Best Bar None
Thursday night was the Best Bar None awards – a HUGE WELL DONE to all the Venues staff, Joe’s Bar won Best Suburban Bar for the second year in a row!! It was a fantastic event and it was really nice for a few of the Sabbs to mingle with venues staff.
Tour of the Guild
I’ve had a couple of chances to see the redevelopment of the retail area – very exciting times people!! It’s looking really good and on schedule. Part of the retail area will be open for tomorrows open day (the new clothing store Zest is all good to go and looks fab!) and then next week Spar and the IT shop etc will move in, ready for the grand opening on the 18th!! There will be a Sneak Peek exclusive event for all Student Group committee members 9pm-10.30pm on Saturday 19th September, with entry into Fab N Fresh afterwards. The event is free; you just need to RSVP to s.thomson@guild.bham.ac.uk if you would like to attend!!
Society 121
I have managed to have a good chat with Debating Society and Redbrick this week to find out their exciting plans for the year. It is so important to have that relationship with groups, and it is great to talk about how I can help your group this year. If you want to have a chat, just drop me an email vpsad@guild.bham.ac.uk or pop in and see me – I love having visitors!!
Get Involved
You might be surprised to learn that plans for Get Involved, to be held in the second term, are well underway to make sure that the event is a huge success and that groups can get the most out of the opportunity to promote their group to students. I’ll leave it at that for now, but lost more info to follow!!
'CV Enhancing'
For those of you that were lucky enough to escape Ed’s ‘CV Enhancing’ rampage (or so claimed to lure in volunteers!), here's a peek at what you missed out on!! All the Sabbs, an Inde Chair, some RA’s and some lucky students all headed to Jarrett Hall to help sort out all the amazing things Students have left behind after moving out. From rice cookers to coat hangers, from cleavers to umbrellas – we saw it all!! Some items are due to be collected by the British Heart Foundation, and some items are to be given out on a first come first serve basis to the incoming freshers – good stuff!!
Welcome Week
IT IS NEARLY TIME!! The clock on the Guild of Students website is counting down very quickly and the staff in Student Development are working so hard to make the magic happen - Welcome Week is only 7 days away!! Check out the Societies and Volunteering Fair facebook group for more information – I can’t wait!!
Acorn Fun Run
I have made it my mission to recruit as many Guild staff to join in the Acorn Fun Run and Road Race which takes place on campus on Sunday 18th October and raises money for the Acorn charity, check out the hyperlink above and get involved!! There’s a 5k road race or a 2k fun run (or in my case fun walk ;) ) – See you there!!
AOB
Other bits and bobs I am working on at the moment are different methods of recognition for student groups, Know Your Guild hush hush campaign (!), training sessions and workshops for groups (see previous blog), relationships with the Alumni Office, options for student group ticket selling, and working on a policy regarding banners on the guild.
As ever, it is always a pleasure to hear from groups or interested students, so please don’t hesitate to get in touch!!
Emx
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