Business school gathers for annual Thanksgiving dinner

The Lundy-Fetterman School of Business welcomed more than 130 students, faculty, staff and alumni for its 12th annual Thanksgiving Dinner, a tradition rooted in gratitude, community and faith. What began years ago as a meal for students who couldn't travel home for the holidays has become a defining moment of the fall semester, reminding the Campbell Business community of the values that bring everyone together.

This year, accounting professor Jes Boone shared a message from Psalm 92 on flourishing, encouraging attendees to abide in God and remain aligned with Him to bear lasting fruit. For many in the room, the gathering has become a cherished tradition.

Petter Dale, an international student-athlete from Norway, reflected on what the tradition has meant to him over the past three years: "I had never heard about Thanksgiving before I came to the U.S. A big dinner like this is the closest thing to the family dinners I miss in Norway. Going to the Lundy Thanksgiving the last three years has made me feel grateful to be at a smaller school that has a family feeling."

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Alumni returned to take their place at the table. Emily Drake shared how the dinner reconnects her to her roots, "Returning for Thanksgiving felt like stepping right back into the family I didn't know I'd been missing. … This tradition doesn't just gather us, it reconnects us with who we are and who we're here to lift up."

"Attending the Thanksgiving dinner was such a blessing," said first-year student Joei Hager. "Catching up with one another and witnessing students and staff come together before the rush of finals and winter break was something I'm so grateful to be part of."

After 12 years, the Thanksgiving Dinner still does what it was created to do: bring people together, deepen the sense of community and affirm that growth and flourishing happen best alongside one another.