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May 2004

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Summertime, and the Living is Busy
Summer session enrollment is growing, but most students still choose to call a vacation a vacation, leaving campus residence halls, common areas, and recreational facilities more available than usual. That’s when it is time bring in other visitors who can filling the void left by students and bring some welcome revenue to the campus.

Tents: Building a Venue from the Ground Up
Out of space? Double booked? Just bored with the same venues? Think tents.

What Size Tent Do I Need?
Keep in mind that no two functions are alike, but use the following rough guidelines to get you started.

Presidential Transitions Don’t Have to Be Traumatic
By Ann Armstrong
The resignation or retirement of a college president can be a traumatic event for a college community. If the departing CEO is a popular, longtime president, the impact can be even larger. But the president’s departure doesn’t have to be a bad-news event that sets back the college and its marketing efforts.

How to Get a Photographer’s Best Work
With the increasing quality of digital photography, it’s easier than ever for an amateur to take great pictures, especially for personal scrapbooks. However, it’s unlikely that your photographic eye will equal a competent professional’s.

Event Photos Make More than Memories
Congratulations on a fabulous event. You did get photographs of it, didn't you?

Bulletin Board
Event Alcohol Restrictions; Upcoming Conferences; Student Trends Video; College Fire Safety Video; Hospitality Taxes for Sports Facilities?

Emerging Event and Conference Trends
Planners convey that guests are seeking experiences—-not just to see, but to feel and touch, and event professionals must be prepared to meet these needs, says Mark Sonder, author of "Event Entertainment and Production."

Student Cultural Activities Count
All work and no play can make Jack and Jill dull job candidates. Three major Midwestern corporations, for example, recently told the University of Wisconsin-Madison that they will pass on sending recruiters there because they believe that most of its students lack “cultural competence.”

Student Activities and Liability
Three general areas of student activity pose the most risk for injury and liability.