SAC Stole Christmas!

During the first week back from a break it is always the hardest to get back into the swing of things, that's not secret. But for the first weekend back, the Student Activities Council tried to spread a little holiday cheer throughout campus. In this post, I'm going to break down what SAC has been doing the past three weeks...

Grace and Mat Franco

Friday, December 2nd 
Magician Mat Franco (see left) stunned and awed everyone in Taylor Little Theatre! I know, I know... you're probably thinking, "Seriously a magician, you're in COLLEGE aren't you?" Well Mat showed us his unique magic and comedy act. In fact, the whole SAC board, including Grace were amazed and cracking up the whole time. He was great with the crowd and really got everyone involved with his whole show. And something to ease your mind... SAC hand selects each magician/comedian/singer/performer to ensure optimum enjoyment of the students. So fear not, SAC has got your back!

Saturday, December 3rd

The polar bears were so stinkin' cute!

SAC stole Christmas. Yup! We stole it and brought it right to our Student Union. We had about 200 students show up to participate in a variety of holiday activities. The activities included: watching ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas Count Down, eating Christmas cookies, drinking hot chocolate, making personalized stockings, building gingerbread houses, decorating ornaments, and the best thing at the event... stuffing your very own build-a-bear! Students lined up more than an hour before the event to ensure that they got the bear they wanted. It was a fantastic event that really kicked off the holiday season right.


Friday, December 9th
The Student Activities Council paired up with the Laker Spirit Club (LSC) to deck the halls at the Men's Club Hockey game. At the Ice Rink we supplied students with free t-shirts with LSC's winter schedule of athletic events, Santa hats, jingle bells, and all the sugar cookies and hot chocolate a little Laker could eat! After the hockey game, we opened the ice for an open skate. We rented out skates, turned on some tunes, and let students skate the night away until midnight. So many students showed up in the typical "ugly Christmas sweater" and others went all out and dressed up like elves and reindeer! I had a great time and was so excited to see that everyone else was having such a blast.

Saturday, December 10th
Okay, another issue that SAC truly understands is that all students are "poor college students." So SAC always tries to give out freebies like shirts, gift cards, sunglasses, frisbees, cups, or whatever else we can manage to get for students. We also love to show movies before they're released on DVD or at least the week they come out. Last Saturday we showed the hilarious sequel, The Hangover Part II. I suggest that any student totally take advantage of SAC Movie Nights and turn it into a date night! Not only is it free, it's a pre-released film so even the Red Box down the street doesn't have it yet. It's also ecofriendly, no need to waste the gas to drive to the movie theatre when SAC is showing it right on campus. It's a win, win, win in my eyes.

Well, that's all I have to report on for now. Keep your eyes open for my post after break and I can tell you all about The Roommate Game Show we're bringing to campus as well as Cup Cake Wars!

P.S. To get a sneak peak at all of our upcoming events check out our website at msg.mercyhurst.edu/sac ;)

Finals, Food, and Fun!

Finals, food, and fun? Crazy right? You're probably thinking that those are three words college students would never associate together... unless you're on Mercyhurst's campus!


Mercyhurst's Student Activities Council puts this event on once a term, which is three times a year. Food for Finals was a huge hit this past term, like always! We had a long line of students waiting for snacks, chicken wings, pizza, and donuts. Check out the back of my car once it was all packed up with food for the event – and that wasn't even with the pizza, wings, or donuts!

We also had a Spa and Relaxation Day the Friday before finals. From 12 to 4 p.m. students were invited to come out for a day of spinal relaxers, massage chairs, and an oxygen bar. A bunch of students showed up ready to take a break from their studies and relax with SAC. Though every station was full from start to end of the event, the massage chairs were definitely the most popular attraction, and my personal favorite too!

It was truly a great start to finals week, followed by a wonderful Thanksgiving Break at home... But I'm happy to be back on campus to help provide fun weekend activities for Mercyhurst Lakers to enjoy before our Holiday Break!

Ciao for now – I'll be back really soon to post about some other events that have happened on campus!

Hello!

That's me on the left!

My name is Jenna and I am a junior Business Marketing major at Mercyhurst College. I'm super excited to start blogging about all of my adventures at the 'Hurst – I can't wait to tell you about the fun and unique events that the Student Activities Council sponsor every Friday and Saturday on campus!

The Student Activities Council (SAC) is definitely a club that I'm truly passionate about. I've been involved for two years now and have made so many memories! SAC is responsible for events every Friday and Saturday night for Mercyhurst students. The events we put on include coffee house acts, sports tournaments, comedians, and of course much bigger and well known events like Spring Fest.


I'll be posting here often to let you all in on the variety of events that SAC has going on, I promise to include some pictures too. Some of the events we put on during Fall Term this year were Capture the Flag, Project Runway, Comedian Johnny Cardinale, Vera Bradley Bingo, just to name a few!

So as this Fall Term 2011 is coming to a close, SAC is prepping for one of its classic events: Food for Finals! We put it on every last Sunday of the term and let students grab some free snacks, chicken wings, and pizza. Our "special" item for this Food for Finals is going to be a real Erie Treat, Mighty Fine Donuts... Something that every Mercyhurst Laker has to experience at least once! The event starts at 8 p.m. in our Student Union and every time the lines go out the door.


I can't wait to tell you how it goes!