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Campus Kickoff Block Party: Starting off Right
If Night on the Row wasn’t enough to excite the campus community for another tremendous academic year, the Campus Kickoff Block Party set the tone for a new year, full of renewed interest in student life, philanthropy and athletics.
The event, held on Saturday September 26th from noon to 5pm, was an event that expanded realities in a number of areas. Planned and funded by a number of student organizations, including the Panhellenic Council (PHC), the Multicultural Greek Council (MGC), the Interfraternity Council (IFC), Campus Activities Board (CAB), Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), Recreational Sports, Late Night and Weekend Programming fund, Student Government (USGA) and the Traditions Council, the event showcased the abilities of students to work together and collaborative to put on a very successful event for the student body. In addition, each group was also able to promote their organization and other things, such as Greek life recruitment, the blood drive and more.
The student athletes were able to sign-up more than two hundred students for their upcoming Blood Drive. In relation to last year, the group signed up more than four times what they did last year, potentially saving more than 600 lives after donating. Rec Sports had one of its most successful intramural days in campus history, having nearly 50 participants in the tennis tournament, and quite a few in the soccer tournament. The event itself attracted over an estimated 2000 students, all of which were exposed to a number of great opportunities offered in student life.
Greek Life was a group not to be forgotten in this mix. After starting the event last year on Powelton Avenue, the group collectively made the decision to move closer to campus onto Arch Street, in hopes of engaging more students. In addition, the fraternities and sororities showed up in strong force, not only to attend but also to volunteer. Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity provided an all-day jousting activity, while the brothers of Tau Kappa Epsilon worked closely with Taco Lou in providing hamburgers and hot-dogs to hungry students. Alpha Pi Lambda, Pi Kappa Phi, Pi Kappa Alpha and Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternities were also very involved in running a number of other activities and eating competitions throughout the day. In addition, all members of the Greek community wore their letters (or Greek life shirts), showcasing the size and strength of the Greek community at Drexel University.
While this may be the first large-scale event of the year, the IFC looks forward to continued collaboration with other organizations at Drexel University.
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