Student activities range from educational seminars to community service projects, recreational events, cultural happenings, theater trips, sporting events and "just for fun" activities. Student Activities trips will be advertised one month prior to the event. Sales of tickets is on a first come, first serve basis. For students possessing a valid ID card, tickets can be purchased during the first week of sales (limit 2 tickets). Staff/faculty and community members are able to purchase tickets from week two until tickets are sold out. Staff registered for classes must purchase tickets during staff and community dates at regular staff prices. SCCC tickets are NOT transferable. Ticket prices are discounted in some instances for valid ID holders. Day and evening students may purchase tickets for events in the Business Office during regular hours. For more information, call Heidi Gregg, Student Activities Coordinator at 973-300-2232, fax 973-300-2379.

Spring 2008 Calendar of Student Activities

For information regarding Student Activities Call: Heidi Gregg, Associate Director 973 300-2232, Sue Kennedy, Office Assistant 973 300-2250. To order tickets call the Bursar’s Office at 973 300-2106

(*) Denotes, Community Invited.  Some activities may have fees.

JANUARY – National Poverty in America Awareness Month

Thursday, January 17
New and Transfer Student Orientation, 9:30-1:00, Theater

January 22 – January 25
Welcome Week

Monday, January 21
Martin Luther King Day – College Closed

Tuesday, January 22-Classes Begin
Photo Fantasy, 10am-2pm, Cafeteria

Wednesday, January 23
Campus Life Brochures distributed, Free Hot Chocolate, 11:00-12:00, D Galleria

Thursday, January 24
Meet the Clubs, 10:50-12:05, Theater, Free Popcorn

Tuesday, January 29
Club Advisors Luncheon, 10:50, D105a

Wednesday, January 30
Evening Students Hot Chocolate Break, 7:30, D and E Gallerias

Thursday, January 31
Club Meeting Day, 10:50-12:05

FEBRUARY –African American History Month
Collector’s Series Showcase – Valentine’s Day Display

Tuesday, February 5
Mark Rust, Songs of the American Civil Rights Movement, 10:50-12:05, Cafeteria

Wednesday, February 6
Blood Drive, 11am-4:30pm, D Galleria and Theater

Thursday, February 7
SGA Open Meeting, 10:50-12:05, D105a

Student tickets go on sale ($21) for 3/7 Museum of Natural History/Rose Planetarium Trip

Tuesday, February 12
Psychic Fair; Tarot Cards, Palm Reading and Hand
Writing Analysis, 9am-2pm, Cafeteria, Free w/valid SCCC ID, Community $3.00
 
Wacky Wednesday, February 13
Fun Certificates with Name Origins, Astrological Signs, Birthday Traits, 10am-2pm, Cafeteria

Thursday, February 14
SGA Dating Game, 10:50-12:05, Cafeteria

Tickets go on sale for Staff ($30) and Community ($35) for the 3/7 Museum of Natural History/Rose Planetarium Trip

Evening Students Cookies & Punch Valentine’s Break, 7:30, D & E Gallerias

Tuesday, February 19
“Frankenstein” (1944 Film), 10:50-12:05, Theater, Free Popcorn/Bring your own beverage, Free w/valid SCCC ID, Community $3.00

Thursday, February 21
Counseling Center sponsored Spring Transfer Fair

Tuesday, February 26
Club Officers’ Pizza with the President, 10:50-12:05, Executive Boardroom

Maxwell Kofi Donkor, Story Telling, Dance, and African Drumming, 10:50-12:05, Cafeteria

Thursday, February 28
Club Meeting Day, 10:50-12:05

Tickets on sale now for the Broadway musical, “A Catered Affair” on 3/28 to Students ($50) w/valid ID card in the Bursar’s Office

MARCH
Women’s History Month
Collector’s Showcase – Teen Arts Display

Tuesday, March 4
Monstrous Motherhood: A Feminist Perspective on “Shelley’s Frankenstein” presented by Dr. Mary Thompson and Angela Camack, 10:50-12:05, Sussex Bank Theater, Free with valid SCCC ID, $3 Community Fee

Wednesday, March 5
 Black Maria Film Festival, 10:50-12:05, Theater, Free Popcorn/Bring your own beverage, Free w/valid SCCC ID, Community $3.00

Thursday, March 6
SGA Open Meeting, 10:50-12:05, D105a

Friday, March 7
Trip to Museum of Natural History and Rose Center Planitarium, 8am-5pm

Tickets go on sale for Staff ($80) and Community ($90) for the Broadway musical, “A Catered Affair” on 3/28. Purchase tickets in the bursar’s Office.

