student Life and you are responsible for the payment of your meal.

*In the event of snow in October and November, food trucks will be canceled.

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To see the full food truck schedule for the year, including food trucks featured at Hutchinson Health across the street, visit:

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Student Life is launching Midweek Munchies where we bring a food truck to Ridgewater every Wednesday between August 26-November 04*!

This week, we’re bringing the Hungrys Cheesesteaks food truck! Check out their to see food offerings.

All Ridgewater students/employees and the general public are welcome! Food is not paid for by Student Life and you are responsible for the payment of your meal.

*In the event of snow in October and November, food trucks will be canceled.

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To see the full food truck schedule for the year, including food trucks featured at Hutchinson Health across the street, visit:

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We would like to encourage students to take our Sexual Violence Awareness Training available on your D2L page.

Just log into D2L and navigate to the course. Complete the training by Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026, to be entered to win one of four $50 Bookstore Gift Cards as a thank you for taking the time to complete the training.

How to Take the Training:

1. Log into .
   • Remember, your login is your Star ID and Star ID password
2. Navigate to The Sexual Violence Awareness Training course in your My Courses list.
   • Using the arrow at the top of the list, advance to the Awareness and Training list, then scroll down as needed to find the course.
   • Alternatively, you can click the “waffle icon” at the top of the page to find the course.
3. All students that complete the training by Saturday, October 31, 2026 will be entered to win one of four $50 Ridgewater Bookstore Gift Certificates as a thank you for taking the time to complete the training.
   • If you’ve already completed the training during the 2026-27 academic school year, you are automatically entered into the prize drawing.

Prizes

• A drawing will take place on Monday, November 02, 2026 for four (4) winners.
• You may only win once.
• Winners will be emailed via their �����Թ� student email, so make sure to check it!
• Winners will not be announced publicly.

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Join Student Life for a free goat snuggle session and our sidewalk chalk art contest!

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Goat Petting:
11:00 am-12:00 pm
Courtyard

Take some time to relieve stress by petting goats! Made possible by Goat Shine Animal Therapy.

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Rock the Chalk Sidewalk Art Contest:
9:00 am-2:00 pm
Courtyard

Draw on the sidewalk for fun our enter our art contest. Simply create your masterpiece any time between 9:00 am-2:00 pm. Chalk is provided for free to students and rules will be posted on signage at the event the day of.

Judging will begin at 2:30 pm and we will award prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. (Need not be present to win.)

PRIZES:
1st Place: $35 Ridgewater Bookstore Gift Certificate
2nd Place: $25 Ridgewater Bookstore Gift Certificate
3rd Place: $15 Ridgewater Bookstore Gift Certificate

All prize winners will receive a magnetic whiteboard wall calendar along with their gift certificate.

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Join Student Life for a free goat snuggle session and our sidewalk chalk art contest!

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Goat Petting:
11:00 am-12:00 pm
Courtyard

Take some time to relieve stress by petting goats! Made possible by Goat Shine Animal Therapy.

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Rock the Chalk Sidewalk Art Contest:
9:00 am-2:00 pm
Courtyard

Draw on the sidewalk for fun our enter our art contest. Simply create your masterpiece any time between 9:00 am-2:00 pm. Chalk is provided for free to students and rules will be posted on signage at the event the day of.

Judging will begin at 2:30 pm and we will award prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. (Need not be present to win.)

PRIZES:
1st Place: $35 Ridgewater Bookstore Gift Certificate
2nd Place: $25 Ridgewater Bookstore Gift Certificate
3rd Place: $15 Ridgewater Bookstore Gift Certificate

All prize winners will receive a magnetic whiteboard wall calendar along with their gift certificate.

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The American Red Cross has declared the 2nd national blood supply crisis in its history! We are hosting a blood drive on campus to help!

Walk-ins are welcome, but scheduling an appointment ensures that we can get you in if the drive is full.

Please make an appointment using one of the options below:

Visit and enter “Ridgewater Hutch” in the “Find a Blood Drive” search bar.
Visit for a direct link to the sign-up page.
Use the Red Cross Blood Donor app and search for our drive. You will need to select Wednesday, Sept. 30 as a date.

Track your appointment using the .

Learn what to do before, during, and after your donation on the .

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Join Student Life for a free goat snuggle session and our sidewalk chalk art contest!

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Goat Petting:
11:00 am-12:00 pm
Front Lawn

Take some time to relieve stress by petting goats! Made possible by Goat Shine Animal Therapy.

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Rock the Chalk Sidewalk Art Contest:
9:00 am-2:00 pm
Front Sidewalk

Draw on the sidewalk for fun our enter our art contest. Simply create your masterpiece any time between 9:00 am-2:00 pm. Chalk is provided for free to students and rules will be posted on signage at the event the day of.

Judging will begin at 2:30 pm and we will award prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. (Need not be present to win.)

PRIZES:
1st Place: $35 Ridgewater Bookstore Gift Certificate
2nd Place: $25 Ridgewater Bookstore Gift Certificate
3rd Place: $15 Ridgewater Bookstore Gift Certificate

All prize winners will receive a magnetic whiteboard wall calendar along with their gift certificate.

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