RedTails Traditions Challenge

The Best Time to Get Involved? Right Now!

One of the best parts of college is getting involved—and the RedTails Traditions Challenge is a fun way to do just that. It’s all about making the most of your time on campus and creating memories you’ll never forget.

Check out the RedTails Traditions Challenge Checklist of Hawkeye traditions and campus activities—many of which you’ll probably do anyway! Just snap a selfie or a photo of yourself doing each one, and check it off the list.

Explore these fun activities and events you can participate in to become an official RedTails Traditions Keeper!

  • Academic Resources
  • Bowling
  • Career Clothing Closet
  • Cedar Valley Arboretum
  • Commencement
  • Cross Country
  • Dance
  • Esports
  • Experience Waterloo
  • Fall Fest
  • Favorite advisor or staff
  • Favorite instructor
  • Favorite study space on campus
  • First day of school picture
  • Golf
  • Grad Fair
  • Hawkeye Arts Event
  • Hawkeye logo found in the community
  • Hawkeye Night at Young Arena
  • Hawkeye Reads book
  • Hawkeye RedTail Food Pantry
  • International Education Week
  • Intramurals
  • Jam the Gym
  • Join a student organization
  • Library
  • Lost Island Waterpark or Theme Park using free student tickets
  • Main Street Cedar Falls
  • Orientation
  • Picture with a dean, vice president, or president
  • Picture with Rusty
  • Picture with your classmates
  • RedTail Café
  • Relaxing in Hawk’s Haven at the Student Health Clinic
  • Semester GPA of 3.5 or higher
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Spend time in the campus courtyard
  • Sports Shooting
  • Student Activities Event in the Brock Student Center
  • Student Tutoring Center
  • Track and Field
  • Transfer Fair
  • Unity and Understanding Center
  • UNI Sporting Event using free student tickets
  • Using the Bike Share program
  • Volleyball
  • Volunteer
  • Waterloo Bucks Game using free student tickets
  • Wear blue and orange
  • Wearing Hawkeye apparel in your hometown
  • Working out at the Health Education and Services Center
  • Wrestling
  • ‘The Bones Family’ in Black Hawk
  • “H” outside Hawkeye Center

Become a RedTails Traditions Keeper

It’s easy to complete the RedTails Traditions Challenge—just follow these simple steps to track your progress and submit your memories:

  • Take a selfie or photo of yourself doing a RedTails Traditions Challenge.
  • Make a copy of the slideshow and drop in your photos on the matching slides.
  • After you finish 20 traditions, complete the form below and send your slideshow to the Traditions Team. You'll be recognized as an official RedTails Traditions Keeper and earn a special medallion to wear at your Commencement Ceremony!

You'll keep the medallion—and a slideshow full of memories and photos that capture your time at Hawkeye.

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