Hi guys, so this past weekend SAC had two really great events – Caribbean Night and Jamnesty.
Unfortunately, I have not been feeling all that great this weekend. I woke up on Friday feeling a cold coming on and then some point on Saturday I lost my voice completely! I was able to make it to Caribbean Night, which was a HUGE hit. 250 students piled into our Student Union to enjoy Caribbean beats and treats! There was a buffet of diverse foods, my favorite being the "tres leche cake." I have had it before from a bakery back home in Pittsburgh, but this one was made with some authentic spices and was out of this world delicious!
I did not make it to Jamnesty, but it was another success. It was part of Amnesty International and the local Erie rock band, The Romantic Era played. If you read a few of my previous posts, you will see that they are a regular for SAC programming.
This weekend is the biggest event that SAC and MSG have to offer, Spring Fest. Co-planner Shannon Kissel and I have been working very hard since early December hammering out all of the details that it will entail. I can't wait to share all the details with you, but for now, I really need my rest to be ready for this week of Spring Fest to come.
Pray that I have my voice back by tomorrow and that I'm feeling better!
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Kids 'N Sibs
Whew! I feel like it was just yesterday when I last posted! This week sure flew by.
This weekend at the 'Hurst, SAC held its annual Kids 'N Sibs weekend. Kids 'N Sibs is a weekend long event where SAC holds a variety of activities on both Friday and Saturday for Mercyhurst Students to do with their siblings. Most "kids" bring "sibs" or cousins, or just friends from other schools. Older, younger, or the same age, it doesn't matter! Though you do not need a sibling to attend, in fact I, personally, am an only child and have attended this event in the past with no one to claim as my "sib."
It was an "Under the Sea" theme this year, on Friday night we had a treasure scavenger hunt that lead groups around campus to find clues to where the hidden treasure was. We also had under the sea creatures at a build-a-bear station and the movie "Dolphin Tale" for all to enjoy. Also, notice the Kids 'N Sibs t-shirts in the pictures below, I designed them and they were a huge hit!
My favorite though, of the whole weekend, was Saturday! Saturday was set up with more under sea fun complete with an inflatable obstacle course, a shark slide (see below), more sea creature build-a-bears, face painting, balloon animals, Chick-fil-A, cotton candy, popcorn, and to top it off... Rita's Italian Ice – Swedish FISH flavored of course! Throughout the day on Saturday, there was also chances to win 2 iPads! This was a great event and more and more students come out every year. Maybe once you're a Laker too you'll be bringing up some brothers or sisters to our Kids 'N Sibs weekend, it's always a fun time filled with tons of free stuff!
Next weekend we have the final Laker Spirit Club (LSC) event of the year, it's on Friday and it's a baseball game. Then on Friday night we have a Caribbean Night that we are sponsoring with the Multicultural Center and a Jamnesty concert on Saturday night. After next weekend we have one of the biggest events of the year – Spring Fest! I know I've been mentioning it a little here and there, but I'll be sure to give you the total run down on it next week, all I can say about it for now is that it's on Cinco de Mayo and I'll be meeting Sean Kingston!
Well I'm off to finish a little Sunday night homework, talk to you next time!
- Jenna
P.S. I just wanted to take a quick moment and thank you for taking the time to read my blog, if you ever have any questions or want to know more about SAC, LSC, or MSG or anything else here at the 'Hurst, feel free to comment or shoot me an email :)
This weekend at the 'Hurst, SAC held its annual Kids 'N Sibs weekend. Kids 'N Sibs is a weekend long event where SAC holds a variety of activities on both Friday and Saturday for Mercyhurst Students to do with their siblings. Most "kids" bring "sibs" or cousins, or just friends from other schools. Older, younger, or the same age, it doesn't matter! Though you do not need a sibling to attend, in fact I, personally, am an only child and have attended this event in the past with no one to claim as my "sib."
It was an "Under the Sea" theme this year, on Friday night we had a treasure scavenger hunt that lead groups around campus to find clues to where the hidden treasure was. We also had under the sea creatures at a build-a-bear station and the movie "Dolphin Tale" for all to enjoy. Also, notice the Kids 'N Sibs t-shirts in the pictures below, I designed them and they were a huge hit!
