First I apologize for taking so long to write since September. I totally lost track and take full responsibility. But what are my thoughts on how the year I progressing this year? Well being that we have just finished the first ever leadership summit and NAIT’s Next Top Model within 4 days, I can say its feeling pretty good. I’m very happy with what the campus culture department has accomplished thus far in the year.

With that said I think a quick recap is in order.

Finding our Grove: Well, put simply. September was crazy; orientation after orientation, speaking to students. When would I have ever thought that THAT would be my job. I’m grateful. You get to stand in front of a new crowd and inspire them for the year to come. But at the same time you’ve got 5 events coming up and you cant seem to get them out of the back of your head. One thing I found was tough was focusing. Focusing on one thing at any one time. It makes it tough to accomplish all of the things you have to accomplish. Somewhat of a double edged sword I guess. But anywho we got through it, as a team. We were there for each other as executives and it was a milestone as far as I’m concerned.  Bellow is a picture of us getting our picture taken on the stairs before you go on the pedway to the HP centre.

East Coast party: We decked out the nest with fishing nets hung from the ceilings and had an east coaster play us some sweet tunes with his acoustic up on stage. Some people were dressed up in gum rubbers etc. But the main attraction I think was the screeching in process. Yes I know! We had people who wanted to participate come up on stage, say a rhyme, kiss a fish and take a shot of screech and then after were awarded their official documents. The nest was probably ¾ full for this one, which in comparison to last year’s equivalent the Prairie Party wasn’t as popular.

Ball Hockey Tournament: I would just like to start this one off by saying the girl Ooks have a decent team! The NAISA execs played them in a celebrity game and lost in overtime I think. Or a shout out I can’ t remember anymore but it was very close. Other than that though we had a full roster with lots of teams and great hockey. The Petroleum Engineering Technology students took the tourney down though. It was raining pretty hard but we all managed to have a great time.

Shinerama: This one was great because of the cause. For those who don’t know Shinerama is an all day fundraiser done nation wide to raise  money for cystic fibrosis. The  NAITSA crew was up reaaaaaal early blowing up balloons and setting up for our volunteers for when they arrived. A big shout out to Teagan Gahler our Shinerama coordinator for this year. She did an amazing job and raised somewhere in the ball park of 13-14 grand!  Below is a picture of Jenna and Jacqueline getting balloons ready at approximately 6 am.

Full Moon Party: I had a ball at the full moon party. We had DJ mikey wong come in and he rocked it. Actually the whole night was jam packed. We had Mo badass, Christian Hansen, Mikey, and then a headphone disco to close things off. To be totally honest after 9:30 pm I was dead tired. I had to take a seat for a while. Everyone had a blast though and that felt really good.