LIFE As Unusual

The University of Delaware's LIFE Program has a tradition of success, success measured of course in ability to see each Blue Hen freshman class through their first semester and set a base for a rewarding education in Newark or other branch location. Traditionally, at the end of every first semester of the school year, the LIFE Program, with the backing from the university's First Year Experience and Center for Teaching Effectiveness hosts LIFE Fest, a comprehensive first semester review of freshman made projects and presentations, at the Big Bob. But, this year, forget tradition. A change is needed and we at the LIFE Office are in charge of making it work.

Instead of an over glorified high school science fair, as LIFE Fest had become in the past, we, as the staff of the program needed something more interactive, more professional, and more rewarding for the hoards of bored first year students. Thus, enter the LIFE Fest Conference.

LIFE Fest as it was was long, boring, and difficult to attend for all freshmen, as it was held all the way over the bridge, past the farm, in "The Bob". But, this year, with a more professional undertone, and as scary as this may sound, me and the rest of the staff running the show, it will be my hope that the LIFE Fest Conference becomes not only a comprehensive end-of-the-semester event for all freshmen to advocate, but the entire university community as well. Cross your fingers.