Spring Break
Technology Fair Draws Hundreds
Freesia Singngam
Issue date: 11/29/07 Section: News
The Co-op had its own table displaying items it sells. It was raffling all those items off.
UConn ResNet/Student Affairs Information Technology (SAIT) also had a table. They gave out screen cleaners and told students about their services.
"We're basically here for students to see us," said David Arena, a 7th-semester economics major who works for Resnet/SAIT. He said they help with any non-hardware related problems.
Many other tables had giveaways, such as the Griffin Technologies table, which gave out T-shirts and iSqueeze - car cup-holder inserts to hold iPods.
While she was working at the information desk on the first floor of the Student Union, people kept asking Emilia Szeligowska, a 7th-semester economics major, where the Technology Fair was. After she got out of work, she visited the fair to see what it was all about.
"It's really cool," Szeligowska said while looking around the fair. "Love the free stuff."
She was with Kelsey Leach, a 3rd-semester pre-teaching major.
"It's interesting," Leach said after leaving the Sony table. "I didn't know you can trade in your laptops for Sony."
The Sony table, which was the biggest in the room because Sony was the premiere sponsor of the fair, received the most traffic. It displayed an all-in-one desktop computer and raffled off a notebook as well as two PlayStation 3 consoles.
"It's fantastic," said Carol O'Neil, a key account manager from the New England Business Solutions and Systems Company who was a representative at the Sony table. "It's been great for us. The Co-op does a great job for Sony."
Bill Simpson, president and general manager of the Co-op, was pleased to see the turnout at the fair and all the people talking to the vendors.
"It's an opportunity for us to show all the partnerships we've developed for the benefit of the students and staff at UConn," Simpson said.
Contact Freesia Singngam at Freesia.Singngam@UConn.edu.
UConn ResNet/Student Affairs Information Technology (SAIT) also had a table. They gave out screen cleaners and told students about their services.
"We're basically here for students to see us," said David Arena, a 7th-semester economics major who works for Resnet/SAIT. He said they help with any non-hardware related problems.
Many other tables had giveaways, such as the Griffin Technologies table, which gave out T-shirts and iSqueeze - car cup-holder inserts to hold iPods.
While she was working at the information desk on the first floor of the Student Union, people kept asking Emilia Szeligowska, a 7th-semester economics major, where the Technology Fair was. After she got out of work, she visited the fair to see what it was all about.
"It's really cool," Szeligowska said while looking around the fair. "Love the free stuff."
She was with Kelsey Leach, a 3rd-semester pre-teaching major.
"It's interesting," Leach said after leaving the Sony table. "I didn't know you can trade in your laptops for Sony."
The Sony table, which was the biggest in the room because Sony was the premiere sponsor of the fair, received the most traffic. It displayed an all-in-one desktop computer and raffled off a notebook as well as two PlayStation 3 consoles.
"It's fantastic," said Carol O'Neil, a key account manager from the New England Business Solutions and Systems Company who was a representative at the Sony table. "It's been great for us. The Co-op does a great job for Sony."
Bill Simpson, president and general manager of the Co-op, was pleased to see the turnout at the fair and all the people talking to the vendors.
"It's an opportunity for us to show all the partnerships we've developed for the benefit of the students and staff at UConn," Simpson said.
Contact Freesia Singngam at Freesia.Singngam@UConn.edu.
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