Sun Devils discover opportunity: 2025 Spring Involvement Fair
The 2025 spring semester at Arizona State University kicked off on the Sun Devil Fitness Center (SDFC) fields with the annual Spring Involvement Fair. This one-stop shop for clubs and organizations on campus provided students with an opportunity to meet representatives spanning all sorts of extracurriculars and organizations, and discover what opportunities ASU has in store for them.
In tandem with the Diablo’s Club Zero, the fall counterpart involvement fair, the Spring Involvement Fair is the largest club fair of the spring semester and one of the few opportunities to see the full scope of ASU’s student-led clubs in one place.
First year students Bree Borowski, mechanical engineering, and Karly O'Brien, software engineering, were excited to participate.
“We've been looking to get involved with some more clubs, different volunteer opportunities and find more people with the same interests as us,” said Borowski.
“Yeah, we're in SWE, which is the Society of Women Engineers, we thought the Spring Involvement Fair would be kind of interesting. First semester was kind of big on meeting everyone, and now it’s getting more involved,” said O’Brien.
Standing next to the table for SoDA, Software Developers Association, the two first-years were looking to connect with one of the largest organizations at ASU, according to representative and first year computer science major, Rachel Yonan.
“SoDA is the biggest engineering association at ASU, and we focus on technical workshops and meetings every week with lounge hours, and we have hackathons and mentorship programs and collaborations with other clubs at ASU to help those who are aspiring software developers,” explained Yonan.
“It's really exciting because I'm seeing all sorts of people who are interested in coding and a lot of people who are beginners who also want to see what this can offer them, and I think we have a really big, welcoming community with a lot of different events that they'd be interested in,” Yonan continued.
While many students were lining up in front of tables like SoDA to learn more about the amazing opportunities available, they all took time to enjoy the other perks of ASU’s involvement fair.
“I love these events. We were just at the bouncy house, and then we were also at the volunteering thing,” Borowski exclaimed.
“There was this Peace Corps thing, and my parents met through the Peace Corps. It's just cool there's people everywhere… and there were little puppies too, we love these things,” O’Brien added.
Aside from the buffet of clubs and organizations, the involvement fair came jam-packed with a DJ, food trucks, free Dunkin Donuts gift cards, a bounce house and therapy dogs courtesy of Sun Devil PAWS Therapy, all providing Sun Devils a relaxing atmosphere to socialize.
Third-year student and graphic design major Tori Derwin, and second-year biomedical sciences major Niyathi Sirigineedi, saw this as a great opportunity to meet new students and recruit for the ASU Rowing Club.
“It's pretty awesome,” said Derwin. “Sometimes it feels like we're very separated, because the rowing team, we practice on Tempe Town Lake, we never really see anyone else, and so it's nice to see that there's so many other clubs, and they're so active… We're out here recruiting for the rowing team, trying to get some new people on the team, so we can go to races and compete and have fun.”
On their way to explore rumors of a “Raising Cane’s tent” nearby, the two left with an important final message.
“Join the rowing team!”
Even if software engineering or rowing aren’t your particular thing, there are so many opportunities available for students to get involved at ASU. Check out the Student Connection and Community homepage to learn more about opportunities at ASU and Sun Devil Sync to see what clubs are organizing today!