University of Idaho students have a chance to eat free popcorn while learning about student clubs and organizations at the Get Involved Fair and Variety Show at 6 p.m. Wednesday, in the SUB Ballroom.
Hosted by the Department of Student Involvement, the Get Involved Fair is an opportunity for students to become acquainted with more than 200 student organizations at UI. This year, the department aims to get students excited about the event by featuring a variety show to accompany the fair.
Eric Orosco, the student coordinator from the Department of Student Involvement in charge of the Get Involved Fair, said the fair will showcase clubs students can join and get involved with, while giving clubs allotted time to perform in the variety show.
Orosco said the variety show is a new addition to the traditional Get Involved Fair. Clubs will not only be presenting their respective missions and activities, but they will also be entertaining and actively interacting with students.
“It will be interesting to see the performances,” Orosco said. “Our goal is for this event to be beneficial for both the organizations and students — that connectivity is what the Get Involved Fair and VandalSync are focused on.”
The performances will be approximately 10-minute presentations, or skit-like performances, onstage to give student organizations the chance to promote their organizations, inform students about what the purpose of their organizations is and encourage students to join clubs and be involved at UI.
He said the fair will also encourage students to register for VandalSync, a way for students to connect with events and organizations. He said VandalSync can better connect students and the campus through an online resource which provides students with links to UI’s available student organizations, volunteer opportunities, student government and student media.
“We want students to be involved,” Orosco said. “First year and returning students alike will have a chance to see that. Instead of just going back to their rooms after class, they have awesome opportunities to become part of the UI and Moscow community.”
The Department of Student Involvement currently has 27 clubs registered for the event, and is expecting to have at least 50 exhibits, including UI’s community partners, that plan to make an appearance at the Get Involved Fair.
“The Department of Student Involvement wants to highlight that this is the year of student organizations, and getting people involved is the first step in empowering our student organizations,” Orosco said.
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