APCA E3 One Day Workshops!

The Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities hosted three Educate, Enlighten, and Energize One Day Workshops in the South Central region June 19-21, 2013. During their visit, the APCA School Membership Coordinators, Michael Stephenson and Jondra Darden were able to visit Marjoree Harper, Director of Student Activities at Bossier Parish Community College in Bossier City, LA. They were able to take a tour of the facilities and meet with Marjoree to discuss upcoming events and new additions to APCA events that would help benefit her program. Here is what Marjoree had to say about the APCA staff visiting her campus, "It was wonderful to have Jondra and Michael at Bossier Parish Community College. We had a chance to sit down and talk about challenges facing higher education in Louisiana and how that APCA could help with those. It also gave them an opportunity to see our campus and how we program at our community college with limited space and resources."

 On June 19, 2013 the APCA Team headed to Texas A&M - Texarkana where Celeste McNeil Coordinator for Student Engagement and Activities was the host of our first drive in. Marlena Ballard and Kelly Coke of Texas A&M - Texarkana kicked things off with "The New Non-Traditional Student Will Rock Your World." Volunteer facilitators: Jennifer Skinner - University Of Texas at Tyler, Kedrick Nicholas - McNeese University, Marjoree Harper - Bossier Parish Communinity College, and Yonna Pasch - Northwestern State University led roundtable discussions on topics such as retention and programming on a budget. Ryan Penneau taught our attendees how to market like a rockstar! He focused on developing more energy to influence, recruit, and retain students to clubs and events. Yonna Pasch, Director of Student Activities at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, LA gave an inspirational presentation about her story of adversity, adaptability, and being your own advocate titled, "When Life Hands you Lemons, Make Pink Lemonade."

 Louisiana State University - Eunice was our next stop. On June 20, 2013 Althea Jackson, Director of Student Activities along with Dean of Students, Judy Daniels helped co-sponsor our E3 Drive In with APCA. Adam Lambert discussed Legal Issues in Higher Education including topics such as the Clery Act and FERPA. Dr. Paul Fowler, Director of Developmental Education at Louisiana State University - Eunice discussed Trends in Student Retention. Ryan Penneau got everyone excited to go back to their campuses and encourage students to get involved with his Rockstar Marketing presentation. We would also like to thank our volunteer roundtable facilitators at this event, Kedrick Nicholas - McNeese University, Ryan Penneau, Crystal Rougeau - LSUE, and Chelsea Collins - LSUE. They led topics regarding inter-department colloaboration, leadership training, diversity and inclusion, and civility and community service. We woud also like to thank our student leaders and grad students for their input during our focus group.

We ended our E3 Drive Ins in Houston, TX at Houston Baptist University where Krista Nix, Assistant Director of Student Involvment hosted the APCA / HANSAUP E3 One Day Workshop and Business Meeting. Adam Lambert again discussed Legal Issues in Higher Education and addressed questions from workshop participants. Dakota Doman, Director of Student Activities at Lamar University, APCA SC Regional Coordinator, and HANSAUP Vice President said, "Adam was very knowlegable and gave an awesome presentation to inform us about legal issues we may face as higher education professionals." Attendees also participated in roundtable discussions and addressed new business with HANSAUP. For more information about HANSAUP, please contact Marquis Gatewood at gatewom@stthom.edu.

Please check out pictures from these events here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151238815132237.450283.358603567236&type=1

We would like to thank everyone for your participation and support. We thoroughly enjoyed our time and we look forward to working with and seeing you all again soon! APCA BABY!

Hi APCA Family!

We are considering changing the date of our annual Las Vegas Student Life Advisors Institute! We need your help by taking the poll below:

Kinky Boots: The Leadership on Broadway Experience

The APCA team is so excited to announce their partnership with Kinky Boots for their Leadership on Broadway Experience at the 8th Annual APCA Student Life Advisors Institute and Student Leadership Workshop in New York City! By taking part in this event, advisors and students will experience a once in a lifetime opportunity that is both entertaining and educational. For more on the educational and learning outcomes side of the event, please click on the picture below. 

As a side note, you may want to tune into the Tony Awards this Sunday! 

Kinky Boots is nominated for 13 Tony Awards including Best Musical! 

FREE ONE DAY APCA WORKSHOPS!

Good morning APCA family!

APCA is hosting three one-day workshops in the South Central region. We are hitting the road to Louisiana and Texas! See the schedule and video below for more details. 

Keep checking back for more blog posts! 

-Michael & Jondra

School Membership Coordinators

APCA Fall Programming Conferences!

