Welcome!

Why are you here?

The Big PictureDivision of Student Affairs

The Oglesby Union

The Student Activities Center

Things We All Have In Common

• Help students get involved on campus• Work with and for a diverse population• Have an office in the SAC• Create programs designed by students, for

students• Student leaders on campus• Balance an active lifestyle• Think critically and ethically to make decisions

Meet the SAC Professional Staff!Joe LowderDirector of Student Activities

Allison BlackAssistant DirectorHomecoming & Event Planning

Cindy ChristopherAdministration Support Assistant

Amma MarfoProgram CoordinatorUnion Productions & Club Downunder

Kelly McDowellAssociate Director

Student Organization Services

Marsha HadderContracts Administrator

Lori VaughnAssociate Director

Union Productions & Club Downunder

NEWProgram Coordinator

Student Organization Services

Meet the SAC Graduate Assistants!

Ashlie Baty (Outgoing)Andrew Nash (Incoming)Homecoming & Event Planning

Sendi ColquittUnion Productions/

Club Downunder

Alyssa ZeweStudent Organization Services

Karli ShermanDance Marathon

Cassidy Sansone (Outgoing)Nicole Kazanecki (Incoming)Major Events & Involvement

Ice Breaker!

Student Activities

Student Activities Center (SAC)

• We aim to decrease liability, not create roadblocks

• We are intentional about involving new student leaders

• Purpose of Bagel Fridays• Peer Involvement Mentors

• We are always striving for diversity of events and activities

SAC Challenges—We need YOUR help!

• Sad, but true—students do not know where we are located

– 84.3% of students did not know that the SAC was located in the Union or that it existed at all

– How do you give directions to the SAC?

• Students do not know the purpose of the SAC– What would you say?

• Place to get involved on campus• Assistance with event planning• Fun events

Peer Involvement Mentors

Peer Involvement Mentors• Mission: to increase student involvement at

FSU– Help students navigate 600 student orgs

• http://myexperience.fsu.edu – Involvement Survey– Involvement Opportunities– List your Involvement Opportunity

• Outreach to students– Email, walk-ins

SOAR Board

SOAR Board

• Liaison group between RSOs and Student Activities

• Serve as resources and peer advising group for new and current student organizations

• Workshops: Funding, Event Planning, PR & Marketing, Team Building, and Officer Transitions

• Events: Market Wednesday, RSO Presidents’ Mixer, Involvement Fair, and Round Tables

Market Wednesday

• It is not just for NPHC and MGC organizationsOver 200 unique student organizations participated

• Any RSO can come table and request the DJ hour

HLSU, FSU Belly Dancers, The Weightlifting Club, Pershing Rifles, and Kollage Dance Troupe reserved the DJ hour this year.

• New Online Process!

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Homecoming

…2012 logo coming soon!

Homecoming 2012:October 21-27

• Homecoming– Plan, coordinate, and

assess Homecoming week activities

– Work with the Homecoming Executive Council comprised of 21 students

Homecoming Executive Council Director & Assistant Director

Skit Night Warchant

Spear-It Night Seminole Festival

Spirit Tribe PR/Marketing

Sponsorship Service

Traditions Outreach

Student Groups

Pow Wow Director & Assistant Director

Homecoming Goals

• Homecoming is for EVERYONE!– Anyone can participate in an event– Events are FREE to students, come and watch!– Spirit Tribe applications will be released in the Fall

• Homecoming is a CELEBRATION!– Homecoming encourages spirit, tradition and love for

FSU• Spear-It Talent Show, Warchant, Seminole Festival, 5K & much

more! Everything is open to the public to come and enjoy!

Executive Board (8)Program Chair

Hospitality CoordinatorHospitality Assistants (2)

PR & Marketing DirectorPR Assistant Director & PR Assistants (4)

Co-Sponsorships Coordinator

Production ManagerProduction Assistant & Production Assistants (4)

Talent Buyer

Comedy Talent Buyer

Operations ManagerEvent Staff •Volunteers

Union Productions /Organization Chart

Dance Marathon

Dance MarathonPhilanthropy & Event

The largest student-run philanthropy in the southeast

Over $600,000 raised in 2012 for:- Children’s Miracle Network at Shand’s Hospital for

Children - FSU College of Medicine’s Pediatric Outreach

Program

“Dancers” participate in 1 of 2 20-hour shifts and fundraise all year long

We Stand For Those Who Can’tGive a Weekend, Save a Life

For The Kids – FTK!

Dance MarathonOrganization

Overall DirectorExternal DirectorInternal

Fundraising

External Fundraising

Special Events

Community Events

Sponsorship Relations

Recruitment

Public Relations

Internal Director

Dancer Relations

Family Relations

Media Productions

Morale

Entertainment

Event Management

Finance

Catering

AdvisorsDirector of

Student Activities

Graduate Assistant Shand’s Liason

…and much, much more!• Event Planning• Breakfast 4A Buck• Leadership Awards Night• Bagel Friday• Seminole Sensation Week• Jimbo’s TRUE Seminole Tailgates

Oglesby Union

• Paint-A-Pot• Crenshaw Bowling• Guest Services• Flying High Circus• Student Life Cinema• Lost & Found• …and so much more!

Questions?

Activity Time!

Volunteer Opportunity!

• Spring Fling needs YOU! • Help us with the Kid’s Zone on Friday, April 13th! • See Karli Sherman to Sign-Up