AMA Saves Lives / Donate Life Tables

AMA will be having tables with a donate life organization Monday-Friday in the Union and Coleman to spread awareness for organ donation.

Baked goods will be given out to those who register to be an organ donor, and people will be able to register for the AMA competition at computers at the tables.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Guest Speaker

The American Marketing Association will be sponsoring a guest speaker on Wednesday, December 7th at 5:00 p.m. in Lumpkin Hall 2030. Robert Berdelle is a Regional Talent Acquisition Manager from Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Mr. Berdelle will be discussing how to prepare for a job search including tips on researching, resumes, career fairs, and interviewing.

Attire is casual and all majors are welcome.

Membership Meeting Tuesday

Interested in Arts Marketing?

Doudna Fine Arts Center is looking for students interested in arts marketing!
You will learn and assist with all aspects of marketing for a fine arts center. You will also get experience setting up and running theatrical performances, music concerts, and various events.

Crew Member- Marketing Specialization

• Paid Position
• Set up and run events at Doudna Fine Arts Center
• Manage archives
• Create venue reports
• Help with campus-wide promotional efforts
• Manage Doudna social media

For more information, see Dennis Malak (dfmalak2@eiu.edu or DFAC 2226).

Membership Meeting Thursday

Speaker Cancelled

Speaker Neely Coughlin from McDonald's Corporate is currently cancelled. We are trying to reschedule and will inform you  of the new date as soon as possible.

Speaker Neely Coughlin from McDonald's Corporate

Bags Tournament

 

We are hosting a bags tournament outside of Lumpkin

Monday, October 24

 11-2pm

 We hope to see everyone there!

Jimmy John's and Meeting on 10/18

Following our next membership meeting  (October 18th at 6 in LH 2030), come here Karolyn Stoller, Director of Guerilla Marketing, and Ryne Crawford, Guerilla Marketing Team Leader, speak about Jimmy John’s marketing practices, particularly the Guerilla Marketing Program. They will also speak about business and life lessons they have learned through their experiences. Don't miss it!

Bake Sale

 

October 18th and 19th 
10-3 p.m. in Lumpkin Hall

Upcoming Community Service

• October 26th-Blood drive, University Ballroom 1-6pm
• October 23rd- Deliver cards/candy to residents at Hilltop Nursing Home 11am
• AMA Saves Lives

Next Membership Meeting and Speaker Oct.4

Speaker: Jared Gelfond from Medix Staffing

Jared Gelfond from Medix Staffing will be speaking Sept. 21 from 6:30-7:30 pm in room LH 1030. The presentation will focus on his position at Medix, how he got started, the challenges he has faced, and marketing in general.


Medix Staffing is one of the fastest growing staffing firms. They provide recruitment and staffing services to clients representing a variety of industries. Currently, their staffing verticals include placing qualified professionals from their Professional Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare and Information Technology divisions.

Their brand promises are anticipating needs and exceeding expectations. This focuses their efforts to assist clients staffing a temporary need, a seasonal spike in their business cycle, contract-to-hire, or direct hire placement basis. Medix has the expertise and dedication to provide clients with top industry professionals to timely and effectively secure their staffing needs.

RSVP to the facebook event here and we'll see you on Wednesday!

New Facebook Page

We now have a brand new facebook page!

Check it out and like us today!

See You Tuesday!

2011 Panther Palooza

We'll be at the 2011 Panther Palooza Fair:

Wednesday, August 24th
10am-3pm
South Quad

Come out and see us!

Are you ready?

School starts soon AMAers!
Stay tuned for the latest, most up to date information about your EIU AMA!
Are you ready to be back?

Blood Drive

Remember there is a blood drive this Wednesday in Andrews basement that we are co-sponsoring.
Hope to see everyone there!

New Orleans National Conference

This year at the national conference our chapter won:

Outstanding Membership Activities,
Outstanding Fundraising Activities,
Outstanding Chapter Planning, &

3rd place overall in the National AMA Saveslives Campaign

Congratulations EIU AMA Members! 

Faculty vs. Students Basketball Game

• April 12th 
• 6:30p.m
• McAfee
• Need student volunteers to play or work the event
• Admission is $2.
• Members will receive 1 point for attending.
• Faculty playing include: Dr. Boggs, Dr. Flemming, Dr. Lach, Dr. Chahyadi, Dr. Grünhagen, Dr. Flight, and Mr. Mcgrady.

Blood Drives

• Monday April 18th 1-7 Union Ballroom
• Partnering with Lakeview College of Nursing, to collect lifesaving blood donations and register individuals for Be The Match Registry

• Wednesday April 27th 12-6:30 Andrews Basement

• 1 pt. for each hour you volunteer and 2 pts for donating

Upcoming Community Service

• Relay for Life Friday April 15-16th at the Panther Trail

• Panther Service Day- Saturday, April 16th 11:30-4pm
• Elderly Care/ Support: visit local nursing homes and retirement communities, play bingo and do arts and crafts with residents
• Check out other projects at http://www.eiu.edu/~volunteer/psd.php
• Charity 2.5k Walk/Run with all proceeds going to Children’s Advocacy Center of East Central Illinois

• Special Olympics
• Friday April 29th
• Time slots available from 7-3pm 
• Return forms to Buzzard Office 
• Write AMA in the class line

Guest Speaker

April 14th, 5:00 p.m. in Lumpkin Hall Rm 2030

Speaker: Cyndi Mckinney from Insights Inc. (Strategic Planning & Market Research)

Cyndi will be discussing the role of Market Research for Insights Inc. establishing client relationships, as well as her day to day duties.

