TAMUK hosted first Spring Fling since 2019
The smell of popcorn, turkey legs and fried Oreos was in the air once again this spring. The Annual Spring Fling is back. Texas A&M University- Kingsville (TAMUK) hosted its first Spring Fling since 2019. More than 65 student organizations came out with the hopes to showcase themselves and fundraise for their organization selling a wide variety of items. Spring Fling was hosted by the Office of Student Activities (OSA) Wednesday, March 30, on University Boulevard.
“Spring Fling and Fall Carnival are two of our [largest] events on campus and they bring that sense of community that Javelina Nation has and it also invites the Kingsville community to come out and experience and re-experience some of the things that we’ve done in the past so it just brings that sense of community and you know, that live music, the food, the games, activities, the drinks and everything that we host,” OSA Campus Activities Coordinator Julianne Gomez said.
Spring Fling is hosted with the hopes to allow student organizations to promote, educate and inform fellow students and the public about their organizations. The students also use this time as a fundraiser as they sell a variety of items such as food, drinks, crafts and games.
“We plan on using it to help ourselves in the studio, bringing in artists and trombone players from other places, going on trips or competitions, all of these are plans that can help out the students of our organization,” TAMUK Trombone Association sophomore Music Education major Alf Olvera said.
Organizations hosted many activities as well, including a mechanical bull, jail and bail, paintball and water pong to name a few.
Spring Fling is a promotional event that helps get the student body back out on campus, which has been absent in recent years due to COVID and the procedures in place.
“I don’t think the student body knew what it [Spring Fling] entailed. I personally didn’t until I started seeing all the flyers that organizations were posting. With that, this is my first-time attending Spring Fling and it was nice to see everyone out and being social supporting all the clubs,” junior Agribusiness major Mollie Goetzel said.
With more than 1,000 individuals in attendance at Fall Carnival last semester, OSA hoped to see a similar turnout.
For more information on upcoming events, contact student.activities@tamuk.edu, call (361) 593-2760, visit in person 1119 W. Santa Gertrudis Avenue or follow the organization on social media @tamuk_osa on Instagram and @tamuk_osa on Twitter.
