Welcome Week: Monday Features Big Brother/Little Brother Jambalaya Lunch in Student Commons

Posted August 25, 2014 / Last updated August 26, 2014

Blue Jay Big and Little Brothers enjoy the Welcome Week Jambalaya Lunch, courtest of the Jesuit Alumni Association. From left, Eduardo Seoane and his Big Brother Chalon Fogarty, Matthew Sauviac and his Big Brother Cole Guillory, and Cooper Ray and his Big Brother Patrick LaCour.

The Student Council kicked off their annual Welcome Week festivities with a Wild, Wild West-themed Big Brother/Little Brother jambalaya feast in the Student Commons. Each year, members of the Jesuit Alumni Association dish out a delicious jambalaya lunch for Big and Little Brothers. Bill Poynot, a parent of a Blue Jay alumnus, donates and prepares the lunch for the 500 hungry Jays.

View the Big Brother/Little Brother Jambalaya Lunch photo gallery.

The lunch helps welcome Little Brothers to Jesuit and thank Big Brothers for their service to the school’s newest Jays. Big Brothers help get their Little Brothers acclimated to life at Jesuit — beginning on Welcome Day in the spring, and again in the fall with Book Day, Investiture, and other start of school activities. Many Big and Little Brothers remain in touch over the years, long after each graduates.

Blue Jays of all classes, from pre-freshmen to seniors, will experience a wild western Welcome Week, with each day bringing a new adventure:

Tuesday – Oregon Trail Obstacle Course

Wednesday – County Fair

Thursday – Mechanical Bull Riding

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Welcome Week, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014

Before the rush of Blue Jay Big and Little Brothers entered the Student Commons, Admissions Director Bret Hanemann '85 and alumni volunteer Mike Buisson '84 roll up their sleeves and dish out bowls of piping-hot jambalaya.
Pre-freshman Trevor Spinosa and his Big Brother, senior Gregory Suhor, were among the first Blue Jays in line at the jambalaya feast sponsored by the Jesuit Alumni Association.
Senior Thomas Gallagher (center) is flanked by his Little Brothers, pre-freshmen Matthew LaCour and Will Freese.
Jason Britsch '12 and Michael Ceraso '12 serve Blue Jays jambalaya.
Big Brother Senior Colin Hery (third from left) and his Little Brothers Cameron Helm and Addison Bui (far left and second from left) enjoy their jambalaya lunch with Big Brother Ben Parks (far right) and his Little Brothers Nathan Pajares and Will Ellinghausen (third from right and second from right).
This group of Big and Little Brothers enjoy their lunch in the Student Commons. Seated clockwise from left are: pre-freshman Beau Gibbons, junior John Kemmerly, pre-freshman Colin Gilmore, junior Bert Gilmore, and pre-freshmen Donovan Reynolds and Stephen Zazulak.
From left, Eduardo Seoane and his Big Brother Chalon Fogarty, Matthew Sauviac and his Big Brother Cole Guillory, and Cooper Ray and his Big Brother Patrick LaCour.
Osman Torres (third from left) and his Little Brothers Fernando Mejia and Ian Recile (far left and second from left) enjoy lunch with Josh de Boisblanc (center) and his Little Brother Henri Engeran-Jacobs (third from right) and Brad Gaudet (far right) and his Little Brother Bradley Fugetta (second from right).
Admissions Director Bret Hanemann '85 addresses the Big Brothers and Little Brothers gathered for lunch in the Student Commons.
Alumni volunteer Mike Buisson '84 serves his pre-freshman son, Michael, some jambalaya.
Mike Buisson '84, Ben Bagwill '12, Matt Firmin '10, and Charles Bourg '10 dish out some tasty jambalaya.
During lunch, Student Council actors bring the Welcome Week theme to life with a wild west shootout skit in the middle of the Student Commons.
The jambalaya volunteer crew pauses for a photo. Pictured from left are, Fr. Anthony McGinn '66, Bill Poynot, Tom Bagwill, Michael Ceraso '12, Jason Britsch '12, Mike Buisson '84, Scott Delatte '06, Chris Bowes '02, Ben Bagwill '12, Matt Firmin '10, Tim Harris '10, Charles Bourg '10, Bret Hanemann '85, and Mat Grau '68.