The Commuter Student Organization will host a cookout on Oct. 2 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Alvin Sherman Library Quad.
Commuter and non-commuter students can pass by and grab burgers, pulled pork and other barbeque foods. Frisbees and volleyball will also be available for students to play. If it rains, the cookout will be moved to inside the Don Taft University Center.
CSO President Serena Spaleny, sophomore biology major, said this is the first CSO event of the semester and hopes it will be successful.
“The goal of the cookout is for commuters to connect with other students while giving them something to do on campus,” she said.
Graduate Assistant for Commuter Involvement Nehemiah Chung said the barbeque unites both residential and commuter students to enjoy food, music and activities on the quad.
“An event like this gives a commuter student the opportunity to get to know a residential student who might be taking the same class and interact with one another,” Chung said. “The purpose of this event is to continue the tradition of CSO and also reach out to not only commuter students but also NSU student as a whole.”
Spaleny said that CSO has restructured itself by adding new members.
“Along with a new executive board, Undergraduate Student Government members are helping us with the organizational structure side of CSO,” Spaleny said. “Now, no one is guessing when deadlines are and so far the new system is very successful. In fact, around 58 students showed up to our first meeting.”
Spaleny anticipates keeping a solid group of people that she knows will stay involved.
“CSO members who are reliable are the key to our success. We’ve had many events in the past where we had to cancel because members didn’t show up,” Spaleny said. “Hopefully this year we can stop this from happening.”
Spaleny said there are many opportunities for commuter students to get involved through CSO.
“We want to make commuters knowledgeable of what NSU is all about. Also, we want to show them that there is more to our university than just schoolwork,” she said.
For more information about the cookout or CSO, please contact Spaleny at ss2992@nova.edu.
