APCA Midwest Conference 2012 – Day 3

So this is why I couldn't find a place to sit

Saturday was an early day. The educational sessions started at 8 a.m. and we had four of them in a row. The first one I went to was a roundtable discussion about two-year campuses. We discussed what worked well on our campuses, what wasn’t working well, and offered or took suggestions. I’ve got quite a few ideas out of this session that I will be bringing back to Student Senate.

The second educational session I chose to attend was about social media. I learned some things about using Facebook to promote events, encourage student interaction with the college through social media, and learned how to read analytics.

During the third session, we learned the secrets to being happy and making others happy. I think if we could all take the presenter’s advice, we’d all be a lot happier with ourselves and learn to lift others up. It’s so important.

The last session of the morning was another roundtable where we talked about all the different types of social media and how it could be used by colleges. We talked about mass text messaging as well, which some campus have implemented.

Lunch was much like the previous day; we ate and watched all kinds of performers. After lunch we went to another room and listened to some great speakers. I would like a few of them to come to our campus in the future.

It's hard not to be happy in a room full of bubbles

The results from all the competitions were reveled during dinner. Moraine Park Technical College placed third in the pumpkin-carving contest! Danielle from American Pickers made an appearance on stage later. When one of the performers, a mentalist, needed a volunteer, our own Erica from MPTC got to go up on stage.

Erica is on stage!

The last event of the night was a dance party featuring a percussionist. Afterwards some of the musical acts collaborated together and played music in the lobby. So many things happened on Saturday it’s hard to believe we squeezed everything in one day!

MPTC's pumpkin-carving entry