The University of Findlay - Local Students Compete in UF’s Fear Factor

On Saturday, Sept. 30, approximately 120 students will arrive at the University’s Environmental Resource Training Center, located at 5000 Fostoria Rd., to compete in Fear Factor – an event that combines intellectual knowledge, situational problem-solving skills, athletic ability and team building.

The event, in its fifth year, is organized and implemented by UF’s student-led Oiler Environmental, Safety and Health Organization, a group comprised of students from a variety of UF’s academic programs. Approximately 45 UF students will be on site to facilitate the competition throughout the day.

According to Timothy Murphy, Ph.D., associate professor of environmental safety and health management, Fear Factor is designed to “showcase the University’s activities and programs in a fun way to students and to the community.”

Students enter the competition in teams of six; four high school teams and 16 college teams have entered the competition.

In the morning, students will compete in individual events, winning points for their teams. In the afternoon, teams will participate in a five-station relay race. Stations in the relay race include a hunt in the woods for the team’s flag, slip ’n’ slide, rock climbing, a crawl through an 18-inch pipe and finally a paintball target shoot.

Following the events at the facility on Fostoria Road, an awards ceremony will take place in the University’s Koehler Center on the main campus.

Fear Factor is sponsored by the UF Student Government Association, Convocations Committee, College of Science, School of Environmental Emergency Management and the environmental academic programs.