100 Student Clubs and Organizations on Campus?!

Hello everyone! It's that time of year again...classes are in full swing for students and faculty.

Meanwhile, most of us here in admissions are packing our bags as we will soon be hitting the roads (already) recruiting the Class of 2013. My first stops = Buffalo, NY and Seattle, WA!

Fall is in the air...the Adirondack chairs in this picture are outside the admissions office and you can see the leaves are already on the ground.

Last week, I attended the SLU Student Organization Fair, held outside every year in front of the Student Center. As I walked around, I would guess there were about sixty organizations present at the Fair.

My student assistant, Allyssa, and I reserved a table for Admissions to recruit student volunteers to host high school seniors if they want to spend the night on campus.

You can see that there was a great turnout – I think the beautiful weather helped! The music was sponsored by ACE (The Association for Campus Entertainment), which is a student-driven organization. This year, Douglas Fir, a Boston-based band, provided most of the entertainment. Our own KSLU Radio also provided some music.

This fair is especially helpful to First Year Students, as it is an easy way to meet new people, make connections across campus, and see the wide range of clubs that are present on campus.

When I walked around the fair, I took some pictures, as you can probably tell I love to do.

Here, our Associate Chaplain Rev. Shaun Whitehead is at the table recruiting new students to join the SLU Gospel Choir and inform campus of the weekly Progressive Christian Worship Service. She is chatting with the Vice President and Dean of Student Life, Joe Tolliver.

I also noticed several of our Admissions Tour Guides were at the Fair. They are busy, involved people as they were not looking to join clubs, but representing them!

Here are a few examples...

• The ACE Table

Tour Guide Zach Graham ’10 strikes a pose for the camera. He is involved with ACE as Concert Chair, which provided the music at the fair.

• The Amnesty International Table

Tour Guides Liliana Saplontai ’11 and Bupe Mazimba ’11 are both involved with Amnesty: Liliana (left) is Secretary and Bupe (right) is Treasurer.

• The Greenhouse Table
• Tour Guide Katie Spring ‘09 is a member of the Greenhouse and recruiting students to join.

• The ASIA Table (ASIA = Asian Students Intercultural Association)

Khady Hamid ‘11, is pictured second from left (wearing red), also works in our office as a counselor’s assistant.

Here are a few more random shots of tables at the Fair...the Swingin' Saints and The History Society.

Have a great rest of the week!
--John