The staff at APCA would like to thank everyone for joining us this year for our APCA Fall Programming Conferences. We had such a great time and we hope to see everyone soon! Here are some highlights from the conferences. 

To kick things off, we held a poster and graphics contest. Each poster had to incorporate the school's logo and the conference theme: "Building Purposeful Programming."

For the NE:

 Poster Contest Winner - Pratt Munson Williams Proctor

In our graphics category our winners were:

T-Shirt: Niagara County Community College

Printed: Jefferson Community College

3-D: Niagara County Community College

Facebook: Ithaca College

We also announced our APCA Regional Award Winners for the NE, these were:

Advisor of the Year - Mehtap Donuk - New York Institute of Technology
Student of the Year - Chris Miree - Ithaca College
Campus Events Organization of the Year - QU After Dark - Quinnipiac University

Program/Event of the Year - QU After Dark Presents: Comedian Michael Malone, 

Quinnipiac University
Agency of the Year - Endeavor Entertainment

For the MW: 

Poster Contest Winner - Marian University

In our graphics competition:

Tshirt - Saulk Valley CC 
Printed Advertising - Wayne State College

  3D - Wayne State College 
Facebook Page - Kirkwood Community College

Pumpkin Carving Contest - Michigan Tech University

Regional Award Winners for MW:

Program/Event of the Year - UA Leads - University of Akron Sigma Lambda Honorary
Advisor - Sharinda Welton - University of Findlay
Student - Cale Crowder - University of Akron
Organization - Kirkwood Community College - Student Leadership Council
Agency - The College Agency

For the SC:
Student of the Year - Andrew Armand - McNeese State University
Advisor of the Year - Kandice Herron - Southern Arkansas University
Agency of the Year - Degy Booking International
 Organization of the Year - Campus Activities Board - Louisiana State University-Eunice
Program/Event of the Year - Texas A&M Texarkana - Campus Concert & Fish Fry featuring
Son of a Bad Man

All of these Regional Award Winners are now finalists for the APCA National Awards!

During registration, each student and advisor is encouraged to volunteer in our APCA Serves Program. During October, We honored Breast Cancer Awareness Month by asking our participants to acknowledge those they know affected by the disease on pink ribbons which were displayed throughout the event. Since Halloween was right around the corner, we made ghost suckers and trick -or- treat bags for elementary school kids. For Thanksgiving, we created table mats for the elderly who celebrated Thanksgiving at a local nursing home. Participants also made their own Flat Stanley and Christmas cards that will be sent to our troops during the holidays.

 

A lot of great networking opportunities occurred throughout the conferences. Our advisors attended a reception, and were also provided breakfast before the activities on Saturday. During the breakfast, advisors from various schools were able to discuss numerous topics relevant to them as Programmers and Higher Education Professionals.

 NORTHEAST ADVISORS BREAKFAST

   

 Throughout the conference, students were able to interact with each other as well. APCA provides excellent late night activities for students that can be booked on site and can come to their campus for specific events.  They also had the chance to mingle with associates, and received tons of free swag at our APCA Exhibit Hall. Social Media awards were also given throughout the conference to the students who tweeted, posted pictures to instagram, or posted to Facebook on the APCA social media pages. The winners of each received a special prize from the APCA.

Danielle Colby from the hit TV show, American Pickers joined us for all of our Fall Programming Conferences. It was the perfect chance for our participants to come and meet Danielle. There was also plenty of time to snap a picture with her and get her autograph during the APCA Exhibit Hall.

 We hope to see you all soon!

Thanks again to everyone who helped make our APCA Fall Programming Conferences a success!

For more information on upcoming events, check us out at www.apca.com

APCA BABY!

APCA SPONSORS LOCAL NON PROFIT IN EFFORTS TO RELIEVE HURRICANE ISAAC VICTIMS

APCA SPONSORS LOCAL NON-PROFIT IN EFFORTS TO RELIEVE HURRICANE ISAAC VICTIMS

Project Storehouse to Deliver Essentials and Replenish Food Banks in the Affected Louisiana Area

Posted 8/30/12, Updated 9/4/12

Jondra Darden, APCA School Membership Coordinator presents check to Project Storehouse.

The Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities (APCA) got involved with The Lord’s Child and Project Storehouse at the Walmart in Sevierville and Knoxville at Knoxville Center and Turkey Creek. Between 5-9 P.M. 8/29- 8/31 they loaded food, water, and supplies for Hurricane Isaac victims.

The Sevierville non-profit organization, The Lord’s Child hosted the event.  They collected a number of non-perishables to be delivered to those who have been impacted by the hurricane.

