FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences student ambassador team hosted its annual Carnival of Clubs on Thursday, Aug. 30, and had a large turn-out despite poor weather.

The Carnival of Clubs is an event hosted by Bumpers College Ambassadors where all clubs and organizations within the college can set up a booth and let new students find out more information about clubs in the college. Student ambassadors representing each department in the college worked to get the event planned. Twenty out of 22 clubs and organizations in Bumpers College signed up and participated, making a record high.

Samantha Findley, the human nutrition and hospitality innovation ambassador, said she was impressed with the liveliness of the crowd inside, even though the weather was dreary outside.

"I was glad to see that despite the change in our plans due to weather, we still had a phenomenal turnout of students and volunteers," Findley said.

Leading up to the event, the weather was forecasted as sunny, but unfortunately it began to rain as clubs were setting up. Volunteers and ambassadors moved the event inside the AFLS Building atrium from the Maudine Sanders Student Plaza and Garden and Hawkins Family Terrace within 15 minutes.

Grace Vehige, a junior agricultural communications student, was volunteering at the event and said she enjoyed attending the event as a volunteer and getting to see new students taking part in Carnival of Clubs.

"It was fun to see all of the new students wanting to become engaged and involved in departmental and collegewide activities," Vehige said.

Carnival of Clubs occurs at the beginning of every fall semester.

About the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences: Bumpers College provides life-changing opportunities to position and prepare graduates who will be leaders in the businesses associated with foods, family, the environment, agriculture, sustainability and human quality of life; and who will be first-choice candidates of employers looking for leaders, innovators, policy makers and entrepreneurs. The college is named for Dale Bumpers, former Arkansas governor and longtime U.S. senator who made the state prominent in national and international agriculture.

About the University of Arkansas: The University of Arkansas provides an internationally competitive education for undergraduate and graduate students in more than 200 academic programs. The university contributes new knowledge, economic development, basic and applied research, and creative activity while also providing service to academic and professional disciplines. The Carnegie Foundation classifies the University of Arkansas among only 2 percent of universities in America that have the highest level of research activity. U.S. News & World Report ranks the University of Arkansas among its top American public research universities. Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas comprises 10 colleges and schools and maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio that promotes personal attention and close mentoring.