Kelly Coordinates Events for Student Life

Published April 15 at 2:50 p.m. by Rachel E. Dewey.

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of profiles of Student Employee of the Year nominees. The winner will be announced at a luncheon Thursday, April 18.

Michael Kelly ’14 of Black River, a junior organizational communication major, has been nominated for the Keuka College 2013 Student Employee of the Year award for his work as the marketing and advertising assistant in the student activities office.

In that  role, Kelly has been bringing fresh ideas that support and grow campus programming, said Eva Moberg-Sarver, director of student activities. Kelly is responsible for the advertisements and promotions students see in the window of the office, as well as on digital signage, Campus Activities Board (CAB) bulletin board, and social media accounts, said Moberg-Sarver, who nominated him for the award along with Kevin Perry, resident director.

After taking the initiative to attend a regional training conference, Kelly collaborated with two offices, a campus club, and  Student Senate to bring a new program to campus. As a result, motivational speaker Erin Davies, known for her FAGBUG vehicle, presented her documentary on her experiences touring the country with the car and speaking to the LGBTA community. Kelly also coordinated the Enactus “Green Bingo” event, held on St. Patrick’s Day, to raise awareness and encourage students to “go green” in a number of ways.

According to Moberg-Sarver, Kelly has gone “above and beyond” with his marketing ideas, even going so far as to investigate a texting program that would enable updates to be delivered directly to students’ cell phones, and researching  promotional pieces for prospective students that could bring multiple campus offices together.

“Overall, we could not be more pleased with his work ethic and dedication, as well as the opportunity to work with him,” she said.

Enactus Team a Runner-Up at Regionals

Published March 26 at 8:29 a.m. by Rachel E. Dewey.

Members of Keuka’s Enactus Team with Ferrara, left, present division chair Ann Tuttle, right with their trophy from regional competition.

Another competition trophy has joined the collection in the division of Business and Management on the second floor of Hegeman Hall, as the Keuka College Enactus team brought back a symbol of its performance at Friday’s (March 22) regional competition in Baltimore, Md.

Members of the presentation team, which included six student speakers, two alternates, and two audio-visual coordinators, presented Ann Tuttle, interim chair of the division, with a first runner-up trophy Monday morning.  Keuka finished behind the University of Virginia, York College, and Messiah College.

Enactus is an international, non-profit organization that works with leaders in business and higher education to mobilize students to make a difference in their communities while developing the skills to become socially responsible business leaders. The international organization formerly known as Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) changed its name to Enactus this fall. (more…)

Enactus Team Heads for Regional Competition

Published March 19 at 3:30 p.m. by Rachel E. Dewey.

Imagination. Courage. Determination. Partnership. Accountability. Curiosity. Those six traits and four community service initiatives will be shared by six Keuka students at the regional Enactus competition  in Baltimore, Md. March 22.

Enactus is an international, non-profit organization that works with leaders in business and higher education to mobilize students to make a difference in their communities while developing the skills to become socially responsible business leaders. The international organization formerly known as Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) changed its name to Enactus this fall.

Regional winners automatically receive an invitation to the national competition, which Keuka has done nine of the past 11 years. This year’s nationals will be held May 21-23 in Kansas City, Mo.

The Keuka team will deliver  a 17-minute presentation outlining four community service projects  it completed this year, Including:

• a Campus Sustainability Initiative (CSI) to reduce energy consumption and promote green awareness;
• One Piece a Week, an initiative to donate restored furniture to the Tompkins County Task Force for Battered Women; and
• entrepreneurial programs with Rochester-based PathStone, a private, not-for-profit regional community development and human service organization that provides services to farm workers, low-income families and economically depressed communities throughout New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Vermont, Virginia, and Puerto Rico.

Members of the presentation team include:

• senior Desiree Ford of Harpursville, an organizational communication major and president of Enactus;
• freshman Rich Matrassi of New York Mills, an organizational communication major;
• sophomore Brittany Gleason of Carthage, a mathematics and management major and chief financial officer for Enactus;
• junior Darrcy Matthews of DeKalb Junction, a sports management and accounting major who  serves as the team’s competition coordinator
• sophomore Marilynn Schoen of Whitesville, an accounting and management major who works on the CSI initiative
• senior business management major Tom Hoang of Vietnam
• sophomore Josh Crummenauer and junior Jordan Eaves serve as competition alternates; and
• juniors Dan Stephens and Stephanie Collins serve as audio-visual coordinators.

The team is coached by faculty adviser Sam Ferrara, assistant professor of management.

Feb. 21 Spaghetti Dinner to Benefit Enactus Team

Published Feb. 14 at 3:57 p.m. by Gretchen Parsells.

The Keuka College Enactus (formerly SIFE) team will sponsor a spaghetti dinner Thursday, Feb. 21 from 5-7 p.m. at the Moose Lodge in Penn Yan.

Tickets are $7 and can be purchased from Jordan Eaves, Enactus fundraiser coordinator, at jeaves@keuka.edu; or Desiree Ford, Enactus president, at dford@keuka.edu. Tickets will also be sold at the door. Members of the College community may have dinners delivered to campus (in front of Ball Hall) at 6:15 p.m. or 7:15 p.m.

Proceeds from the dinner will help fund the team’s trip to Baltimore, Md. in March for the Enactus regional competition, which carries an invitation to the May 21-23 national competition in Kansas City, Mo. The Keuka Enactus team has qualified for nine national competitions in the past 11 years.

At the regional competition, the students will deliver a 17-minute presentation describing four community service projects they have completed this year, including a Campus Sustainability Initiative (CSI); One Piece a Week, which donates restored furniture to the Tompkins County Task Force for Battered Women to help improve living conditions; and entrepreneurial programs at  Penn Yan Academy and PathStone,  a private, not-for-profit regional community development and human service organization that provides services to farm workers, low-income families and economically depressed communities throughout New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Vermont, Virginia, and Puerto Rico.

For more information on the dinner, contact Eaves or Ford.

SIFE Out, Enactus In

Published Oct. 26, 2012 at 2:23 p.m. by Doug Lippincott.

SIFE, a familiar acronym on the Keuka College campus since the advent of the 21^st century, no longer exists.

In a move designed to reaffirm its “long-standing commitment to using entrepreneurial action as a catalyst for progress,” the international organization Students in Free Enterprise has changed its name to Enactus.

“We needed a name that captured the entrepreneurial spirit that fuels everything we do,” said Alvin Rohrs, CEO. “We were also eager to create a name that reflected how global this organization has become.”

Some 57,000 students are members of Enactus clubs in 1,600 colleges and universities in 39 countries.

“Entrepreneurial action is not something that is relevant to a single culture or nationality,” said Rohrs. “What we do is just as powerful in Shanghai as it is in Sao Paulo, just as transformative whether we are in San Francisco or Sydney.”

Or in Keuka Park, N.Y., where the Keuka College SIFE  team has enhanced the quality of life in the region while qualifying for nine SIFE national competitions in the past 11 years. (more…)