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| Chelsea Soobitsky President seepresident@umd.edu |
Welcome to the new Student Entertainment Events (SEE) blog! Over the course of the semester we hope this blog will open communication between SEE and the University of Maryland campus community, keeping students updated on upcoming events, involvement opportunities, as well as increase the transparency of our organization.
My name is Chelsea Soobitsky and I am the President of SEE for the 2011-2012 academic year. I hope you find this blog, our latest initiative, a useful tool to learn about the University’s programming board, its’ directors and what goes into the planning and execution of our events. I also hope at this point that you are getting settled into your classes and are as excited as I am for an exciting new year at the University.
If you do not already know, SEE is the campus programming board, comprised of 22 undergraduate student directors. Our overall mission is to program diversely for the university campus community and bring events in varying interest areas to satisfy the very different program desires of the student body. We program in the areas of concerts, cinema, lectures, special events, performing arts and comedy. SEE is proud to have general members, as well as, a marketing, security and tech team, who all play an important role in the creation and development of our events. In addition, we provide ample co-sponsorship opportunities for other student organizations on campus, supporting other student groups with the funding necessary to host events of their own.
I wanted to share with all of you a few of my goals as President this year:
1. Open the doors of communication between SEE and the student body.
2. Provide every student at the University with an event that interests them.
3. Brand SEE so each student on campus is aware of who we are, what we do, and that we are open to new ideas and feedback.
4. Find corporate sponsors for our events so students have the opportunity to see desired artists that are not limited due to budget restraints.
5. Bring artists that YOU, the students, want to see by conducting even more research throughout the semester.
Students, we want to bring who you want to SEE. All of the entertainment brought to campus in the past has been selected based on student research, as this is the most reliable source on which we have to base our programming choices. We are not mind readers, so please; let us know what you think! The only way for us to know who you want to see is for you to tell us. Don’t know how? Go ahead and “like” us on Facebook, send us emails, stop by the SEE office (located in 0221 Stamp Student Union) and help us bring you events you want to see this year.
