By Heather Holman
Summer Reporter

Purdue Student Union Board provides students with an opportunity to be involved on campus.

PSUB is a volunteer student organization whose primary purpose is to provide a diverse selection of activities that are both interesting and entertaining to students and the Purdue community as a whole.

PSUB organizes a number of events that take place throughout the school year. The Activities Carnival Main Event takes place in August. It is an opportunity for students to find out about other student groups on campus.

PSUB also organizes holidays in the Union, Books and Coffee, Grand Slam, the Arts and Crafts show and Parent's Day.

PSUB also offers movies to students. Every other weekend a current movie is shown. It only costs $2 with a student ID.

Students do not merely have to participate in PSUB events; they can also become involved in the planning.

"We have three levels of involvement," Sara Solloway, program director of PSUB, said "It depends on what kind of time commitment people have."

Most first year students begin as interns. It is the intern's job to help the coordinator who is in charge of planning events.

For example, the coordinator would decide to host an event and would delegate responsibilities to the interns. If anyone ran into any sort of trouble then the director would help out. "The really neat thing about PSUB is that there is something for everyone," Solloway said.

There are seven different areas where students can offer their time and energy. They are, all campus one and two, cultural events, fine arts, performing arts, publications, and recreation.

"We like to build people up to the director position," Solloway said. Solloway said students can start as interns and work their way up to becoming a coordinator or director.

After a student holds a director position he may try to be on the executive board. The executive board consists of a president, vice president, vice president of personnel, vice president of marketing, and vice president of administration and finance.

"They help to set policy and oversee the board," Solloway said. "The different skills gained are endless." Advertising, event planning, budget management, communication, conflict resolution, marketing, organization and public relations are just a few. "It's a great prep to get out into the real world," Solloway said.

If a student does not become involved their freshman year, does not mean they can not join later in their Purdue career. PSUB is always looking for new people. "We never turn anyone away," Solloway said.

PSUB will be having their callout at 7 p.m on Sept. 6 at in the East and West Faculty Lounge in the Memorial Union. Students can come to this meeting to find out more about the program and to meet some other people that are involved.