Student Association offers new opportunities to connect at large scale events

The Union College Student Association is shaking up the event schedule this year by providing more large scale events. To start off the new trend, the new Social Vice President Jacob Sanchez and the rest of the Social Committee is planning to have a costume party on October 29th. Everyone on campus is welcome to attend.

This first major event is going to start at 8:00 p.m., and the goal is to create a fun and relaxing way to end the week by creating a very casual environment. The event is going to be held on campus, so transportation will not be an issue. While speaking with Sanchez about the upcoming event, he said, “When meeting with social committee, we were looking for an opportunity to invite the campus to an engaging, exciting night, and a costume party seems like the perfect idea” He went on to say that he is “looking forward to the opportunity to connect with students and faculty outside of school and work. The idea sprouted from a conversation I had with a staff member who expressed they would enjoy seeing a costume party again” The Student Association team sees this as a great opportunity to connect campus further, and to build a stronger community.

Along with the addition of the costume party, the Social Committee has also decided to transition from the standard two banquet format to only one. This topic was under a lot of discussion in committee meetings, but when they finally came to a conclusion, Sanchez said, “From what we have seen, people feel as if having a single banquet with the resources combined would be a more memorable evening than two banquets.” Another positive that the Social Committee sees is a more relaxed end of semester in the fall. “Fall banquet is surrounded by finals and major breaks,” said Sanchez. The committee stated they hope to apply resources typically used in the second banquet across more events. 

As the new school year gets underway, Sanchez, along with the rest of the Student Association team is working to plan the best events possible. They plan on hosting more large scale events, such as lake day, than previous years to try and achieve the best student experience.

By Andrew Schwartz