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This is my family. They mean more to me than anyone in the world. Not only do we all look happy because we are in San Francisco, but we also just won the Super Bowl. This picture is from last year, but I thought I would make a tribute to those people in my life that make it possible to go on. Without them, I would be insane. They are always there when I need something. And they are the type of people that would give others the clothes off of their backs. I love them dearly. Especially my brother Ewwwic (Eric). He is always there to talk to and totally understands me. Thank goodness he can talk Spanish now. HaHa. It's easier to talk. ;) Since I am at school, I don't get to see them all the time, but I miss them more than anything. I love you guys.
And so the rest of Spring Semester continues. There are a lot of things to plan for in the next 3 months. Being involved on campus keeps me from dying from boredom. Spring Break is coming up in March. I was planning on going to Florida to see my friend Carie, but instead I am staying here, continuing the job hunt and going to the St. Patrick's Day Parade with all of my friends and Susan, my best! friend. We also have another issue of the Collegian coming out. It will be a Spring Break issue including news on Britney Spears, Anna Nicole, and events world wide and campus wide.
At the beginning of April I will be heading off to Disney World with my family. Also in April, we have Spring Fling Wee
k, which consists of inflatables, bands, other activities and the Semi-Formal. The theme of Spring Fling Week is "A Fling to the Stars" which leads up to the end of the week to the Semi, which is themed "A Night With the Stars." Last year we called it "One Last Fling" and it was a blast.
After such an exciting event is my 22nd Birthday!!!!!! Yay for me!!! I plan to get all of my lost friends and family member Louis and live it up.
I am looking forward to a good semester.
This past weekend was THON. We work all year to make it great and increase the amount raised. THON jumped from 4.2 million to $5,240,385.17!!!!!
Our dancers made it til the end. However, we did run into a few bumps in the road. Rob started staring at objects and started to dream about them. JJ passed out a few times standing up. Dawn slapped her boyfriend in the face. Dion threw a bagel at a girl, spit tea on some guy, and went up the stairs to the public bathroom. It is safe to say we had a very interesting 46 hours, but it was worth it!! The most amazing thing comes of 5 months of fundraising. The standards are set high for next year, but more and more freshman and transfers coming to PSU, I believe that we can raise more and more each year.
T-H-O-N THON 2007!!! F to the T K, for the kids is what we say!!!
Many <3's, One Home-
Tonight we had our poster party and spaghetti dinner. Dinner was hosted by Miss Erin O'Malley, our student activities coordinator. She used her apartment to cook us spaghetti, garlic bread, and other types of pasta. After dinner, the dancers and the committee fanned into the basement and started drawing posters that our dancers will love to see us holding up in the stands at BJC. We have 2.5 days til THON begins and everyone is pumped. We will be driving up on Thursday evening and our campus will be treating our dancers and the chair to dinner at Olive Garden. We are looking forward to a great 46 hours!
This weekend is our last canning weekend and we are going to try to make it our best. Since we aren't allowed to can in intesections anymore, we are falling a little behind. But I have faith in our committee.
Our poster party and spaghetti dinner for our dancers will be held on Monday, February 12, 2007. It is always a good time.
We held a Volleyball MaraTHON on January 27th, and was a complete success. We ended up raising over $600 for the kids!!! The Xer's were the winners (a.k.a. the biggest team).
We are holding one more bowling fundraiser on Feb. 11, at 7p.m. at New Great Valley Lanes in North Versailles. It costs $10 per pesron for 2 hours of unlimited bowling. Last time we made about $200 including random donations! We have 10 more days til THON, and I am unbelievably excited!!!
Oh, and the COLTS won the Superbowl!!!!!
To find out more about THON or to make donations, visit: www.THON.org
We had our bowling fundraiser for THON tonight and we made appx. $200. It is definately better than nothing. Tomorrow I will be working on a powerpoint presentation for prospective students. It will include our clubs and organizations, and pictures of events held on and off campus. I also have to be interviewed for a PodCast for the Editor of the Collegian and being the chair of THON. After that I have to report to a class room with some kids and get pictures taken for the new Penn State Greater Allegheny booklets. Tomorrow is a busy day, but I'm sure it will be better than yesterday.
I love getting involved on campus. I mostly stick to groups I can use my Public Relations knowledge. I am involved in the Programming Committee and currently an intern with the Public Relations side of Penn State's Student Activities Department.
I plan on doing a PR campaign for our campus showing why students shouldn't just choose our campus for the cost, majors, or location, but for being involved in student activities. The purpose of the internship will be to develop, implement, and evaluate a public relations campaign for the Department of Student Activities. I will develop a campaign that will showcase activities, events, and organizations. This campaign will be made available to show the community and be used at admissions events. The campaign will be implemented to increase awareness for the campus’s student life to the community and prospective students. I will do any needed research to develop an effective campaign. Once the campaign is complete the Department of Student and Enrollment Services as well as the academic advisor will evaluate its effectiveness. I will also take on other duties. The duties will consist of: 1) Assist Student Activities Coordinator 2) Assist student groups with events and community outreach programs that may help campaign 3)Plan and coordinate events 4)Assist student groups with various forms of advertising 5)Attend department meetings 6)Work with other campus resources to complete campaign 7)Any other duties as needed. This internship will teach the me how to effectively develop a public relations campaign. I will successfully implement the campaign in hopes of increasing interest in enrollment at Penn State McKeesport. Any other duties will help educate the student on the inner workings of a college campus primarily the Department of Student and Enrollment Services.
