Our faculty student group organized a huge mixer for incoming first years and their paired upper year mentor. The turnout was over 200 people! Well over capacity for the small area – it was way to packed to navigate, much less find your mentor. From the advertisements, they hyped to the food aspect too much, …
I was volunteering a huge job fair our school was hosting. Over 100 companies set up booths in our gym, some included Coca-Cola, Bell, Edward Jones, CAT Construction, and many others. Some of the booths offered freebies – some highlights were a shaker cup from Coca-Cola, Nightlight from GreenEnergy, fancy chocolates from IKEA. I chatted …
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When I checked out the website of the university entrepreneurship organization, I noticed they are hosting events each week all through the month. And each event offered loads of free food! Tonight featured “The Top 36”, one of Canada’s largest entrepreneurship competitions. Several exec members delivered a presentation on what it is and how to …
I found flyers plastered all around campus inviting students to attend their first meeting. This group promoted fair trade foodstuff – food produced by people earning fair wages. That obviously meant a markup on prices, something I would personally never buy (but that’s an argument for another day). The members baked a delicious cake and …
This was actually a pleasant surprise – I stumbled across this event when I was looking for quiet place to study. I stopped by our faculty hall and restaurant, when I noticed lots of students and some Profs congregating around a buffet table. Not knowing what the event was, I confidently strolled up to the …
