WPI students Chad Mondor and Nick Pelletier rode to a fifth-place finish in the event; more importantly, they had a blast.
I’m glad to see that Mark Bilotta and his cohorts at the Colleges of Worcester Consortium (COWC) are having success in their push to get higher-ed students more involved in the city. In talking with Nick Pelletier and Chad Mondor from WPI and Christina Buron and Stephanie Shamy from Assumption on a seasonably sunny afternoon in late March, I got the impression that all four would welcome more chances to explore and experience Worcester as they were about to do in the COWC’s “UniverCity Scavenge:” two-person teams hunting for clues and vying for prizes, downtown—using SVNGR technology.
Christina Buron of Methuen and Stephanie Shamy of Suffield, Connecticut, both freshmen at Assumption college, assess their strategy after registering for the recent UniverCity Scavenge—a Colleges of Worcester Consortium event.
Pelletier, a grad student from Westminster, and Mondor, a senior from Millbury, came prepared and finished fifth. This earned them tickets to a production of “Beauty and The Beast” at the Hanover Theatre.
“We really got introduced to aspects of Worcester we never knew existed and it was such a nice day to bike around the city. It was an exciting two hours. We thought the event was awesome and would love to do something similar again soon,” Pelletier said, afterwards.
Mondor said he liked the idea of bringing college students from different schools together in “an interactive” environment. “Although there are 11 colleges in the Consortium, I feel that there are few joint events, which is a shame. This was a great activity with a large turnout and a friendly atmosphere,” he said.
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