My upcoming crazy week(s)

Alrighty so fair warning, the next couple weeks will probably be a lot of me talking about NACA, MBLGTACC, Miss Lighthouse Coast, and Miss Michigan 2011 Orientation. If you're asking "Why are you going to be talking about that"... one, slap yourself, two, I will be going to all of these events.  Let us go through what each is and what it entails:


NACA (National Association of Campus Activities) National Convention 2011
St. Louis from Feb19-23
NACA Nationals is a week(ish) long convention where planning boards from colleges and universities from all around the country get together to view and book acts for their upcoming programs.  It's a great time and it's not just a week long of concerts and performances.  Delegates from each school are required to also attend educational sessions which span in topics from "How to plan a successful events" to "Being a great leader" to "How to have a successful life in college."  The sessions are not just solely centered around planning events and activities, they are also about personal development and success after graduation.


I have already been to three NACA Nationals as a student. St. Louis in 2008, Nashville in 2009, and Boston in 2010. I am really excited for my 4th year (back in St. Louis) because I will be attending as an advisor and am now able to attend the professional sessions that will further help me out in my new future in Student Affairs.  I can't wait for this Saturday so I can take a great group of students to this awesome convention!


Want more info?  Check out www.naca.org

NEXT!

MBLGTACC 2011 Conference

Ann Arbor from Feb25-27

So lets begin with what that acronym actually means: Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference. I have never been to one before so I'm not 100% what's going down.  From what I understand is it is a weekend full of speakers, workshops, and other events all centering around LGBTQ issues.  I'm excited to be going with a group of students/good friends.  I hope this turns out to be as great of an experience as NACA is!

Want more info? Check out http://www.mblgtacc2011.org/

NEXT!

Miss Lighthouse Coast & Miss Michigan Orientation

Muskegon from Mar4-6

Okay so no, I am not a pageant girl (although we all know I wish I was) but I do help run a local preliminary to Miss America, the Miss Lawrence Tech pageant.  With that, we must help out our winner and runner-up with their next steps.  For our winner it's the Miss Michigan pageant, and our runner-up, the Miss Lighthouse Coast pageant which is a sweeps pageant that all runner-ups from local prelim pageants have a second chance to get to compete in the Miss Michigan pageant.  The weekend starts with the Miss Lighthouse Coast show which we will be cheering on our Miss LTU runner-up, Cassandra Pizzi.  The next day is orientation for our Miss LTU 2011, Jasmine Jones, for the upcoming Miss Michigan show in June.  I'm excited because I get to go with my boss and another co-worker.  The drive is going to be hilarious, for sures!

Want more info? Check out http://ltu.edu/studentactivities/missltu2010.asp

                                                  http://www.missmichigan.org

... So, there you goes!