The N.C. State ACTION Committee hosted its annual BIG Event for the 14th straight year Monday. The party – designed for alumni, faculty, staff, students and other Wolfpack fans – took place before, during and after the women’s basketball game against UNC on Kay Yow Court in Reynolds Coliseum.
Attendees were treated to numerous giveaways, games and free food. University Dining is sponsored a “Last Student Standing” contest, where students were eligible to win several prizes, including a trip for two to this year’s Final Four.
This BIG Event was also the first “green” athletic event at NC State. To make the game and surrounding activities “greener,” the ACTION Committee put compost and recycling bins inside Reynolds to collect waste. The committee also distributed T-shirts made of 100 percent recycled materials. After the game, student volunteers swept the aisles to collect recyclables left behind.
The ACTION Committee is also donating money to the sustainability trust fund at N.C. State to offset the energy and pollution caused by fans commuting to the game.
Playing a basketball game before the BIG Event 2011, Ahmed Amer, a sophomore in public relations, and Bob Gilwater, a sophomore in business battle to make the most baskets. Amer said the BIG Event was a “good way to get people pumped for the game and bring the campus together.” Photo by Tyler Thompson
