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Volume 27 Issue 9
April 6, 2006
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Student Support Services Sponsors the Spring 2006 Ice Cream Social and Cultural Awareness Event
On Tuesday, March 28, 2006, Student Support Services (SSS) sponsored the Spring 2006 Ice Cream Social and Cultural Awareness Event in the EE Simmons Old Gymnasium. The purpose of this event was to give students an opportunity to meet the newly hired SSS staff, to learn of the many benefits of being a SSS participant, and to allow students to network with other SSS participants, faculty, and staff.
Approximately sixty Student Support Services participants attended the event, along with a grand showing of faculty and staff members.
One of the highlights of the event was a showcase of talent in the form of various songs and cultural displays. A mission of the SSS program is to provide its participants with cultural enrichment activities. This mission was definitely accomplished at this event when members of the ASU International Multicultural Student Association performed songs, chants, and lullabies in their native languages to entertain attendees! Various cultures and nationalities were represented, including African, Vietnamese, Russian, Hawaiian, and African American. Tables and posters displaying various artifacts, souvenirs, and photographs from India, Kenya, and Russia were also a hit.
After the singing, several students gave their testimonies of how participating in the SSS program has assisted in making their matriculation through college easier and much more unique and enriching.
“I urge you to get involved in the program, if you haven’t already,” said Korri Jones. “Student Support Services gave me confidence and provided me with the opportunities I needed to excel and to find what it was that I really wanted to do in life beyond graduation.”
Besides the SSS participants, the guest of honor for the event was the ice cream! The event culminated with a relaxing social affair highlighted by free ice cream for all and the sounds of some smooth tunes provided by Rodney Dickens, also know as, DJ Rod D, also a SSS participant.
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University Relations Staff
W. Christopher Cason,
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Sherita L Bailey, Administrative Assistant,
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