Students will receive another opportunity to discover how they can get involved in clubs on campus at the university’s first Winter ClubFest.

The Student Activities Center, along with 80 of the nearly 500 student organizations on campus, will host Winter ClubFest 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union.

Similar to the Fall ClubFest, this event will feature representatives from 80 student groups handing out information and answering any questions students may have.

Students interested in joining one of the 80 campus organizations represented will be able to sign up at that organization’s table, said Laura Bestler-Wilcox, assistant director for the Student Activities Center.

“I want students to know that there are plenty of opportunities out there [to get involved on campus]. They just need to seek it out,” she said. “[Winter ClubFest] is one such opportunity for students to see 80 different student groups that have 80 different opportunities for students to be a part of.”

One of the opportunities available to students is a chance to participate in the ISU Ski and Snowboard Club’s spring trip to Wyoming.

“I believe that most students don’t know about the ski and snowboard club and what we do,” said Chris Novy, president of the Ski and Snowboard Club and sophomore in computer science.

Aside from giving students the opportunity to discover how they can get involved on campus and giving campus organizations the opportunity to recruit, Winter ClubFest will give clubs another way to collaborate on projects.

“[Winter ClubFest] will give the certain clubs that are there the needed time to communicate and to talk and see if they want to do an event together,” Bestler-Wilcox said. “I think that this way, the more time, money and resources that are available [through club collaboration] makes an event better.”

A Winter ClubFest has never been organized in the past due to a lack of time and resources, she said.

She said the Student Activities Center conducted a survey last fall to monitor the level of possible interest for a similar winter event.

“A majority [of students said] yes, so if the students saw a need then I thought that we could figure out a way to do it,” Bestler-Wilcox said.

Student organizations and clubs have shown excitement for the event and for more possibilities to snag new students, she said.

Bestler-Wilcox said she expects a turnout of around 1,000 students, or half the amount present at the Fall ClubFest.

Any registered student group is encouraged to represent themselves at the event, she said.