Texas State University students can’t get enough maroon and gold pancakes, donuts and other breakfast staples, especially after the sun goes down.
Texas State Dining — powered by Chartwells Higher Education — had more than 3,000 students show up for its semiannual Late-Night Breakfast. The spring edition, which always seems to have higher attendance than the fall, exceeded expectations, surpassing the 2,600 who attended last spring.
They might have come to collect one of the 1,000 free LNB t-shirts, featuring a mermaid on a stack of pancakes. But they stayed until midnight for the dancing, drawing on tables and breakfast. So much breakfast. Texas State Dining treated them to maroon and gold pancakes, donuts, eggs, sausage, bacon, hash browns, pastries and options for every palate.
“Late-Night Breakfast is special because it gives everybody the opportunity just to take their minds off our upcoming finals and exist together with good food and good people,” Senior and Rally Cats Traditions Director Brian Butcher said.
Late-Night Breakfast has become the social event marking the end of the semester and was attended by Texas State University President Kelly Damphousse. Each breakfast since 2022 has drawn a bigger crowd as Texas State Dining and its partners — the Department of Housing and Resident Life, the LBJ Student Center staff and Student Involvement — work constantly to keep the event fresh.
“We already have some big ideas planned with giveaways, games and collectibles,” Director of Marketing and Guest Experience Whitney Villarreal said. “We have created that expectation among not just the students, but our associates and campus partners as well. It’s a big time.”
She said the success is due to a great partnership with the Department of Housing and Resident Life, LBJ Student Center staff and Student Involvement. Also, online hype among participants and a larger student population helped push attendance well past last spring’s figure of 2,600.
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