Gus Macker 2019: Green Eggs and Slams

In 1974, Scott McNeal and a few friends gathered in his parent’s driveway in Lowell, MI, threw in a couple dollars for the winning team, and kicked off the basketball tournament they had been planning. Little did they know that this driveway tournament would continue to grow year by year until there were hundreds of teams playing up and down their street. Fast forward 46 years and we are hosting Gus Macker: Green Eggs and Slams National Basketball Tournament at Central Michigan University.

COM 461L: Communication in Leadership

COM 461 was one of two classes that I took my second semester of sophomore year for my Leadership minor through LAS. This was not only one of my favorite classes i’ve taken through LAS, but Elizabeth Carlson is one of my favorite professors at Central.

HST 221L: Growing Up in America

History has never been my strongest subject, and I can confidently say that has held true through college. Though I did not retain everything (or anything) about American History from this class, I was able to grow a further bond with my (few) LAS cohort members that were in the class, as well as learn that bad professors don’t define your success.

PHL 118L: The Key(ya) to a Successful Sophomore Year

Gary Fuller: an LAS idol.

Hob Nobble Gobble

Every fall the Association of Recreation and Event Professionals (AREP), provides the opportunity for their members to volunteer at Hob Nobble Gobble: a black-tie fundraiser for The Parade Company hosted by Ford Field in Detroit, MI. This year I got the chance to attend!

CMU: 1/4

They say college is the best years of your life, and I 100% agree. I am just finishing up my freshman year at Central Michigan University. It is so hard to believe that a whole school year has already gone by so quickly, I am SO not ready to leave. The impact that the people I have met at Central have had on my life in the past 9 months is unlike any other friendships I have made before and I feel so blessed to be able to return here, my second home, at the end of summer. Moving out and living on my own has taught me so many valuable life lessons; here are the most important things I have learned in the last 32 weeks at CMU.

Grad Ball LEAD Team

Culture and Leadership: LDR 200 Application Reflection

With the LAS Scholarship, first semester of college you take LDR 100 and second semester you take LDR 200L. The second semester is definitely more challenging and higher level thinking compared to the first.