'InterMingle' will
help start the
year for students
The new event will introduce students
to campus with food, games and entertainment
TRAVIS WILLSE
MANAGING EDITOR
The inaugural celebration of “Inter
Mingle” — 15 hours of festivities fea
turing free food, live music and games
— will kick off Friday at noon in what
event officials say they hope will be
come an annual welcome event for
new and returning University students.
The one-day, $22,000 event could
attract 3,000 to 4,000 students, volun
teer organizer Megan Hughes said .
Greg Lobisser, director of student
activities and planner for the event,
said InterMingle is meant to signal
the start of the regular academic year.
“A number of University adminis
trators got together and began to think
that what we really needed in addition
to the very good program that orienta
tion [has] is some sort of signature
event to mark the beginning of the
school year for both new and return
ing students,” Lobisser said. “There
hasn’t been an event early [in the
year] that says, ‘Now come on to cam
pus, and let’s do something.’”
Lobisser said programmers were
“cognizant that freshmen are here”
for the first time, but that they se
lected activities for an audience that
includes newcomers and returning
students alike.
Fifty-five student organizations —
including student unions, clubs and
about 20 greek houses — will have ta
bles at the event, allowing visiting stu
dents to learn more about the groups.
“I hope that InterMingle will be
come an event that students look for
ward to participating in as a kick off
to the school year and also a way to
find out more information about
campus groups, clubs and student
unions,” Hughes said. “It has some
thing everyone will be interested in.”
The event, which Lobisser said
was “designed like a giant mixer,” is
planned so that students can enjoy
different activities at their leisure.
“They ought to be able to move
around in kind of like a buffet of
events, taking part in whatever they
want, whenever they want, and then
moving on,” Lobisser said.
Hughes, an ASUO veteran and re
cent graduate who has worked to fos
ter student-group involvement in In
terMingle, said the event is designed
to “show students that the Universi
ty is a fun environment.”
All events are free and are sched
uled in or near the EMU.
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