Hundreds of students, faculty, alumni, staff and community members are taking part in University Day.
Organized by Student Affairs, University Day is a campus improvement tradition that has been in place at the University of Oregon since 1905.
“The idea really is to create a sense of community on campus with students, faculty and staff,” said Amy Quiring, director of centralize scheduling for Student Affairs, and advisor for University Day.
Despite the hundreds of people currently taking part, they continue to hope that more will show up.
“Having community and alumni working side by side, kind of working on projects that are tangible, that people can see and you can walk by everyday and say I did that,” said Quiring.
People from the student alumni association, the climate justice league and club sports are volunteering. The Board of Trustees is even involved.
“We are here to demonstrate that the board of trustees is not just about making policy. We are definitely wanting to build and improve the university and part of that is contributing,” said Board of Trustees member Kurt Willcox.
Though advisers take part, University Day is organized, advertised and fundraised for, by students every third Thursday in May.
“I had time before classes and it seemed like a good way to help out,” said UO student Taylor Klinefelter.