By: Madlen Wendland
Nicole
Craig, a freshman in Interior and Architecture design, is waiting for more
people to sign up for the UPB Poppin' event. She just joined the UPB
organization two months ago.
Sydney
Harrel (right) and Miracle Stephens (left) are walking towards the event
check-in. Sydney is studying exercise science, and Miracle is studying
elementary education.
Nicole
Craig is giving people who check in a small gift bag. UPB is Poppin' was a
promotional event to help the campus organization gain more attention.
Sydney
Harrel is eating her bag of popcorn. She saw posters about the event on
campus and decided to see what it was.
Sydney
Harrel (left) and Miracle Stephens (right) are enjoying their popcorn
while talking to other people. Both of them are sophomores and plan to
graduate in the spring of 2028.
The
popcorn was put in small bags. Students were able to grab a small bag and
customize it themselves with different flavors.
Mekhila
Smith, a UBP member, is filling up the bags with popcorn. UPB plans to
host more events like this to help students engage with one another and
learn more about the organization.
Jalayla
Clement, Vice President of Membership, is grabbing a bag of popcorn. She
explains that the UPB is also planning events like homecoming.
They
had 10 different spices for people to put on their popcorn. The Nacho
Cheddar spice was most people's favorite and almost completely gone by the
end.
A student is putting butter on their popcorn. The event took place at the Russell
union rotunda on the Statesboro campus.
Mekhila
Smith is trying to warm up her hands. In addition to the popcorn, UPB also
gave out free candy and goodie bags.
The
popcorn bags are for students to take. On February 9th, the UPB is
planning a similar event with different activities for students to try
out.
Jaylin
Wood (right), a UPB general member, is talking to other students. He
emphasized that many people do not know about UPB, and events like this
are important for gaining more recognition.
Adrianna
Holloway, the student engagement coordinator for the Office of Student
Activities, is typing on her iPad. She organized the event and coordinated
the music played on the iPad.
Zubair
Maruf (right), a graduate student at Georgia Southern, is signing into the event and Nicole Craig (left) is helping him. He is doing his master's in Math and is from Bangladesh.
Zubair
Maruf is tapping into Eagle ID check-in. With the online check-in system,
UBP was able to know how many people checked in.
UBP is Poppin' is over and they are closing the event. About 200 people checked in for the event, far more
than they expected.
The
popcorn machine is empty. With the event IPB is poppin', the organization
wanted to reach out to students to make them aware of the activities and
organizations they can join on campus outside their major.
