Contestants from the College of Engineering and Applied Science compete in the first UW Volta game show on Feb. 21 in the Union Skylight Lounge. The game show promoted fun competition between all seven colleges on campus and was sponsored by ASUW.
When was Campus Activities Center founded? When did President Buchanan assume his office? ASUW invited students from the various colleges on campus to answer these and other questions during the University of Wyoming Volta Game Show.
ASUW and University Store sponsored the event, which is scheduled for three rounds. Dances and musical events are common on campus, so ASUW Director of Diversity and Leadership Ahmed Balogun said he wanted to do something different. He said, “I hadn’t heard of a game show at UW on this scale before, so I decided to create Volta.”
Contestants were tested on their knowledge of the university as well what is happening around the globe. Balogun said he felt that knowing about the history of Wyoming and the university was important.
“Wyoming or UW has a lot of history, a lot of uniqueness attached to it. It’s always good to appreciate that,” he said.
Campus Activities Center RSO and Outreach Student Coordinator Ashley Dallum was the host for the first round, which took place Thursday in the Skylight Lounge in the Union during lunch. Balogun said he had the idea of holding the event in an open place, “So there are people around and so people don’t necessarily have to come to a specific venue. People might be upstairs having lunch and they can hear the questions.”
Volta is based on a point system. Contestants earn points for each correct answer. If none of the contestants can answer the question, it is thrown to the audience, who also represent their college. A correct response from the audience member adds points to their college’s score.
Balogun said he hoped that more people from each of the colleges would sign up for the next two rounds because one contestant from the College of Business did not show up and the College of Law did not respond in time to participate in the first round.
He said, “Hopefully, next week I will have the College of Law represented.”
Despite a few technical glitches, the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources won the first round. Balogun said he expected the College of Education to win because they had a representative who was an orientation leader.
“When we started out with the UW/Wyoming questions, they were acing everything. They just kept going. They answered all the questions, but when we got to the global part, they just couldn’t keep it up,” Balogun said.
The scores will be tallied after the last round and the college with the highest overall score will be declared the winner. The grand prize is a pizza party for the college the team represented.
The next round of action will be at 12:20 p.m. March 7, in the Skylight Lounge of the Wyoming Union and the final round will be April 4. There is still time to sign up by following the link on the ASUW webpage.
