Long Time, No See

Wow, time has passed quickly. I can’t believe I haven’t written since the Raggae Festival. So much has happened since and I will try to cover it all without boring you to tears.

At the end of August we attended Expo Latino. This event was a dry one for us last year but what a difference the location of our booth can make. We saw almost quadruple the amount of people at our booth then we did last year. I very much enjoyed watching the dancing that happened spontaneously throughout the festival, there is nothing better than to watch really good dancers’ dance.

From September 1-7 SAIT hosted the Competitors of WorldSkills in our on campus residence. It was so much fun having people from all over the world visit us for that week. We also set up a booth in the Information Tent down at the Stampede Grounds and enjoyed answering questions from prospective student s and the general public. The energy and excitement that World Skills brought to Calgary was fantastic and I’m happy to say I was a part of it.

During that same week, SAIT unveiled the new TTC Complex due to be completed in 2012. Talk about exciting! The architecture is phenomenal and really has that “wow” factor. I can’t wait to see it all completed and I am excited to see what the future holds for our students and our community.

We welcomed our newest Student Recruitment Officer, Sarah Kelman on Monday. Sarah has extensive experience in post-secondary recruitment so we are sure she will bring a lot of new ideas and some great energy to our team. With the addition of a new team member, we are hoping to kick up our attendance at events a notch.

I am getting geared up to head out on my first recruitment trip of the season. I will be heading to Fort McMurray, Athabasca and Cold Lake on Monday September 21.

In the meantime, on a personal note, I am heading to Orlando FL on September 17 to participate in a Professional Development opportunity that will teach me new tricks to help with my participation in my only outside activity, Winterguard. What I am most excited about is the Friday night movement class that is being taught by Mia Michaels, from So You Think You Can Dance! I will be sure to post some pictures in my next BLOG. Wish me luck!