Emmie Boese
Business Manager
Student life events, attending games and fine arts events are strongly encouraged by the Student Government Association and faculty. Getting the word out for these events is always spread through flyers, Twitter, Pipeline and even Instagram now. Attendance has had a good turnout at some events, while others have not, although some students have shared how they would like the information advertised to them. At the end of this fall, there will be between 20 to 25 events on campus for students, according to Coordinator of Student Services Andrea Eidman.
Sophomore Pricsila Bonilla, a member of Butler’s soccer team, would like to see more exposure on social media.
“I think more students would attend more events on campus if there was more exposure on social media because I check my socials a lot…. I think maybe more exposure for student games too,” Bonilla said.
Eidman, SGA President and sophomore Gaby Guzman and Director of First Year Experience Sherri Conard discussed the ways that Student Life events are already advertised and another new communication method that students might want information from.
Guzman discussed which communication ways for events she already feels are effective.
“I would probably say either our social media or our flyers,” Guzman said. “Especially like Twitter, a lot of students are on Twitter. Having the ability to have people retweet our tweet and put it out there in branches of it and then having the flyers everywhere on like doors is really helpful because students see it every day.”
Guzman said it helped a lot with students telling their friends about events they have gone to in the past and their experiences. One of the events she is referring to is the Paint Wars event hosted by SGA and Residence Life.
“This year I think students just kind of tell their friends, ‘Hey, they had this last year and it was super awesome,”’ Guzman said. “We had a great turnout this year, which I think that kind of stuff also helps.”
Although Guzman said Twitter and flyers have been effective, Eidman, Conard and Guzman all agreed that it would be helpful to post events on Canvas instead of Pipeline because of less student engagement on Pipeline. They feel that this might help increase attendance at events.
“It would help with authority to put it on Canvas, too,” Eidman said.
Conard also added that Canvas is a communication method that can reach every student that attends Butler.
“Canvas is the only platform we have that intentionally reaches every student,” Conard said.
Conard wants to encourage more students to come to events on campus because she feels they are vital to student success.
“The more a student is engaged outside the classroom, the more they feel a sense of community,” Conard said. “Feeling a sense of belonging makes students more successful inside the classroom. In addition, the educational programs put on through Student Life give students the opportunity for guidance on how to be academically successful.”