2008 Woodie Awards
Free SGA notebooks relieve students of extra expenses
Ed Komenda and Rob Amaefule
Issue date: 8/29/08 Section: News
More than 5,000 free notebooks will be given to Western Illinois University students by the Student Government Association, courtesy of the All By Students Notebooks company.
"The Office of Student Activities helped us unload 240 boxes of these notebooks that weighed around 25 pounds apiece," said SGA President Robert Dulski. "The notebooks will really help students save a lot of money this semester."
The five-subject notebooks were produced and delivered to SGA free of charge in early August, ensuring that a shipment would arrive before a bulk of the students returned for the fall semester.
According to Amy Kellenbach, former SGA director of Student Services, ABS redistributes funds that are used for promotional and advertising items to make notebooks for colleges and universities that request them. ABS had previously dispersed free notebooks to schools like Columbia College and Northwestern.
Kallenbach heard about the company's donations and was able to work closely with ABS during the spring semester to ensure her former group capitalized on the free opportunity.
"The process of igniting the whole thing was really smooth," said Kallenbach. "Once I called ABS and told them we were interested, we kept in touch and exchanged emails routinely, making sure both parties were on the same page."
In addition to keeping in contact with the notebook company, Kallenbach was responsible for writing and designing the first five pages of the notebook. The pages feature the SGA mission statement along with information concerning the organization's executive council, senate and standing committee. The notebook also contains a list of various organizations available at Western.
"We wanted to reach out to students on campus who really are not aware of what student government is or what we do," Kallenbach said. "That's why we had our mission statement and positions available for students interested in Student Council.
ABS was able to fund the SGA notebooks by placing advertisements through some of the pages. However SGA had a hand in what adverts was picked for the notebook.
"The Office of Student Activities helped us unload 240 boxes of these notebooks that weighed around 25 pounds apiece," said SGA President Robert Dulski. "The notebooks will really help students save a lot of money this semester."
The five-subject notebooks were produced and delivered to SGA free of charge in early August, ensuring that a shipment would arrive before a bulk of the students returned for the fall semester.
According to Amy Kellenbach, former SGA director of Student Services, ABS redistributes funds that are used for promotional and advertising items to make notebooks for colleges and universities that request them. ABS had previously dispersed free notebooks to schools like Columbia College and Northwestern.
Kallenbach heard about the company's donations and was able to work closely with ABS during the spring semester to ensure her former group capitalized on the free opportunity.
"The process of igniting the whole thing was really smooth," said Kallenbach. "Once I called ABS and told them we were interested, we kept in touch and exchanged emails routinely, making sure both parties were on the same page."
In addition to keeping in contact with the notebook company, Kallenbach was responsible for writing and designing the first five pages of the notebook. The pages feature the SGA mission statement along with information concerning the organization's executive council, senate and standing committee. The notebook also contains a list of various organizations available at Western.
"We wanted to reach out to students on campus who really are not aware of what student government is or what we do," Kallenbach said. "That's why we had our mission statement and positions available for students interested in Student Council.
ABS was able to fund the SGA notebooks by placing advertisements through some of the pages. However SGA had a hand in what adverts was picked for the notebook.
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JDLanane
posted 9/12/08 @ 10:21 AM CST
That is awesome to hear these got distributed...I hope students actually took advantage of FREE notebooks
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posted 10/17/08 @ 11:36 AM CST
My notebook helped me a great deal while being student, I think it was one of the most useful acquisitions I made back then. Notebooks are designed for students, I am glad these students benefit from this program. (Continued…)
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