The APCA’s Executive Director, Eric Lambert is from the affected area.  He strongly encourages all those who can to help in any way.  The APCA donated a check to support these efforts on Friday, August 31 at the Walmart in Sevierville, TN on 1414 Parkway.

  

I was able to go down and help out at Project Storehouse this past weekend. The amount of goods being delivered and the help from local volunteers were amazing! 

Check out this video of The APCA helping out at the Turkey Creek Walmart.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSsbHN7C0IE&feature=g-hist

 Project Storehouse will have these items delivered to the area soon. Please stay tuned for more details on where these items can be retrieved. If you are aware of students or advisors impacted by the storms, please contact the APCA.

If you would like more information on this topic, please contact the APCA at

tel. 800-681-5031 or email contact@apca.com.

Meet the APCA Staff!

Meet The APCA Staff! It's been our pleasure getting to know all of you over the years! Call or email the APCA staff any time and you will experience true southern hospitality! You will quickly become a fan of APCA's great customer service. We look forward to hearing from you soon!

Contact us at: (800) 681- 5031 or apca.com

The School Membership Coordinator is Jessica Lambert.  Mrs. Lambert has been with the APCA since it’s inception in 1994. Her favorite thing about working for the APCA is that she never feels like it’s a job because she loves what she does! She enjoys participating in the APCA Serves Projects, the people she gets to meet, traveling, and all of the laughs and smiles at the conferences. Jessica enjoys spending time with her family - her husband, Eric Lambert, and their three amazing kids: Kelly (14), Zachary (12), and Margaret (8). In her spare time, Jess enjoys gardening, shopping, swimming, and giving back to her community and various charities. 

         Phil McAfee has been with the APCA since November of 2007.  He is the Vice President of Member Services. He loves spending time with his amazing wife, Darcy doing anything and/or nothing.  They are expecting their first baby boy in the fall. He enjoys wakeboarding, hanging out with friends, sports, and playing board games or video games. He likes working with the APCA because of the fun, unique, and engaging people. He enjoys the satisfaction of putting together large events with a small staff. His favorite thing is seeing new people make a career out of college events and programs. Something interesting about Phil is that he had stitches three different times as a kid, all on his face!

Jennifer Haun is the Midwest and Southeast Regional School Membership Coordinator. She has been with the APCA for a year and a half. Her favorite thing about her job includes the friendly and fun atmosphere and the teamwork that is displayed to reach success. She also enjoys APCA conferences where she is able to see old and new faces, and has the opportunity to make new friends. Jennifer enjoys seeing APCA conference participants work together to learn different ways to educate their campuses about current issues in higher education. She enjoys spending time with her two daughters, Jaysea, 11 and Chelsea, 16 who plays lacrosse for her high school. Jennifer loves taking memorable photos during her travels, listening to 80s music, and will be pursuing three things from her bucket list next summer.

Taylor Brooks is APCA’s Special Program Coordinator. Brooks has worked with the APCA since 2012. She is a Gold & Platinum Grammy-award winning songwriter and has written for the legendary Ray Charles, John Legend, The Temptations, Steve Winwood and En Vogue to name a few. Her favorite thing about working with APCA is that she is able to put her considerable music industry experience to good use helping professional performers, musicians and artists refine their skills and get recognized in the campus entertainment business. In her spare time Taylor enjoys writing, recording, and performing with her band TaylorMade.

Jondra MarYell Darden is the APCA’s South Central / West School Membership Coordinator. After graduating from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Go Vols!) she joined the staff in April of 2012. At UT, Jondra was the President of the Diversity Student Leaders Society and worked with the Athletics and Admissions Departments. Her favorite things about working with the APCA are meeting new people, the opportunities to travel, and seeing how conferences inspire students and advisors to make a difference on their campus and within their communities through programming. Her hobbies include choreographing, being with friends and family, and watching basketball. Something interesting about Jondra is she competed around the country with a baton twirling team until she went to college. Her motto is Love to Live!

The APCA Office Manager / Bookkeeper is Kam Morton.  Kam has been on staff since February of 2012 and her favorite thing about her job is the variety of tasks and speaking with people from all over the country.  She worked in the ministry for almost fifteen years and is currently a co-owner of a construction company. She enjoys hanging with her three boys, two of which are twins: Sawyer (18), Denver and Wyatt (16).  When Kam has free time her hobbies include reading, playing putt-putt, and going to the beach.

 

Joseph McMillon is the APCA’s Media Developer. Joseph recently began working with the APCA and his favorite thing so far is the diverse staff he is able to work with. In his free time Joseph enjoys recreational activities, photography, and exercising. Joseph is big on ministry and has been to Uganda and South Africa on mission trips.