Sunday is Maroon and Gold Day at the State Fair

University president Eric Kaler, athletic director Joel Maturi and the Marching Band will headline the State Fair parade.

U president Kaler, athletic director Maturi and Marching Band to headline State Fair parade

An annual highlight for fairgoers takes place this Sunday, Aug. 28: Maroon and Gold Day. Visitors are encouraged to proudly wear their maroon and gold attire, stop by the U of M’s building for trivia and Goldy Gopher appearances and see the university’s Marching Band in the State Fair parade.

University president Eric Kaler and his wife, Karen, will be joined in the parade by athletic director Joel Maturi and his wife, Lois. It will be Kaler’s first day at the fair as president. His schedule includes:

8:35 a.m. Visit with U of M Extension 4-H youth and their animals, Animal Barns

9:25 a.m. Visit Miracle of Birth Center

10:05 a.m. Guest on WCCO-Radio’s “Sports Huddle with Sid and Dave” show

10:35 a.m. Guest on KFAN-Radio’s “Sunday Sermons with Dan Barreiro” show

11 a.m. The Kalers are celebrity tasters at “Minnesota Cooks” program, emceed by TPT’s Mary Lahammer

Noon Visit the main U of M building and stage, located at the corner of Dan Patch Avenue and Underwood Street

12:45 p.m. Visit with 4-H youth in the SeaPerch Aquatic Robotics exhibit, an educational opportunity for youth to learn about science and underwater robots, 4-H Building

2 to 3 p.m. The Kalers and Maturis take part in the State Fair parade

3 p.m. The Kalers are celebrity guacamole chefs at the Tejas Grill in the Crossroads Building

3:30 p.m. Guest on “Access Minnesota” radio show on the U of M stage, hosted by Jim du Bois

Sunday’s stage and exhibit highlights include:

On the U of M stage

10 a.m. The Enchantments
11 a.m. Face painting with Homecoming Royalty
Noon MinnesoTap
1 p.m. Alumni Band
2 p.m. Face painting with Homecoming Royalty
3 p.m. MinnesoTap
3:30 p.m. “Access Minnesota” with president Kaler
4 p.m. “Access Minnesota” with athletic director Maturi

U of M building exhibitors

9 a.m. to 9 p.m. College of Science and Engineering’s “Innovative Engineers”

Come and see how the “Innovative Engineers” program is extending the reach of renewable energy to the developing world. The exhibit includes an interactive display which invites visitors to spin a 1kW wind turbine and generate electricity. The exhibit also includes informational displays and handouts of the work that Innovative Engineers is currently doing around the world.

9 a.m. to 9 p.m. College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences

9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Len Ferrington, Department of Entomology
1 to 5 p.m. Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering graduate students
5 to 9 p.m. Paul Porter, Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics

9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Immigration History Research Center, College of Liberal Arts

Immigrant stories are the heart of the Immigration History Research Center’s research and archival collections. The “Digitizing Immigrant Letters” and “Sheeko” projects include first-hand testimony or letters from Czech, Croatian, Finnish, Hmong, Italian, Latvian, Russian, Somali and Ukrainian immigrants. Learn about past and present immigrant experience through the IHRC’s archives and research.

Complete information is available at www.statefair.umn.edu.

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