Fourth Annual Summer Fest Features Foam and Philanthropy

By: Adrian Herrera – Life! Editor

adrian.herrera@fiusm.com

On July 16, FIU’s Campus Life is teaming up with Light Up the Night to host its fourth annual Summer Fest – a glow foam party thrown right at home between the Blue and Gold parking garages on the Modesto Maidique campus.

“Summer Fest was made to engage all the incoming freshman between summer and fall as their first real college event,” said John Parmenter, the Publications Supervisor at Campus Life.

More than a party, the event was created as a means to improve engagement and retention by mixing good times with involvement, as many of FIU’s organizations will be tabling at the event. Past Summer Fests have seen FIU Athletics, the Center for Leadership & Service, the Multicultural Greek Council, ShopFIU and many more organizations all come out to support the event and recruit incoming students.

Recruitment may prove difficult however as there will be plenty of distractions courtesy of a stacked line-up of DJs including Miami’s own Andres Fresko, Konflict and Obscene, as well as the internationally-known, DJ Mag Top 100 ranked electro-house duo, Bassjackers – not to mention all the neon foam.

The event, located between the Blue and Gold garages at MMC, begins at 5:30 p.m. on July 16 and is free for FIU students. Guests can purchase tickets for $30 online at summerfest.fiu.edu or $35 at the door.