My favorite though, of the whole weekend, was Saturday! Saturday was set up with more under sea fun complete with an inflatable obstacle course, a shark slide (see below), more sea creature build-a-bears, face painting, balloon animals, Chick-fil-A, cotton candy, popcorn, and to top it off... Rita's Italian Ice – Swedish FISH flavored of course! Throughout the day on Saturday, there was also chances to win 2 iPads! This was a great event and more and more students come out every year. Maybe once you're a Laker too you'll be bringing up some brothers or sisters to our Kids 'N Sibs weekend, it's always a fun time filled with tons of free stuff!
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| Check out some of my SAC Board, a BIG shout out to Rosemary (blonde in the front, covering her mouth) and Megan (far right/twin with the headband and jeans) for co-planning this awesome event! |
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| This is Louie the Laker, MU's mascot sneaking some cotton candy... |
Next weekend we have the final Laker Spirit Club (LSC) event of the year, it's on Friday and it's a baseball game. Then on Friday night we have a Caribbean Night that we are sponsoring with the Multicultural Center and a Jamnesty concert on Saturday night. After next weekend we have one of the biggest events of the year – Spring Fest! I know I've been mentioning it a little here and there, but I'll be sure to give you the total run down on it next week, all I can say about it for now is that it's on Cinco de Mayo and I'll be meeting Sean Kingston!
Well I'm off to finish a little Sunday night homework, talk to you next time!
- Jenna
P.S. I just wanted to take a quick moment and thank you for taking the time to read my blog, if you ever have any questions or want to know more about SAC, LSC, or MSG or anything else here at the 'Hurst, feel free to comment or shoot me an email :)
Monday, April 16, 2012
Bingo and Mystery and Prizes, OH MY!
What a world wind of events have been going on since I've last posted!
Let me start off by bragging a little, as you know, I am currently the Student Activities Council Chair. This means I over see a board of 10 students and help put on events every weekend. But as the year comes closer, and closer to an end positions are changing. I applied for the Mercyhurst Student Government (MSG) Events Coordinator position, and I got it!
I'll still have some of the same responsibilities, like co-planning Hurst Fest, Spring Fest (which is 18 days away!!!), and all the dances, but I'll also get to organize Mercyhurst's annual Homecoming and Distinguished Speakers Series. I'm so excited! I'll continue to blog right here, but my gears will be shifting as I start in the new position... Still events, just the other side of our student organizations.
But, until then, I have to tell you about this past weekend. Our Laker Spirit Club hosted a summer time themed booth at a home men's lacrosse game. We had Rita's Italian Ice by the bucket-fulls, leis, and beach balls. It was fun to see the crowd getting pumped in the stands, until it started to rain. But all in all, it was a great show of MU Laker Spirit!
Friday night SAC presented a "Rep Yo Hood" Bingo. It sounds crazy, I know, but tons of kids showed up to win hometown prizes like, Buffalo Wild Wing Sauce, and Primanti Bro.'s gift cards (that's from Pittsburgh, ;) my own hood). We had so many random things for prizes and it was funny to watch Lakers fight over them, like an American flag, or Welch's jelly (did you know Welch's farms are located in North East/Erie?). No matter what the theme of the bingo, the mix of free food and/or competition really seems to draw a big crowd here.
Then on Saturday night, SAC got a little fancy and had a Murder Mystery Dinner! We had 160 students make reservations for a night of fun, laughter, an Italian style dinner, all with a little mystery. The theme of this particular murder mystery was "Very Desperate Housewives" so naturally, all the girls on SAC wore our cute dresses, high heels, and pearl earrings! In addition to bragging rights, winners of the mystery won gift cards. SAC also held raffles for 10 $25 gift cards to places like the Olive Garden, Valerio's (an Erie favorite that catered this dinner), and the Millcreek Mall to name a few. Also, one lucky Laker won an iPad that we raffled off!
This past weekend was full of fun, bingos are always a win here, and we're even getting feedback that students would love to have a murder mystery dinner come back to campus again!
It's weekends like this where students are so into the events we put on that makes my job all worth the while. I love it!
