The Longwood University Staff Advisory Committee (SAC) is helping you plan your week, while you help them raise money for their scholarship fund. A Longwood University 2011 calendar, produced by the SAC, hopes to raise money for the SAC scholarship, given to Longwood students, staff, and this year, dependents of staff members.
The project is fronted by calendar subcommittee members Kelly Martin, sustainability coordinator; Tiffany Dempsey, administrative and program specialist for administration & finance; and Jennifer Sawyer, executive secretary for the president's office. Sawyer also serves as the SAC's secretary.
Dempsey said the calendar is a compilation of photographs from university gatherings and events from the school's history.
"It has a variety of current and historical photos," said Martin. Each month has a large picture with a smaller one in the inset. The calendar also includes various academic and alumni event dates. The February photo features a university snow scene.
Martin said Tim Trent, director of printing services, helped with the design, layout and printing of the calendar. Dennis Sercombe, associate vice president for marketing & communications, assisted in the calendar's production as well.
Dempsey said of the calendar idea, "We had some suggestions from different people on campus." She said a few of those people suggested a calendar and she saw Radford University had produced a calendar, so she felt the idea was a good one.
Sawyer said coupons for Chick-fil-A and Moe's Southwest Grill are included in the calendar. The coupons can be used at the Midtown Square location only.
"Coming up with ideas of something to sell and raise money for the scholarship is a new thing," said Martin. She said the calendar is, "basically similar to what we did last year with the cookbook." Last year, the SAC produced a cookbook entitled "A Taste of Longwood." Proceeds from the cookbook sales funded scholarships for now junior Cayla Camunas and staff members Alyson Goff, assistant director for annual giving; and April Godsey, administrative and office specialist for the College of Business and Economics.
Dempsey said the calendars were first up for sale right before Winter Break. The group hopes that even though the first month of the year is over, people will still purchase a calendar to support the scholarship fund.
Unlike many scholarships offered, the SAC scholarship helps not only students enrolled in classes, but staff members who hope to take classes while working at the university. Part of staff benefits specifies staff members are allowed to take one class per semester free of charge at the university.
"This scholarship fund would help a staff person pay for their books if they had that class," said Martin. She said a few staff members do not qualify for the free class because part of their salaries is partially grant-funded. "If you are one of those people, it helps because you can get financial assistance through this scholarship to offset that."
The scholarship application is not yet available, but will be on the website within the next couple weeks, according to Dempsey. A committee not associated with the SAC will go through the applications to decide who will receive the scholarships. The amount of scholarships awarded is dependent on the amount of money raised through the calendar proceeds.
To purchase the calendar, which is $8, stop by Dempsey's office in Lancaster 207, call 434-395-2016, or e-mail dempseyte@longwood.edu. Calendars may also be mailed for an additional $4.95 for shipping.
