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Students get involved at organization fair
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About 25 percent of Boise State students are involved in a campus club or organization. Boise State currently has 194 student organizations to choose from, offering every student a chance to get involved. The Student Organization Fair, which ran Tuesday through Thursday in the SUB, allowed clubs and organizations to tell prospective members what they’re all about.
“We’re here for recognition, to get people to recognize that we are a club, that we do community service,” said Sarah Birchfield, who manned a table for the National Society of Collegiate Scholars – an honor society for freshmen and sophomores.
Birchfield explained that the table did not attract a lot of traffic, but thought that may have been due to a lack of signs on the side nearer the door.
“A couple people stopped and looked – that’s a start,” Birchfield said.
Next to Birchfield’s booth, Jody Hull, an Environmental Studies major, promoted the Environmental Studies Association.
“We do adopt-a-highway twice a year. we’ve done tree planting, Arbor Day, Earth Day at the zoo and environmental movie night,” she said.
The EVA used the fair to advertise a planned panel discussion about salmon and dam removals to be held Feb. 4 in the SUB.
Geology major Mike Poulos said his table was extremely popular with visitors.
He attributed the table’s success to the taco bar it offered passing students.
Poulos manned a table for the Focus the Nation effort.
Unlike other organizations at the fair, Focus the Nation is not a BSU club. Poulos explained that it is a national organization that addresses global warming and energy solutions. The group also used its booth to advertise upcoming Focus the Nation events at Boise State.
Campus Bible Fellowship Director Doug Rowland said that response to his booth was steady, but was greater at the fall Student Organization Fair.
Rowland’s group looks at the meaning of the Bible and how it relates to people today.
“It’s mostly students from Christian backgrounds that investigate the relevance of the Bible to their lives,” Rowland said.
Student Yash Seyedbagheri stopped at several booths.
“There’s always something interesting out there,” he said.
He didn’t join any new clubs, however.
“I kind of march to my own beat,” Seyedbagheri said.
According to Student Organization Administrative Assistant Vangie Beaver, a total of 55 groups signed up for booths at the fair. There are currently 4, 853 students involved in organizations on campus, including sports clubs and religious organizations.
For more information on getting involved at Boise State, or the university’s many student organizations, go to clubs.boisestate.edu.
JENNIFER SAWMILLER
Senior News Writer
