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Whenever you are hosting an event such as a birthday party, a work meeting, or a casual gathering, Clouds is the place to be! With a beautiful space, delicious food and beverage options, and a prime location, it is the optimal place to do anything that your organization needs – a hundred feet up! Please contact us if you are interested, and we would love to accommodate any needs you may have. If you have any questions regarding a future event contact us at cloudsames@gmail.com for a personal consultation.
Clouds
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119 Stanton Ave,
Ames, IA 50014
Welcome to
study marathon
10th Ed. FALL 2024
OPEN 24/7
Dec. 4th - Dec. 17th
What is Clouds Study Marathon?
Since its inception in 2019, the Clouds Study Marathon has become a beloved tradition. This prep week, 24/7 event provides students with a cozy and supportive space to prepare for finals while adding a fun competitive element. Last semester, over 700 participants logged more than 5,000 study hours, and this milestone edition promises to be our most exciting yet.
To celebrate students’ hard work, we award daily prizes as well as prizes in categories like individual total hours, team rankings, and Greek life participation. This year, we expect over a 1000 participants and we’re introducing two new categories: rankings by college to reward students studying the most based on their major and ranking by grade levels.
For this 10th edition, Anniversary edition, we introduce a skill tier systems based on your average hours studied on you top 3 days. This will categorize you in Top 10, Champion, Grand Master, Master, Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver or Bronze and reward you with special discounts.
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Prizes:
This edition, the prizes range from gift cards, themed gift baskets to items like cookware sets, longboards, a foosball table and much more. Our goal is to offer a diverse selection of prizes and ensure many students are rewarded for their participation.
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Categories, Raffles and Challenges:
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Individual categories: Overall Ranking, Ranking by Colleges, Ranking by Grade levels, Ranking by Greek life
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Group categories: Teams of 3+, Teams of 6+, Teams of 10+, Greek life
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Daily raffle: every day you study, you enter a chance to win our daily raffle
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Skill tier raffle: enter a chance to win the prize of your skill tier
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Night & Day challenges: They are fun, you will see!
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Happy hours: Extra discounts on happy hour times
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Achievements: Surprise, but you'll know for sure when you get one ;)
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Skill tiers:
Surprise ;)
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Redeem prizes:
Prizes need to be picked up on Tuesday, Dec. 17 or Wednesday, Dec. 18. After that your prize will be lost.
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