H&D Staff Appreciation Dinner a Success!
On Saturday, Feb. 9, the Campus Appreciation Committee hosted a Housing and Dining Staff Appreciation Dinner in the Cohen House. This committee was an initiative committee started this year by Blessing Falade. The committee worked all year to plan and make this event a success.
The New Student Representatives along with some student volunteers spent a few hours prior to the event decorating the Cohen House with streamers, balloons, roses and red tablecloths in order to play up our Valentine’s Day theme. Around 6 p.m., staff began trickling in, greeted by some of the NSRs. After a short time of mingling over cheese and crackers, two NSRS, Carolina Hatanpaa and Gabrielle Lencioni, introduced the event and our committee’s vision. Immediately after, the staff lined up to be served Italian cuisine by the student volunteers. Nati Salazar then proceeded to introduce Jazz Silva, who gave a thank you speech to the staff on the behalf of the student body, highlighted by one of her own personal stories with one of the staff members. After dinner, Navya Kumar and Jacqui Lee introduced the video we made for the staff showcasing shout-outs from all the colleges and some students. We ended the evening with a group picture around the cake! In all, we had about 100 of the staff show up, many accompanied by family members. It was very successful and we received a lot of help from Olivia Waldron and Julie Bogar. As the staff left for home, many came up to us, expressing gratitude for throwing an elaborate dinner for them.
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