{"id":197,"date":"2022-06-14T09:08:31","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T08:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/?p=197"},"modified":"2025-07-30T09:19:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T08:19:47","slug":"kent-star-meet-activities-advocate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2022\/06\/14\/kent-star-meet-activities-advocate\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent Star: Activities Advocate"},"content":{"rendered":"

This month\u2019s Kent Star is Lewis Powell, who has been involved in a wide range of activities during his time at Kent. From football to esports, President of the Poker Society to Peace Ambassador. Hear from our Activities Advocate Lewis about what he\u2019s been up to:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cI\u2019m Lewis Powell and I\u2019m a final year student studying Economics with Econometrics. I have many hobbies which take up most of my free time. I love football (playing and watching), although Southampton\u2019s end of season form have been testing that love. My other interests include esports and poker as well as travelling. Last September I was a Peace Ambassador for an organisation called Peaceline where we travelled through Germany, Latvia. Lithuania and Poland. A fun fact is that I qualified and played in the \u20ac1150 Irish Open Main Event poker tournament in 2019 in Dublin when I was 19.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tell us about some of the activities you have been involved with during your time at Kent.<\/h3>\n

\u201cI have played 6-a-side football with my team every week at Football Frenzy\u00a0which has been great fun and fuelled my competitive spirit. I had always loved supporting my football team but hadn\u2019t played much during secondary school. Getting involved, improving as a player and having my own team is one of the best things I\u2019ve done during university and it is an activity I look forward to every week.<\/p>\n

During the various lookdowns, I decided to fuel my competitive spirit by joining one of the university Counter Strike Global Offensive online teams in my third year at Kent. I hadn\u2019t played hardly at all in the two years prior but soon got super invested in my team and loved competing against other universities twice a week in NUEL and NSE (Esports platforms). As our team evolved through various changes to the roster I decided to step up by becoming the captain and in-game leader. We had a team who were willing to practice, on the same page and whom we had good synergy. Shoutout to Ethan, Max, Tommy and especially Jamie (who I\u2019ve teamed with for 2 years) for all the hard work they put in.<\/p>\n

I have also been President of Kent Poker the last two years. I am extremely proud of building back the society after the pandemic to build a loyal community of poker lovers. I am sure the community will continue to thrive going into next academic year.\u201d<\/p>\n

What advice would you give to other students?<\/h3>\n

\u201cYour input is your output. Get involved! There really is a society for everyone at Kent and I would encourage anyone to pursue their hobbies in your spare time. You don\u2019t want to look back on a university experience where you only studied and partied. Some the best time I\u2019ve had at university have been within my various teams and societies and meeting many different people. I would also encourage students to do things over summer; whether that is working, spending time on a side project or participating in programs abroad. This will give you lots of stuff to talk about with potential employers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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What are your plans for the next year?<\/h3>\n

\u201cAs soon as I finish my exams I am off to Las Vegas for 7 weeks. I will be working as a tournament reporter at the 53rd<\/sup>\u00a0World Series of Poker from 31 May-19 July for PokerNews. There I will be covering the action from the most popular poker tournament series in the world. I am also hoping I will have some time to relax after a really intense academic year. When I return to the UK I will evaluate my options and see what direction I want to go in next.\u201d<\/p>\n

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