Club Spotlight: Gaming Club

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Club: Gaming Club

Meet: Will Hanna '25, shown, a history major from Vandling, is president of the Gaming Club.

Club Social Media handle: @scrantongaming
An invite link to the club's discord is https://discord.gg/BjsqAgH4y

Q: What is your club/organization’s mission?
"The mission of the Gaming Club is to offer a supportive place to form friendships with people who have similar interests. According to our constitution the missions statement states, 'Gaming Club is a special interest club that wishes to foster a safe and friendly community for its members through gaming in its many forms. Through this new, evolving social medium, we also want to help Scranton’s community.'"

Q: Why would you recommend someone join?
"I recommend that someone join if they enjoy playing video games with other people who also enjoy the same thing and want to make new friends that way. Personally I have met some really great people through this club, and I think others will be able to do the same."

Q: Please share the format of a typical organization meeting. When and where does the organization meet?
"A typical club meeting is every Friday, in LSC 113, 114, 116, and 118 from 7-10:00 p.m. We play video games in the computer labs or play some of the 64 board games that we have to offer."

Q: Any upcoming plans for the remainder of the fall semester or spring semester? 
"We have a few more meetings this semester, on Nov. 1, Dec. 1 and Dec. 8. We are still planning events for the spring semester, but if anyone joins our Royal Sync they can join our email list to receive weekly news about the club."

Q: What, in your opinion, are the most exciting events or activities you present?

"The most exciting event we present is definitely the Extra Life Game Day Event. This is the event where we raise money for the Extra Life cause, which supports local children’s hospitals. We are looking into running more events like it in the spring semester.  

At our recent event, we had so many activities going on it was hard to keep up with everything. From the Smash Tournament to the exciting gameplay of Rock Band and Monopoly Party, there was always something going on. ... In the end we raised an astonishing $1,400.02! All of this money goes to the Janet Weis Children's Hospital in Danville, Pennsylvania.

I received an email from Kristen Kowaleski, the development specialist from the hospital. She was very thankful for all of our efforts. I hope everyone who competed had lots of fun with it, and I hope that we can do plenty more tournaments in the future."