Scenes from Involvement Fest (photos)

Last Wednesday at 6:00 a.m., my colleague Sara Leidner and I were online looking at the weather forecast, which showed a 75% chance of rain by noon. The Involvement Fest vendors had to be told whether the event was going to happen by 6:30 a.m. With reluctance, she made the tough call to postpone. Then we rooted for a thunderstorm to come along and validate the decision, but the rain never materialized; all we got was uncomfortable heat and an overabundance of humidity.

Involvement Fest was rescheduled for Monday, and it was perfect.

I was standing in a corner with Co-Create UMBC coauthor Craig Berger interviewing students for a long while, so I didn't get photos of the musical performances.  But here is some of what I did see.

First came the tables and the tents.

Setting up under a ridiculously gorgeous sky.

Again, that sky . . .

Vanquishing the green balloon.

In the middle of free hour, it got a little crowded on the main walkway . . .

The theme: Pirates. Ergo: Parrots.

From my office, as the event wound down . . .

No, our work in Student Life is not always glamorous, but we do it together, and . . .

sometimes we end up making new friends. That's Virginia Byrne on the right.

--David Hoffman

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