Presidential Ball 2013

A picture before heading out for last year's Pres Ball  :)

On Saturday, April 13th, President James and wife Linnie Phifer hosted the 16th annual Presidential Ball! The ball was a blast. Everyone looked lovely in their dresses and suits, and the whole night was very elegant. Unfortunately this will be the last Presidential Ball that President Phifer hosts because he will be leaving, but everyone was happy to celebrate with him on Saturday night. Joe Photo also had a photo booth at the dance with props! William Carson's Band played jazz music throughout the night and Terrance was the D.J. of the night. I had a lot of fun with all of my friends at the dance and getting ready for the dance! 

I cannot believe that April is going by so quickly. But it's Flunking Season, therefore we all have Flunk Day to look forward to! Now I am just studying away for the last exams in my classes and I will soon be preparing for finals. 

Have a Marvelous Monday,
Nina :) 

From top left: Nina, Tamara, Diannah, Tiffany, Taylor, Becca, and Meg

Strike a pose! 

Getting ready to leave for the dance :) 

Spring 500

Spring 500 was on Sunday, April 7th from 12 p.m.-5:00 p.m. The purpose of Spring 500 is to have 100 Kohawks do 5 hours of service! Noel Rozum, an AmeriCorps Vista in the Office of Service Learning and Campus Engagement,coordinated this wonderful day of service! I am the Student Organizations Liaison in the Office of Service Learning and Campus Engagement. I got to help recruit volunteers for the Spring 500!  You can visit this office at any time and learn about community service opportunities in Cedar Rapids. I enjoy working there a lot and learning about all we can do for Cedar Rapids. On Sunday we went into the Moundview neighborhood and did a clean up. We also mulched trees with Trees Forever. Many of our neighbors said that they could see the difference after we had picked up a lot of litter! It was a sunny and successful day!

Spring 500 volunteers! Courtesy of Rod Pritchard 

I got to ride in the ROTC golf cart all day and take pictures of all of the Kohawks serving! None of us had eaten lunch yet, so we went through the Wendy's drive thru in a golf cart! Overall this day taught me that Kohawks do love to serve and our time serving in the community does matter. It is very simple to get involved with service at Coe. You can do many things such as joining Greek Life, participating in Dance Marathon, joining Habitat for Humanity, participating with Children of Promise, or just coming to the Office of Service Learning and Campus Engagement to find out about the endless opportunities!

Golf cart fun! 

Have a Marvelous Monday,
Nina :)

Why can't Dance Marathon be everyday?

On Saturday, April 6th I stood for 12 hours for those who can't stand anymore. Cedar Rapids Dance Marathon is a movement to support Children's Miracle Network and University of Iowa's Children Hospital. We dance for those who are suffering from illnesses that we cannot even fathom. We also dance for those children who are not with us anymore. Over 100 Kohawks, Mt. Mercy, and Kirkwood students danced from 1:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m. on Saturday. We all spent time fundraising and recruiting students to make this event possible. The executive team worked extremely hard as always to make this event memorable and successful.

It is wonderful to meet the families that we are sponsoring at Dance Marathon. This year I was given the great opportunity to be a Morale Captain. My job was to be a motivator for my group of 7 dancers. I made sure that they were doing o.k. and were energized for 12 hours! I also had two families I was able to be in contact with. Although my two children were not able to attend the event, we had bracelets that had their picture, age, disease, so that we could always remember to stay standing.

Words cannot express how much all of the children and their families impact and inspire all of us. All we can do is hope for the best and continue on in having Dance Marathons!

For prospective students: Participate in Dance Marathon when you come to Coe! It will be an experience you'll never forget!

For Coe students: Were you there? If you answered yes, you rock! If you answered no: you still rock, but you should have been there. Make sure to register next year!

CRDM= FOR THE KIDS!

Emma Ambrose '15, me, Ashley Jipp '15 -Coe Morale Captains 

Coe Executive Team and Morale Captains: From Top: TJ, Jake, Mackenzie, Mara
Ashley, Carly, Heather, Kalais, Emma, Coley, and Nina 

Allie and Nina :)

Ashley, Emma, and I posing for Sports theme hour! 

Nina and Mila :) 

We raised over $20,000! 

Always remember: FTK!!