About 80 businesses and organizations will showcase their names and services to Marshall University students and community members at the fourth annual RecFest Saturday, Aug. 25, at the Marshall Recreation Center on the Huntington campus.
The event, sponsored by Chase Bank, will take place from noon to 3 p.m. on the center’s basketball court space. All freshmen and returning students, along with faculty and staff, are invited to check out the options available to them both on campus and in the Huntington area.
“RecFest is one of the last activities of the Week of Welcome,” said Michelle Muth, the rec center’s assistant director of marketing and memberships. “It’s a good way for the students, especially freshmen and those from out of town, to get introduced to the community.”
Muth said there will be many giveaways at RecFest, including an iPad 2. Other prizes and giveaways include TOMS shoes, gift baskets, gift cards, coupons, free samples of products and free food. The first 250 people entering RecFest receive free water bottles, and at one booth, prizes will be awarded to the person who comes closest to guessing how much money is in a jar.
For musical entertainment, country singer Devin Hale will perform from noon to 2 p.m.
Week of Welcome begins today (Wednesday, Aug. 22) and fall classes start Monday, Aug. 27. The Week of Welcome Family Picnic is from 5 to 6:30 p.m. today at the Memorial Student Center plaza and Buskirk Field.
