On April 21st, 2017 the University of Delaware was flooded with passion. Eighteen volunteers brought their energy and enthusiasm to engage more than a thousand students in thinking about an important question: What are you passionate about?
The idea behind the event is that every person on campus has at least one passion. It’s too easy to go through school and life without ever stopping to consider what this passion is. That’s why we created an event to start a conversation around what we truly love to do. For some people, this was the first time they’ve thought about this since they picked a major three years ago. For other people, they felt like no one cared enough to listen to their passion.
We weren’t trying to sell or promote anything other than the fact that everyone has a passion that deserves to be heard. For students who wanted to learn more about pursuing their interests, we made a handout and hosted a followup workshop. Anyone who participated got a free “I Passioned” sticker to wear proudly throughout the day.
This wasn’t for a club, or a program. This was a student-led movement to make our campus more passionate. The best part of the event was seeing the looks on people’s faces when they realized someone cared about them. People left our stations feeling inspired. We collected over 1000 passions on Friday all thanks to our incredible volunteers. Thanks Daniel Farmer for this sweet video and thank you to everyone who participated!