Whether you're into Jewish culture, Kendo Japanese Swordsmanship or even if you consider yourself a nerd, UCF has a club to suit your needs.
These clubs and many more gathered in the Student Union's Pegasus Ballroom on Wednesday for Knights of the RoundTable's annual Club Showcase. The showcase is held every spring semester and last year more than 1,000 people attended.
The clock hit noon and students were once again welcomed to come in and experience everything UCF has to offer them.
Students who attended the showcase were able to learn about the 112 organizations present at the event to decide if they'd like to get involved and become more connected with the UCF community.
These registered student organizations each represent their own unique and diverse goals, opinions and interests. They have a particular time period in which they must register in order to participate in the showcase, but from that point on it's up to them how they decide to set up their individual booths. They are merely provided with the venue and can be as creative as they'd like.
The Kiteboarding Club decided to set up a large kite right behind their booth and Tabletop Gaming Club had stacks of games on their table. Others had pamphlets or decorative display boards with photos.
The showcase was organized by the UCF agency KoRT, which helps UCF students interested in starting a club.
KoRT serves as a resource through education, advisement and promotion for student organizations and as a liaison between the organizations and the UCF community.
KoRT's Organization Relations Chair Madison Menzies said the purpose of the event was to "help students to get involved and show them every avenue of how they can get involved on our campus."
Sophomore Ashley Miller believes that getting involved is an important aspect of college life.
"It definitely gives you a community because UCF is such a large school sometimes it's hard to find your own niche, sometimes you get lost as just another number," she said.
Junior Kayla Robinson just moved here from Tallahassee and said she doesn't get out of her apartment much so she was hoping that joining a club would help her make new friends. This was her first time going out for clubs and she was excited about all the opportunities UCF has to offer.
"I think it proves that UCF is really all about getting everyone from every corner of interest in the world to actually come together and try to find people who they have [something] in common with," she said.
Sophomore Michael Bifulco explained that he's looking for good networking opportunities and the more educational and professional aspects of joining a club.
He attended the showcase interested in the Society for Human Resource
Management and said he is looking forward to meeting professional staff and finding out what jobs are available in the Orlando area.
He feels all students can find something that interests them with the help of student organizations.
"The options are limitless, I think every student can find their own niche," Bifulco said.
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