Student groups honored for past year's work
Samie Hartley
Issue date: 5/3/07 Section: News
Members of San Jose State University's student organizations who have invested time and energy into planning events and taking part in community activities in the past academic year were honored during the inaugural Student Organization Recognition Banquet on Tuesday evening, where the Nutrition Education Action Team took the top prize.
The coordinator of Student Organization Development, Amanda Carlton, the event organizer, said Student Involvement received 125 nominations to be considered for 18 awards.
"Students work so hard to put on great events," Carlton said, "but they never get the recognition they deserve, and that is what tonight is all about."
Nearly 200 students attended the event, but the banquet's big winner of the night, the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories Student Body, which won two awards, was not present.
Student organizations that were in attendence to accept their mosaic-tiled awards took turns while having their pictures taken on the stage at the Student Union Barrett Ballroom where the event was held.
Some students accepted their awards silently, but others gave a quick "thank you" shout out.
Rachelle Escamilla, student president of the Poets & Writers Coalition, enthusiastically took a moment to thank her club members after winning the President's Award, which honored the student who was the most outstanding student organization leader.
Masters of ceremony Joel Bridgeman and Steven Shuy were so excited to get to the awards portion of the evening that they forgot to read their introduction to the audience. Instead, the two went straight to honoring Students For Change with the "Most Outstanding Political Organization" award.
Bridgeman and Shuy backtracked and gave their introduction after the second award of the night was presented to Sigma Gamma Tau for "Most Outstanding Honorary Organization."
From there, the awards continued as scheduled, as students dressed in formal wear munched on cheese, crackers and fruit while various representatives of SJSU Student Involvement handed out the awards.
The coordinator of Student Organization Development, Amanda Carlton, the event organizer, said Student Involvement received 125 nominations to be considered for 18 awards.
"Students work so hard to put on great events," Carlton said, "but they never get the recognition they deserve, and that is what tonight is all about."
Nearly 200 students attended the event, but the banquet's big winner of the night, the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories Student Body, which won two awards, was not present.
Student organizations that were in attendence to accept their mosaic-tiled awards took turns while having their pictures taken on the stage at the Student Union Barrett Ballroom where the event was held.
Some students accepted their awards silently, but others gave a quick "thank you" shout out.
Rachelle Escamilla, student president of the Poets & Writers Coalition, enthusiastically took a moment to thank her club members after winning the President's Award, which honored the student who was the most outstanding student organization leader.
Masters of ceremony Joel Bridgeman and Steven Shuy were so excited to get to the awards portion of the evening that they forgot to read their introduction to the audience. Instead, the two went straight to honoring Students For Change with the "Most Outstanding Political Organization" award.
Bridgeman and Shuy backtracked and gave their introduction after the second award of the night was presented to Sigma Gamma Tau for "Most Outstanding Honorary Organization."
From there, the awards continued as scheduled, as students dressed in formal wear munched on cheese, crackers and fruit while various representatives of SJSU Student Involvement handed out the awards.
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