Monday, March 10
Evening Students Root Beer and Pretzel Break, 7:30 pm, D & E Gallerias

Tuesday, March 11
Professor Mary Ellen Donner, Business Club Interview Skills Presentation, 10:50-12:05, B104

Tickets go on sale now for the 4/11 QVC and King of Prussia Mall Trip for Students ($10) w/valid ID at the Bursar Office

Tickets go on sale now for the Museum of NYC Trip on 4/18 to students ($15) with valid ID card in the Bursar’s Office.

Wacky Wednesday, March 12
“Feud” Game Show, 10:50-12:05, Cafeteria

Thursday, March 13
SGA Beach Party and Tiki Talent Show, 10:50-12:05, Cafeteria,
Tiki Bar is open from 10:00-2:00

March 17-21 Spring Break

Tuesday, March 18,
 Teen Arts Festival

Tickets on sale now for the 4/11 QVC and King of Prussia Mall Trip for Staff ($15) and Community ($20) at the Bursar’s Office

Tickets now on sale for the 4/18 Museum of New York City Trip for Staff ($20) and Community ($25) at the Bursar’s Office

Tuesday, March 25
Movie “Bride of Frankenstein”, 10:50-12:05, Theater, Free Popcorn/Bring your own beverage, Free w/valid SCCC ID, Community $3.00

Breast Cancer Awareness Information, Presented by PSS
11 am – 1 pm, Galleria

Thursday, March 27
Club Meeting Day, 10:50-12:05

Friday, March 28
Broadway Show Trip, “A Catered Affair”, 3pm-12am

APRIL – National STD Education and Awareness Month
Collector’s Series Showcase – SCCC Staff/ Pictures of Our Grandparents

Tuesday, April 1
 Make Your Own Sundae, 11am, D Galleria,
Free w/valid SCCC Student ID

Evening Students Break, Make Your Own Sundae, 7:30pm, D Galleria

“He Says, She Says Shakespeare”, Dr. Francesco Aristide Ancona, Dr. Mary Ives Thompson, 10:50-12:05, Theater

Tuesday, April 3
Wellness Conference, “I Can’t Hear You; I Have an IPOD in My Ear.” How technology and music have affected the premature hearing loss of young adults. Hearing tests, workshops and programs related to hearing loss will be presented. 11am-1pm, D Galleria/Classrooms, Free and Open to the Public.

Wednesday, April 9
Golden Dragons Acrobats, 7:00pm, PAC, $10.00 Community Fee, Free to SCCC Students with college ID.

Thursday, April 10
Golden Dragon Acrobats, two shows, 10:00-10:50 am and 12:00-12:50, PAC, Adults $7.00, Children under 18 $3.00, Students with college ID Free

Thursday, April 10
Critical Thinking Lecture Series, Division of Liberal Arts, Education, & Social Science, “Biological Sex, Gender Roles and the Brain”, 10:50-12:05, Theater

Friday, April 11
 QVC and King of Prussia Trip, 8am-7pm

Tuesday, April 15
 College Novel Lecture Series, “Frankenstein”, 10:50-12:05, Theater

Lunch and Learn “How to Safely Handle Headaches”, 10:50-12:05, Room TBA

April 14-18
Applications available in the Student Activities Office for SGA Officers, Senate Positions, Governance Committee Representatives and Alumni Representative

Wacky Wednesday, April 16
TBA

Tuesday, April 17
Student Leader Recognition Reception, By Invitation Only, 10:50-12:05, Theater

Friday, April 18
Trip to Museum of NYC
Leaving from SCCC Upper E parking lot at 9:00am and returning at 5:00 pm

April 21-25
Campaigning for Student Government Offices, Senate Positions, Governance Committee Representatives and Alumni Representative

Wednesday, April 23
Blood Drive, 11:00-4:30, D Galleria and Theater

Thursday, April 24
Club Meeting Day, 10:50-12:05

April 28-May 2 – SPRING WEEK

On-line Elections for SGA Offices, Senate Positions, Governance Committee Representatives (Students can vote for their favorite candidate by logging onto Sussex.edu/vote/vote.html beginning Monday, April 28 through Friday, May 2)

Tuesday, April 29
SGA Sports Challenge, 10:50-12:05, Connor Green

Wednesday, April 30
Duck Races, 10:05, Winners will be posted on-line as well as on the Student Activities board in D Galleria

