Student Alumni Association Serves Others

Two outstanding projects this past semester by the SUU Student Alumni Association provided its members the opportunity to reach beyond themselves and make a difference for others. The first was an annual project in a nearby neighborhood and the second was with children at Cedar City's North Elementary School.

A tradition for the past several years, Student Alumni once again combined forces with the Community Engagement Center and raked leaves at the homes of a few of SUU's more "seasoned" alumni, friends and emeriti. The project has become one of the most anticipated by both organizations and this year about 50 students performed service and enjoyed homemade soup afterwards.

 

The second project, and a new one for Student Alumni, was a talent show at North Elementary School, which happens to be an SUU Partnership STEAM School where science, technology, engineering, arts and math are emphasized in the curriculum. The talent show was called "NES Follies" and provided nearly 20 North Elementary students the opportunity to be on stage and share their talents while building connections with SUU students. The children's talents included singing, karate, piano, musical cups, dancing, gymnastics, a poem and Tae Kwon Do. Our Student Alumni talents featured a fiddle group, soccer juggling, vocal duet, juggling and cheerleading & stunts. It was a wonderful, heart-warming evening for our Student Alumni members as they saw the faces of young children light up with excitement and pride as they shared their developing talents and watched those of university students.