The Associated Student Body and cross-cultural engagement committee hosted a campus-wide scavenger hunt available to all students of the University.
Scavenger hunt participants pose with a sign Sunday after the event. (Photo by Alice McKelvey)
“This is an event we put on using ASB funds for the ASB inclusion and cross-cultural engagement subcommittee,” said Alex Borst, director of the Cross-Cultural Engagement subcommittee of ASB. “We just wanted to link a lot of students together from different organizations across campus and different backgrounds and majors.”
Nearly 20 students participated Sunday afternoon in the scavenger hunt. Participants were given historical and informational clues at six separate stations taking them to places like the Ford Center, Ventress Hall and Paris-Yates Chapel.
Students were broken into five groups of four, with team names like “The Dan Joneses,” “The Landsharks” and “The Walk of Champions.”
Borst said the inclusion and cross-cultural engagement committee was interested in including all students in learning about different parts of campus life, so that led to the creation of the event.
“I had a really good time today,” Kate Hill, a sophomore international studies major said.
Hill was joined by students of all backgrounds all across the nation and world for this event. International students from countries like Japan, Taiwan and Germany were present to participate.
“I think it’s so great that our school puts on events like this,” Kim Cassisa, a sophomore music performance major said. “It really makes our campus feel welcoming to all students. I think it really helps out our state motto of being the hospitality state.”
After the hunt, all participants were treated with pizza and hot chocolate outside the Union for fellowship. There were no prizes for the winning teams since the focus of the event was on different students working together to reach one goal.
Borst said the committee is working on engaging students in other inclusive and planned events on campus.