MAY-Congratulations Grads

Thursday, May 1
End of Year Picnic, 11am-1pm, Gazebo

Big Screen Outdoor Movie, “Young Frankenstein”, 8 pm, Connor Green

Friday, May 2
SGA Starlit Ball, 8:00pm-12:00 midnight

Wednesday, May 14, SGA Transfer of Power Luncheon

Thursday, May 15, Graduation, 6:00pm

SPECIAL PROGRAMS

Tuesday, February 5
Mark Rust, 10:50, Cafeteria
Songs of the American Civil Rights Movement

Tuesday, February 12
Psychic Fair, 9am-2pm, Cafeteria, Free to students with valid SCCC ID, $3.00 Fee to the Public
Psychic Fair combines Tarot Card Readers, Palm Readers and Hand Writing analysis for five full hours.

Tuesday, February 19
“Frankenstein” (1944 Film), 10:50-12:05, Theater, Free to students with valid SCCC ID, $3.00 to the Community, Free popcorn

Tuesday, March 25
Movie “Bride of Frankenstein”, 10:50-12:05, Theater, Free to students with valid SCCC ID, $3.00 to the Community, Free popcorn

Tuesday, April 1
“He Says/She Says Shakespeare”, the new book by Dr. Frank Ancona and Dr. Mary Thompson, will be discussed at 10:50 in the Theater. The book is a series of debates on some of the Bard’s most popular plays from a gender perspective.

Thursday, April 3
Wellness Conference, “I Can’t Hear You; I have An IPOD in My Ear.” How technology and music has affected the premature hearing loss of young adults. Hearing tests, workshops and programs will be presented. 11am-1pm, D Galleria/D Classrooms

Thursday, May 1
Big Screen Outdoor Movie, “Young Frankenstein”, 8:00 pm, Connor Green, Bring a blanket or lawn chair and watch this Mel Brooks comedy under the stars.

TRIPS

Friday, March 28
“A Catered Affair”
Set in the Bronx in 1953, A Catered Affair reveals relationships strained to their limits when a couple must decide whether to spend their life savings on a family business or to launch their only daughter’s marriage with a lavish catered affair-the grand wedding they never had. This new musical, written by and starring Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein, explores the meaning of family and the need for love, both new and reawakened.
Tickets available to SCCC students ($50) with valid ID beginning 2/28 at the Bursar. Staff ($80) and Community ($90) beginning 3/6.  Coach bus leaves SCCC upper E parking lot at 3:00 pm and returns at 12:30 am.

Friday, April 11
QVC Studio Park and King of Prussia Mall, West Chester, PA
QVC is the largest home-shopping organization in the world. A lesson in marketing will highlight the tour of the West Chester facility.  On site shopping is available. A trip to the largest mall on the east coast, King of Prussia, will complete the day’s adventure. Coach bus transportation and QVC Admission included with the fee. Leave SCCC at 8:00 AM * Return to Campus 6:00 PM
Students with valid ID cards can purchase tickets at the Bursar’s Office beginning March 11 for $10.  Beginning March 18 Faculty/Staff/Seniors can purchase tickets for $15 and Community for $20 at the Bursar’s Office.

Friday, April 18
Museum of the City of New York
The Museum of the City of New York’s name says it all. Our unique mandate – to explore the past, present, and future of New York City and celebrate it’s heritage of diversity, opportunity, and perpetual transformation – enables us to present a variety of exhibitions, public programs, and publications, all investigating what gives New York its singular character. Tickets available to students ($15) with valid ID cards beginning 3/18. Faculty/Staff/Seniors ($20) and Community ($25) can purchase tickets beginning 3/25 at the Bursar’s Office

Command Performance

Wednesday, March 5
Black Maria Film Festival
10:50-12:05, Sussex Bank Theater, Free with valid SCCC ID, $3.00 fee for the Community

Saturday, March 8
Sussex Bank Theater, 8:00 pm, $5 to the public, Free to College Community

Recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as an Academy Award qualifying festival for short films, the annual Black Maria Film and Video Festival has been fulfilling its mission to advocate, exhibit and reward cutting edge works from independent film and video makers. Named for Thomas Edison’s first motion picture studio, the festival is known for its national public exhibition program, which features a variety of bold contemporary works drawn from the annual collection of 50 award winning films and videos.

For further information regarding Student Activities, please contact Heidi Gregg, Associate Director at 973-300-2232/ HGregg@sussex.edu or Sue Kennedy at 973-300-2250/ SKennedy@sussex.edu