SMC Programming Receives "Shoestring Award"

03/30/10

Spartanburg, SC -- Spartanburg Methodist College's division of Student Activities and Leadership Development was recently honored by a national organization for its student programming efforts.

SMC received the "Shoestring Award," presented by the National Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities, for excellence in programming on a shoestring budget. The award was presented at the NAPCA annual conference in Atlanta.

The NAPCA is a national campus activities organization that was founded in 1994 and services the needs of Campus Activities Programming Departments throughout the United States.

The award was presented based on a nomination written by SMC student leaders Ashley Burris, president of the POPS Programming Board, and Brandon Hunter, president of the SMC Student Government Association.

This was the third year SMC had been a finalist for the award.

"We were surprised, but really excited to receive the award. I think the overall programming and the amount of programming we do on a limited budget is very impressive. We're doing as much on our budget as a lot of other schools with a budget two or three times the size of ours , or more, are doing," says SMC director of student activities and development Kim Day.

"We have two to three programs a month, and are adding more and more weekend programming. The students work really hard to provide the types of programs the student body here at SMC want. And this is really their award," adds Day.

Spartanburg Methodist College is in its 99th academic year of providing quality education to students in a Christian environment.  More than 90 percent of SMC graduates continue their education at other institutions of higher learning.

For more information, contact Brian Fulkerson, director of public information, at (864) 587-4254.