Well, next weekend we have our annual Kids 'N Sibs weekend, where lots of Lakers bring up a sibling to show them what a good time at the 'Hurst is all about... Talk to you then :)
Jenna
Let me start off by bragging a little, as you know, I am currently the Student Activities Council Chair. This means I over see a board of 10 students and help put on events every weekend. But as the year comes closer, and closer to an end positions are changing. I applied for the Mercyhurst Student Government (MSG) Events Coordinator position, and I got it!
I'll still have some of the same responsibilities, like co-planning Hurst Fest, Spring Fest (which is 18 days away!!!), and all the dances, but I'll also get to organize Mercyhurst's annual Homecoming and Distinguished Speakers Series. I'm so excited! I'll continue to blog right here, but my gears will be shifting as I start in the new position... Still events, just the other side of our student organizations.
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| Representing the 'Burgh with some of these prizes! |
Friday night SAC presented a "Rep Yo Hood" Bingo. It sounds crazy, I know, but tons of kids showed up to win hometown prizes like, Buffalo Wild Wing Sauce, and Primanti Bro.'s gift cards (that's from Pittsburgh, ;) my own hood). We had so many random things for prizes and it was funny to watch Lakers fight over them, like an American flag, or Welch's jelly (did you know Welch's farms are located in North East/Erie?). No matter what the theme of the bingo, the mix of free food and/or competition really seems to draw a big crowd here.
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| Me, acting a little silly with the iPad tickets... |
This past weekend was full of fun, bingos are always a win here, and we're even getting feedback that students would love to have a murder mystery dinner come back to campus again!
It's weekends like this where students are so into the events we put on that makes my job all worth the while. I love it!
Well, next weekend we have our annual Kids 'N Sibs weekend, where lots of Lakers bring up a sibling to show them what a good time at the 'Hurst is all about... Talk to you then :)
Jenna
Monday, April 2, 2012
3V3 and Party Rock!
Hello Everyone! How have you been since we last checked in? I've been up to planning some really fun events for the Mercyhurst community.
This past weekend SAC held two really great events! On Friday we had a 3 versus 3 basketball tournament. We had teams of three sign up to compete for Visa gift cards, and bragging rights of course. Over ten teams came out to show their skills and shoot hoops. All the teams that came had an awesome time and so did SAC.
On Saturday, Mercyhurst had it's annual Major Day and Laker Live In. SAC wanted to really show potential Lakers what MU weekends are all about. So, we had a little event we called "Party Rock!" It was a little concert with the light and poppy artist JD Eicher, hilarious comedian Erin Jackson, and Erie's own rock band, The Romantic Era. If you click on the performers names, it will take you to their respective websites and you hear them play or find out a little more about them. Along with the wonderful music and funny jokes provided, we also served 500 Chick-fil-A sandwiches! It was a fun night and I think all of the students and Laker Live Ins really enjoyed the event. Look at the pictures below!
Next weekend Mercyhurst will be on Easter break, but I'll be sure to check in to tell you what I'm doing/what we are preparing for the following weekend. Enjoy the Easter holiday!
This past weekend SAC held two really great events! On Friday we had a 3 versus 3 basketball tournament. We had teams of three sign up to compete for Visa gift cards, and bragging rights of course. Over ten teams came out to show their skills and shoot hoops. All the teams that came had an awesome time and so did SAC.
On Saturday, Mercyhurst had it's annual Major Day and Laker Live In. SAC wanted to really show potential Lakers what MU weekends are all about. So, we had a little event we called "Party Rock!" It was a little concert with the light and poppy artist JD Eicher, hilarious comedian Erin Jackson, and Erie's own rock band, The Romantic Era. If you click on the performers names, it will take you to their respective websites and you hear them play or find out a little more about them. Along with the wonderful music and funny jokes provided, we also served 500 Chick-fil-A sandwiches! It was a fun night and I think all of the students and Laker Live Ins really enjoyed the event. Look at the pictures below!
Next weekend Mercyhurst will be on Easter break, but I'll be sure to check in to tell you what I'm doing/what we are preparing for the following weekend. Enjoy the Easter holiday!
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| Artist JD Eicher |
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| The Romantic Era |
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