2008 Woodie Awards
CMU student organizations to assist NIU
By: Jackie Smith
Issue date: 3/17/08 Section: News
Four Central Michigan University student groups and offices are uniting to lend a hand in honor of a Mid-American Conference rival.
The Student Athlete Advisory Council, University Recreations Student Enrichment Council, Volunteer Center and Club Sports Council have initiated a bottle and can drive to raise donations as a tribute to the five lives taken during the Valentine's Day shooting at Northern Illinois University.
"Northern Illinois is not very far from CMU," said Jennifer Kadish, Canton senior and president of the University Recreation Student Enrichment Council. "We have friends at their school ... it affects people in some way that we're not beyond helping out."
CMU students met to discuss ways to reach out three weeks following the shooting, said University Recreation Director Stan Shingles. A can drive became the most creative and simple way to raise money, he said.
"There's a real need to contribute to the scholarship," he said. "(The can drive) does not burden student organizations with cost."
Donations for the scholarship, officially called the Feb. 14 Student Scholarship Fund, will be accepted until March 31.
Kadish said the groups will meet Wednesday to oversee the event's progress.
"It's been so far a positive experience," she said. "I hope we can just get as much money as possible."
Bins were set up around campus for the drive once building managers were contacted and made aware of the cause prior to spring break.
"It was a matter of who and where and putting things together," Shingles said. "It's a collaborative fundraiser."
Each student group is designated to a particular building on campus, where they are responsible for pick-up of bottles and cans once or twice per week and the return of those recyclables for money.
"I think the best thing we could see from everyone's effort would be to raise the most amount of money possible to give it to the NIU memorial fund," said Laura Gaesser, New York senior and Student Athlete Advisory Council president. "Managing this activity for the CMU athletes is not too difficult."
Gaesser divided participants into teams with at least two representatives of the Student Athlete Advisory Council. Those representatives relay information back to the council upon can collection weekly.
Shingles, a former staff member at NIU, believes Central is never too far away to reach out, especially in a time of need.
"It's certainly a way to get students engaged," he said.
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The Student Athlete Advisory Council, University Recreations Student Enrichment Council, Volunteer Center and Club Sports Council have initiated a bottle and can drive to raise donations as a tribute to the five lives taken during the Valentine's Day shooting at Northern Illinois University.
"Northern Illinois is not very far from CMU," said Jennifer Kadish, Canton senior and president of the University Recreation Student Enrichment Council. "We have friends at their school ... it affects people in some way that we're not beyond helping out."
CMU students met to discuss ways to reach out three weeks following the shooting, said University Recreation Director Stan Shingles. A can drive became the most creative and simple way to raise money, he said.
"There's a real need to contribute to the scholarship," he said. "(The can drive) does not burden student organizations with cost."
Donations for the scholarship, officially called the Feb. 14 Student Scholarship Fund, will be accepted until March 31.
Kadish said the groups will meet Wednesday to oversee the event's progress.
"It's been so far a positive experience," she said. "I hope we can just get as much money as possible."
Bins were set up around campus for the drive once building managers were contacted and made aware of the cause prior to spring break.
"It was a matter of who and where and putting things together," Shingles said. "It's a collaborative fundraiser."
Each student group is designated to a particular building on campus, where they are responsible for pick-up of bottles and cans once or twice per week and the return of those recyclables for money.
"I think the best thing we could see from everyone's effort would be to raise the most amount of money possible to give it to the NIU memorial fund," said Laura Gaesser, New York senior and Student Athlete Advisory Council president. "Managing this activity for the CMU athletes is not too difficult."
Gaesser divided participants into teams with at least two representatives of the Student Athlete Advisory Council. Those representatives relay information back to the council upon can collection weekly.
Shingles, a former staff member at NIU, believes Central is never too far away to reach out, especially in a time of need.
"It's certainly a way to get students engaged," he said.
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