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Marshall hosts second annual RecFest
Shauna Pauly of The Therapy Center of Huntington gives massages during the Marshall Recreation Center's second annual RecFest Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010.
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HUNTINGTON -- Marshall University senior April Bennett doesn't have a lot of free time these days, and that's fine with her.
The music education major from Huntington spent 12 hours a day working at the recreation center Thursday and Friday and was back again Saturday for Recfest, an event where incoming freshmen can find out about some of the organizations on campus in the semester that starts Monday, Aug. 23.
"The Rec Center is like my second home," Bennett said. "I love the people I work with here."
Bennett is taking 18 credit hours this semester while working 25 hours a week at the recreation center that opened last year. She's also field commander for the university's marching band.
Her advice for incoming freshmen is to "stay dedicated and keep pushing because it gets hard. And make friends."
Incoming freshman Cole Woodrum of Winfield, is no stranger to Marshall. "My mom and dad are graduates," he said. "I've come to the football and basketball games my entire life. I think I'm ready for classes Monday. I'll find out."
Nikki Zettlemoyer, a Holden Beach, N.C., native, is a third-generation Marshall student.
"It was the only college I applied to," the Marshall senior said. "My grandmother lives in Huntington, and my mom is a Marshall graduate."
The parks and recreation major said she would love to be director of something like Marshall's recreation center after she graduates.
"I wish we had this when I was a freshman," she said. "I have two classes here, and I work here about 20 hours a week."
Mayo Olusanya, a native of Nigeria living in Germany, was among those attending Recfest Saturday.
"I just came to have fun," the Marshall junior said. She heard about Marshall from a friend in Germany. "I want to stay and get my master's," the business administration major said.
Fina Azman, a Martinsburg, W.Va., junior, was trying to get students to sign up for the Outdoor Adventure Club at Marshall.
"We go white-water rafting and go on hiking trips," she said. "Last year we went zip-lining and skiing. We're just random students who get together. We e-mail students to tell them about events."
Casey Bobel of Lexington, Ky., a Marshall freshman, wanted to attend Marshall for its computer information technology classes.
"They have an emphasis on game development and I've been looking for that program for a long time. I looked at universities in state, but wanted to be out of state. Marshall is only two hours away.
"When I was here with my dad for a campus visit last October, the campus was just gorgeous," Bobel said. "I went to one of the classes. It just felt like home."
