The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) is bringing their annual start-of-semester celebration for Camosun College students to both campuses in September, and they’re promising a whole lot of fun this year. The events, happening September 6 at Lansdowne and September 8 at Interurban, are going to be carnival-esque good time, says CCSS student services coordinator Michael Glover.
“Camfest is like a big welcome-back party, really,” says Glover. “You know, free food, entertainment of various kinds, tents, a lot of information on the college, all that kind of stuff. It’s information, free food, and fun.”
Glover says Camfest is “very much like a transitory corridor,” particularly at Lansdowne.
“It’s very mobile,” he says. “People aren’t going to stand and deliver performances, just because people won’t be there for it. The whole thing is grab and go.”
CCSS Interurban campus executive Sarah Lindsay stresses the importance of students taking advantage of all that CamFest has to offer by going up to the tents and seeing what is on display.
“We’re nice people, I promise,” she says. “If you see a tent, it probably has free stuff.”
Lindsay says that even if you’re a student who takes classes off campus, you can still attend CamFest.
“Take advantage of what we have to offer, and all the fun,” she says.
CCSS external executive Rachael Grant says that CamFest is a great opportunity for students to get to know what resources are available to them at Camosun; it’s also a good way to connect with students and the CCSS, she says, adding that the CCSS will be launching a new app for students at the event.
“It’s going to be an app that any Camosun student can download,” she says, “and it’s going to be a really great way that students can connect with each other. We’re really excited about launching that in the fall. It looks like it’s going to be a great day for each campus.”
CamFest
10 am to 3 pm, Tuesday, September 6 and Thursday, September 8
Camosun Lansdowne (Sept. 6)
Camosun Interurban (Sept. 8)
camosunstudent.org