Students, faculty network at social

"Growth through education" was the theme of the Faculty Social, which took place in the multi-purpose room of the Vertical Campus during club hours on Thursday, Feb. 21. This event was sponsored by Sigma Alpha Delta and co-sponsored by the Undergraduate Student Government, The Ticker, and Baruch Radio.

"The purpose of the Faculty Social is to bring faculty and students together in an informal social setting for information sharing and better relationships," said Harb Johnson, the president of Sigma Alpha Delta.

He said, "The idea began back in December when I was searching for a new event for Sigma for Spring '08. I based most of this semester's events on past Sigma events, not only from last semester but also from prior years."

He added, "This is the first year of this event. It was created as a follow up to our very successful 'President and Deans Reception', held last fall. While that was more formal and involved mainly Executives and students, the Faculty Social is geared toward all faculty on all levels from all departments."

Students, administrators, professors, the Starr Career Development Center, the Student Academic Consulting Center, the Global Student Certificate Program, the Study Abroad Program, Graduate School Administrators, the Financial Aid Office, the Recreation Center and Student Life were welcomed to attend.

Johnson said that invitations for "the event was sent directly to Sigma members via e-mail, Facebook and our website. We also have it posted on Blackboard, we promoted directly to classmates, we had an ad running on WBMB hourly since last Monday, we have an ad in The Ticker, we've been posting flyers daily since last Monday, we set up a table on second floor lobby yesterday during club hours".

He added, "We have confirmed over 60 faculty attending and unspecified agreeing that they will definitely show up. We think that we wont have less than 100."

David Dannenbring, the provost and vice president for academic affairs, said that he was invited to the event and had met mostly freshman.

The layout of the social gathering allowed for easy access to informative literature for different departments.

The music and broadcast was provided by WBMB Radio. There were also color-coded nametags for faculty and alumni which allowed for easy identification.