2008 Woodie Awards
Students embark on nationwide field trips
SU students attend conferences across the U.S. to learn with other universities
Ashley Shelsby
Issue date: 10/31/07 Section: News
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The SAC traveled to Charleston, South Carolina in September to the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA). At NACA, six SAC officers worked along-side other universities around the country to better student activities and jump-start student involvement on campus.
"It was great because we got ideas from other schools. We got to discuss problems that we had concerning student involvement on campus and got to bounce ideas off other students," Cat Wilson, junior communications major and Co-chairwoman of SAC said.
At the conference the students participated in workshops and round table discussions about improving student turnout at events.
The council members also enjoyed many comedians, musicians and speakers at the conference. Several of the entertainers from NACA have performed on campus. One of the entertainers was David Coleman, otherwise known as the real-life Hitch, who spoke in Brock Forum last spring.
"The great thing about NACA is that it puts you in contact with other universities and other students and also offers personality and leadership training. That's not just something that I will use on campus; I will also use it in the long run," junior biology major and vice president of programming for SGA Lee Ross said.
Students from the journalism department had the opportunity to attend the National College Media Convention (NCMC), which was held at the Hilton hotel in Washington, D.C. this past week.
Students holding staff positions on the Samford Crimson and WVSU radio station attended numerous seminars and lectures with hundreds of journalism students from different universities nation wide. Each hour, 10 to 15 seminars were held for students to attend.
The seminars covered topics such as layout design, style writing, management, photography, internship tips, broadcasting and filmmaking.
"I attended a seminar on how to promote radio on campus. That was something I could bring back home to WVSU and help radio have more of a presence on campus. It also gave me more confidence in my broadcasting abilities, which will better enable me to serve the student body," Nathan Troost, journalism and mass communications major, said.