Visitors keep coming and coming ....

Jacob Englund, a student member of the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, helps a fairgoer with questions about college.

Another beautiful Friday here at the great Minnesota get together, and another busy afternoon at the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities booth. Throughout the week, our booth staff have been noticing large numbers walking through the Education Building, but we were never quite sure just how large those numbers were….until today, when we received information from the Minnesota State Fair Daily News newsletter saying as of Wednesday, Sept. 2, the State Fair attendance is up 99,558 over this time last year. No wonder all of our brand new shiny gold pencils have been flying off the displays so quickly!

Students use the lighted Minnesota map to find which campuses offer various academic programs.

It has been interesting helping out today on the Wheel of Luck, where we get a chance to find out where everyone is from and how far they have traveled to come to the State Fair. You always have the typical Twin Cities folks as well as ones from places such as Duluth, Alexandria, Rochester or Bemidji. Well, today I overheard a group discussing that they had come all the way the from the Peach State of Georgia! I guess you can’t get a deep fried Twinkie or walleye on a stick just anywhere.