Student Activities Council has been busy arranging events and attending conferences, as well as getting ready for Baker University’s upcoming Senior Weekend.
Sophomore Ashlee Cornett, who serves as the recreations coordinator, was among the SAC members who traveled to Little Rock, Ark., for the National Association for Campus Activities during fall break. According to the organization’s Web site, “NACA links the higher education and entertainment communities in a business and learning partnership, creating educational and business opportunities for our student and professional members.”
Cornett said the members who attended learned how to improve in many different ways and found different acts to come to Baldwin City.
“We saw all different kinds of acts,” Cornett said. “We basically booked all acts for the spring semester and looked at Welcome Week next year.”
The attendees went to a marketplace at the conference where they met with different artists and agents who represented different performers.
“We learned about what they’re doing,” Cornett said. “You learn about different kinds of artists.”
The majority of the time at the conference was spent booking the acts, Cornett said. The SAC members got to listen to a lot of bands, meet many people and have some fun.
“It was a really good time,” Cornett said. “It was neat to meet other schools.”
SAC was also busy hosting events at Baker this week.
Senior Kelly Baird, who is SAC’s special events coordinator, helped put on the Halloween open house Tuesday in Harter Union.
“We decorate cookies,” she said. “Last year I started a thing where we paint pumpkins.”
SAC also hosted an event to help the Humane Society by playing with the animals Wednesday in Lawrence.
Sophomore Jessica Miner, entertainment coordinator, said SAC is currently working on activities for Baker Senior Weekend. One of the acts planned is a chainsaw juggler.
“It will be pretty exciting,” she said.
SAC puts together Wildcat Wednesday the last Wednesday of every month. The event involves a different activity like board games or bingo. “The Shining” was shown in October.
“It went really well,” Miner said. “About 60 people showed up.”
Other upcoming projects include an Angel Tree that will be put up in the union later this month to collect gift donations for the holiday season.