Yesterday, we featured the tradition of lighting luminarias for the December Reading Day at the UNCG campus. Today, we share the tradition of reaching out to Minerva for a little end-of-semester academic support. Students visit the statue of Minerva and leave an apple with a bite out as a good luck ritual. In the above photo, one guy is stretching to place an apple at the base of Minerva’s feet. The other four guys were content to leave their apples at the bottom of the pedestal. Perhaps the one student needed a little extra support.

Minerva was the Roman goddess of wisdom. As the goddess of wisdom, Minerva just might know what the students need. Below, we just had to share a close up photo of the base. One student wrote a note asking Minerva for help on a French exam and was so bold as to also ask for an “A.” What traditions does your school have? Have you seen this apple laying tradition before?