'Get Rec'd' lifestyle festival is Jan. 21-22 at UNL Campus Recreation

The 2010 edition of Get Rec'd "the best college lifestyle festival in the Midwest" will hit the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus Jan. 21 and 22.

Held at the Campus Recreation Center, north of 14th and Vine streets, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day, the festival will showcase the wares of more than 95 local, regional and national companies to 20,000 student, faculty, staff and community supporters. Admission is free and the event is open to the general public.

Attendees will have the opportunity to visit vendor booths, try out new products, collect give-away items, grab a bite to eat, and enter to win over prizes through both drawings and contests. Last year, more than $26,000 in prizes was awarded to attendees through official Get Rec'd contests. Many more prizes, valued in the thousands of dollars, were given away directly from exhibiting vendors at their booths. Companies signed on to appear at this year's festival include Verizon Wireless, Bed Bath & Beyond, STM Bags, Performance Toyota/Scion, University Bookstore, Post & Nickel, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Noodles & Co., Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, HyVee, Sam's Club, Old Navy, MDS Pharma Services and more. There will be nearly 100 different vendors in 120 booths. A complete listing of exhibitors, vendors, and sponsors is available on the official event Web site, www.getrecd.com.

Get Rec'd will also feature contests during which students will have the chance to win even bigger prizes, including a weekend trip for two to Chicago. The 2010 contests are: The Ultimate Road Trip Challenge, presented by Verizon Wireless; Husker Superstars, presented by Nebraska Athletics; I Love the New Millennium trivia contest; and Pepsi olympics, presented by Linpepco. The schedule of events:

Thursday, Jan. 21 -- 11-11:15 a.m., UNL "Big Red Express" pep band; 11:25 a.m.-noon, Pepsi olympics, presented by Linpepco; 12:15-12:25 p.m., Hip Hop Hustle demo; 12:30-1, Paul Wesselmann presents "Stop Dreaming, Start Doing!"; 1:15-2:15, Ultimate Road Trip Challenge-Day 1, presented by Verizon Wireless; 2:35-3:10, University Bookstore fashion show; 3:20-3:50, "I Love the New Millennium" trivia contest.

Friday, Jan. 22 -- 11-11:20 a.m., Turbo Kick demo; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Ultimate Road Trip Challenge-Day 2, presented by Verizon Wireless; 12:40-1 p.m., The Scarlets; 1:05-1:35, Outdoor Adventures slow bike race; 1:45-2:45, Husker Superstars, presented by Nebraska Athletics; 2:30-3, Outdoor Adventures bouldering "NA KED" Frenzy at climbing wall; 3-3:45, Intramural Sports trivia competition.

A new addition to Get Rec'd in 2010 is a service project titled "Free T-Shirt for a Can." Each attendee who brings one canned food item to Get Rec'd and will receive an official event T-shirt in return. The goal is to collect 3,500 cans for People's City Mission.

UNL's first Get Rec'd festival was in January 2007, with 12,000 attendees and nearly 60 vendors. Get Rec'd was patterned after an event named Caltopia, held at the University of California-Berkeley for the past seven years.

Get Rec'd 2010 has been made possible through support from the following sponsors and media partners: Verizon Wireless, Raising Cane's, University of Nebraska Federal Credit Union, Nebraska Athletics, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Amigos, Pepsi, College of Hair Design, Performance Toyota/Scion, Papa John's Pizza, the UNL Computer and Phone Shop, Planet Sub, HyVee, Naked Juice, Downtown Lincoln Association, NuVibe, Metro Dining Delivery, Noodles & Co., KLKN-TV Channel 8, KFRX 106.3 FM, and KX 96.9FM. A complete list of exhibitors, vendors, sponsors, schedules and contests is available on the official event Web site. Fans can also join Get Rec'd on Facebook (search keyword UNL Get Rec'd).