RiverHawks realize the importance of community. The Big Event is a one-day service event that allows Northeastern State University students, faculty and staff to say “Thank you” to members and businesses of the Tahlequah community for their continued support and molding of collegiate careers.
Bringing campus and community together is the mission; giving time, sweat and a handshake is how it is done. The Big Event jobs include painting houses, raking, weeding, cleaning, washing windows, working school carnivals and much more.
The Big Event is not about the number of jobs completed or about the number of students who participate each year; rather, it is the interaction with the residents and the resulting unity in the community that makes The Big Event so big. Now in its fourth year under the direction of Senator Herb Rozell Scholars, The Big Event hopes to reciprocate an even bigger “Thank you!”
Started at Texas A&M and now reaching to more than 70 other schools, students at campuses across the nation come together for One Big Day, One Big Thanks, One Big Event.