2008 Woodie Awards
Activities Fair Promises to Bring Students and Clubs Together
Brian O'Connor
Issue date: 1/26/05 Section: Features
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The activities fair is a staple of every Manhattan College semester, allowing students to explore both old interests and new hobbies while on campus.
Through the Activities fair, students are able to receive information on various clubs, fraternities, sororities, and volunteer organizations in a convenient location. Instead of galloping from meeting to meeting, every organization on campus is readily accessible through their staffed table inside the Smith Auditorium. Students can walk from booth to booth, discussing the objectives and purposes of the groups with their respective members. Such activity fairs are seen as crucial aspects of social life at Manhattan College, since many people on campus assert that the best way to make friends and enjoy school is to join the clubs that interest the individual. Debra Kepke, a freshman said, "The Activities Fair is a great opportunity for students to learn about clubs and get together with peers." With clubs that range from the American Chemical Society to the Young Republicans, students can find ways to make friends that share their interests, and find new interests shared by some of their other friends. Where some students may feel left out of the crowd in such a small school, the activities fair may bring some students together with others that share sometimes obscure interests.
While the event is helpful for students, it also benefits many of Manhattan's clubs greatly. Where flyers and Audix notifications of club meetings may fail, a strong presence and alluring appearance at the activities fair can boost club participation tenfold. Groups go from fledgling to full-size in an afternoon as interested students realize that there are clubs available that they may not have known about before. Many clubs see the activities fair as a great outlet for publicity, as well as membership. Some of the newer clubs see the activities fair as their first time to present their club to the student body, and a way to make their club become a presence at Manhattan.
On Wednesday, February 2nd at 3:30 p.m., the Activities fair will be held for the spring semester. With refreshments at the front door, the clubs at Manhattan will gather in order to promote membership and interest in the issues that matter to them.
Through the Activities fair, students are able to receive information on various clubs, fraternities, sororities, and volunteer organizations in a convenient location. Instead of galloping from meeting to meeting, every organization on campus is readily accessible through their staffed table inside the Smith Auditorium. Students can walk from booth to booth, discussing the objectives and purposes of the groups with their respective members. Such activity fairs are seen as crucial aspects of social life at Manhattan College, since many people on campus assert that the best way to make friends and enjoy school is to join the clubs that interest the individual. Debra Kepke, a freshman said, "The Activities Fair is a great opportunity for students to learn about clubs and get together with peers." With clubs that range from the American Chemical Society to the Young Republicans, students can find ways to make friends that share their interests, and find new interests shared by some of their other friends. Where some students may feel left out of the crowd in such a small school, the activities fair may bring some students together with others that share sometimes obscure interests.
While the event is helpful for students, it also benefits many of Manhattan's clubs greatly. Where flyers and Audix notifications of club meetings may fail, a strong presence and alluring appearance at the activities fair can boost club participation tenfold. Groups go from fledgling to full-size in an afternoon as interested students realize that there are clubs available that they may not have known about before. Many clubs see the activities fair as a great outlet for publicity, as well as membership. Some of the newer clubs see the activities fair as their first time to present their club to the student body, and a way to make their club become a presence at Manhattan.
On Wednesday, February 2nd at 3:30 p.m., the Activities fair will be held for the spring semester. With refreshments at the front door, the clubs at Manhattan will gather in order to promote membership and interest in the issues that matter to them.