Line for the fair on the Campus Green. Photo by Ethan Duncan
With the success of the 2025 Extreme Student Involvement Fair, the event returned to the Campus Green. Dozens of clubs and organizations attended the fair where they set up tents and tables to provide information and encourage student involvement. These ranged from Greek life, sports, religion and lifestyle organizations.
Students who attended the fair were encouraged to approach these organizations and find out more about them to get more involved with campus life.
“I want to find some cool clubs and maybe branch out, make some new friends,” KSU junior Jack Lawrence said. “I signed up to join the fencing club, so that’ll be pretty cool.”
KSU Club Fencing is a co-ed team sport offered at KSU. The club was present at the fair and gauged student interest in fencing.
“I found this real estate club,” KSU freshman Declan Johnson said.
The Real Estate and Entrepreneurship Society provides students the opportunity to make connections and provide a platform for pursuing real estate as a career.
“I’ve seen a lot of women empowerment clubs that I want to join,” KSU freshman Kristina Jefferson said.
Some clubs present at the fair included the American Association of University Women, American Medical Women’s Association and Black Women in Healthcare at KSU.
In addition to joining new clubs and organizations, some students wanted to build lasting communities that could carry them through their time at KSU.
“You join clubs to build your community,” Johnson said. “I’m all about that. As humans, we’re social beings, so I think that will be the biggest impact.”
“The fair will help me with meeting people and making connections,” Jefferson said. “Joining clubs is a good way to meet people who aren’t in your major.”
While KSU offers other events that are dedicated to providing internships for different career fields, the Extreme Student Involvement Fair can also be a gateway to making connections with people in the same field.
“With the fair being outside, it creates a natural environment for people to meet and get to know each other,” KSU sophomore Ashari Parker said.
Club and organization leaders were happy with the level of student involvement and interest in their causes.
“It’s cool to get to see all the events and all the different kinds of people,” KSU sophomore Jedd Thomas, outreach coordinator for Baptist Collegiate Ministries, said. “It’s good to see what students are interested in.”
“It really allows us to connect with the students on a different level,” KSU senior Chris Vereen, construction manager for the National Association of Home Builders chapter at KSU, said. “There’s so many people who come out, and so many people who want to get involved. It’s amazing.”
“It’s good for students to know that there are other clubs around,” said KSU senior Nicholas Ferrell, community leader for the Kennesaw Pride Alliance. “Typically, you may just walk by a poster, but here, you see everybody, and you see stuff that makes you say, oh, I wanna go to that.”
The fair being held on the Campus Green instead of indoors meant that students couldn’t enjoy the usual comforts of air conditioning.
“It’s way too hot,” Ferrell said.
At noon, it was 92 degrees outside, with the heat index climbing as high as 98 degrees.
“It is nice to be outside, but it’s really sweaty,” Johnson said. “Especially when you’re waiting in line to get in.”
“They should have provided water to students,” Van Leer said. “And maybe they should have hosted it on a less hot day.”
While some organizations and clubs chose to provide water and other refreshments to students, there were no official stands providing water from the school itself. There were, however, several umbrellas to help provide shade from the intense heat.
The heat wasn’t a dealbreaker for everybody.
“It’s September in Georgia, so naturally it’s going to be a little hot,” Thomas said. “Could be rainy, could be a lot worse. Just gotta be thankful for a good day.”