Guest Speaker

The American Marketing Association will be sponsoring a guest speaker on April 5 at 6:30 PM in Lumpkin Hall 2041.  Patty Peterson from Sarah Bush Lincoln Health will be discussing strategic marketing, which combines aligning marketing/PR with the organization's mission and goals, measuring return on investment, and marketing through story telling.

Attire is casual and all majors are welcome.

Last Membership Meeting of the Semester

Tuesday April 5th

7:00 p.m in Lumpkin 2041

Relay for Life

When? Friday April 15-16th
Sign up at www.RelayforlifeEIU.com and search American Marketing Association to join our team. Our team goal is to raise $1,000!

Exec Board 2011-2012

Congratulations to the new AMA Exec Board for 2011-2012!


President: Victoria Michels

Executive Vice President: Laura Brow

VP Membership: Nicole Greenwood
Director Membership: Paul Keavney
Director Membership: Robert Smith

VP Communications: Laura Zimmermann
Director Communications: Tyler Benbow

VP Branding & Promotions: Kerri Martin
Director Branding & Promotions: Amanda Yamate

VP Finance: Brittany Tharp
Director Finance: Kenny Wilcoxon

VP Community Service: Andrea Peterson
Director Community Service: Brianna Clancy

Field Trip Coordinator: Anthony Ubik

Upcoming Fundraising Event

Faculty vs. Students Basketball Game

April 12th at 6:30p.m in McAfee

Need student volunteers to play or work the event!

Upcoming Speakers

• March 30th: Deana Nuxoll from ThinkCreateDO Marketing
• April 5th: Patty Peterson from Sarah Busch Hospital  6:30 LH 2041
• April 14th: Cyndi Mckinney from Insight inc.

Outstanding Regional Chapter of the Year!

At the 50th Annual Marketing Conference held in St. Louis in February of 2011, EIU's AMA chapter was awarded the Dik Twedt AMA Student Chapter Award, for the second consecutive year.  This is the top award at the conference and recognizes the EIU American Marketing Association student chapter as outstanding in all areas, including Membership Activities; Professional Development; Communications; Community Service; Fundraising; and Chapter Planning, Organization, and Control of Operations. This award is a major accomplishment and is clearly a reflection of all of the hard work of the student officers and active members in the EIU American Marketing Association student chapter. Thanks for making this a great year!

Upcoming Speaker Thursday!

Northwestern Mutual Financial Network Field Trip

AMA will be taking a field trip to Northwestern Mutual Financial Network in Champaign, IL on Monday February 21st. We will be leaving the EIU student union at 8:30am and will return by 4pm. We will be participating in an employee training session and lunch will be provided. Professional business attire required and bring your resume.

Contact Steve if you are interested in going.
The last opportunity to sign-up will be at the next membership meeting (2/15/2011)

Next Membership Meeting

February 15th
7:00 p.m
Lumpkin 2041
Beth Gillespie, Internship/Externship Coordinator, will be here from Career Services to speak about resumes!

Executive Committee Applications

Want to become more involved in AMA?

We are now accepting applications for our exec board for next fall.

It is a great way to get involved and gain leadership experience!

Applications are available today!

Due by February 4th in Mailbox One

 in the Lumpkin Student Lounge

or send via e-mail to clbackes@eiu.edu.

E-mail her if you have any questions!

AMA Saves Lives

The month of February has been dedicated as an AMASaveslives month. The purpose of AMAsaveslives is to increase awareness for the need for organ donation and also inspire others to become registered organ donors and organ donor advocates.

Sign on to http://amasaveslives.com/ to get involved and show your support. Remember, you don’t have to sign up to be a donor, it’s strictly showing that you support it.

 “Together we can save lives”

Community Service

Blood Drive
Tues. February 8th 12-6:30
Andrews Basement

• 1 point per hour of volunteering
• 2 points for donating blood

Relay for Life Friday
April 15-16th
Sign up at http://www.relayforlifeeiu.com/ and search American Marketing Association to join our team.
Team goal is to raise $1,000!

Upcoming Speakers

The American Marketing Association will be sponsoring Jennifer Anton from Millercoors corporation as a guest speaker on Thursday, February 17 at 6:30 PM in LMPH 2020. Jennifer will be discussing her background in advertising (5 years).  She will also touch upon consumer Packaged Goods Brand Management and Innovation for companies like Unilever (Knorr, Lawry's Hellmann's, All, Dove, Axe), Constellation Brands (multiple wine brands and spirits) and now, MillerCoors (MGD, MillerLite, Coors, Peroni, Blue Moon, Batch 19, etc).

Attire is casual and all majors are welcome.

Upcoming Fundraisers

Athletic Fundraiser: The Greek Challenge
January 27th at 5:30 in Lantz Arena Come support AMA!

Bake Sale! February 2nd and 3rd
February 2nd it will be held in Coleman and February 3rd it will be held in Lumpkin.

RSO Night

Wednesday, January 26th 6:00pm Lumpkin Hall
The School of Business will be holding an open house night for the Business RSO’s to give students a better feel for what each RSO does and how to get involved! Feel free to come tomorrow & help represent AMA by signing up & meeting in the Lumpkin Auditorium at 5:45pm!
You will receive 2 points for participating! :)

Membership Meeting Tonight

Membership Meeting Tonight!

Come get some pizza!

Room 2041

7:00 pm

Upcoming Events

Jan 25th: Membership meeting at 7:00 p.m in Lumpkin 2041.
Jan 26th: RSO Fair
Jan 27th: Athletics fundraiser
Feb 2nd and 3rd: Bake sale Wednesday (Coleman) and Thursday (Lumpkin)
Feb. 3rd: selling merchandise at basketball game
Feb 8th: Blood Drive 12-6:30 in Andrews Basement
Feb 16th: Career Network Day
April 15th: Relay for Life