april edition of jmu cki newsletter
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This is Issue 2 of JMU CKI Moose TracksTRANSCRIPT
CkJames Madison
University iMoose TracksMaddie’s
Exams are here!
Never fear CKI-ers!
Here are 6 tips to help
you study for those hard
exams but still find time
to serve your community
Avoid Stressful People
Eat Healthy and Exercise
Just Say NO
Visualize it all going right
Force yourself to take breaks
Be Confident!
If you can believe it - stress is contagious! Study alone is better then studying with a
stressed out friend.
Skip sugary snacks which will make you crash. Exercise can hlep you to relax and stay calm, which will allow you to
focus longer.
Exam week is only twice a year so say no to people or activities that take up your time and that
are not imparative during this stressful time.
For every hour that you work you need a 10 minute break to allow your brain to relax and absorb all the information you’re trying to get
in it.
If you can see it all going right and getting an A on a test, you will make decisions that led to that result without even real-
izing it.
YOU ARE READY! You have prepared and ready to ace this test - don’t allow yourself to
think otherwise!http://www.collegefashion.net/college-life/6-tips-to-beat-final-exam-stress/
You can do it!You’ve
got this
A+
You’re going to do great!
It’s going to go smoothly!
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Katie BenusaJuniorAnthropology Major“I love getting to know people by doing service projects around the community. Its fun and you are helping make a change.”I still sleep with numerous stuff animals
Olivia FogartyJuniorMedia Arts and Design MajorPre Lau“Making a difference in other peoples lives and all the great people I’ve met through it.”I like doing triathlons
Carly StarkeSophomoreBiotechnology Major Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Minor
“Love how CKI is a family”Have zip-lined and bugee jumped in Cost Rica
Tuan VoSophomoreBiology Major Pre-Pharm“I love how nice and awesome people in CKI are and all the op-portunities of community service projects we do.”I got to the US at the age of 9 with-out knowing any English.
Meet your new officers for 2012-2013 year!
Leadership
Service VP
Fellowship VP
Historian
Kiwansis Family VP
Editor
Grace LeDucJuniorHealth Sciences/Pre-Med“I love all the people in CKI and helping out the community”Member of Harrisonburg Rescue Squad
Shvan KareemSohpomoreBiology Major“I love meeting new and interesting people that have a common goal of serving the community.”I can speak fluent Kurdish
Aneta NikolicSohpomorePsychology MajorSpanish and Crimal Justice Minor“I love being able to make a differ-ence in the lives of others while vol-unteering with some great people”I lived in Germany for 5 years
Morgan EwingSohpomoreNursing Major“I love all of the close friendships that I have made from CKI!”I have the BIGGEST sweet tooth
Emily BenusaJuniorGraphic Desing and Makerketing Major
“Cirlce K has the best opportunities to help the community and has some of the nicest people at JMU.”
Obsessed with Turtles
Service
By: Justin Kibiloski
I have the privilege of attending Madipoolza on April 14. It was crazy. There must have been a couple hundred students there. UPB had set up: a rock climbing wall, zipline, moon bounce, music stages, hair extensions, food, prizes, free items, and so much more. I went because I wanted to see PARACHUTE and well they were amazing!!! My life was made on that day. I can now die happy. They are so talented and really good live. For the volunteer portion myself, Katie, and Heather got to walk around holding up signs advertising for different food contests, pull ups, and corn hole. It was a really cool experience just to walk around and see all the neat stuff that we could do. UPB did a great job with the event; I was really impressed. All in all it was a good day on the vol-unteering and non-volunteering front. I will definitely say that if you did not attend this year to make sure that you find time and attend next year. How can you turn down free music, games, and more importantly free food! Do yourself a favor and don’t.
By: Caitlin Francis
I have been participating in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life event since I was a Fresh-man in High School. I always found the cause extremely worthwhile, but I never had a personal connection or saw the immediate ef-fects of my actions. Co-leading the team this year for our Circle K International club was a whole new experience. I got to spend time with many of our members hanging out and enjoying the experience of “staying up to fight cancer”. The performance acts throughout the night were extremely entertaining and seeing so many people come together for such an awesome cause was really amazing. I also got to spend some time with one of our member’s family who has been directly affected by cancer. Seeing the effects of our actions directly affecting a specific individual made staying up for the entire night completely worth it. I have a whole new respect for the cause of Relay and I really enjoyed the opportunity to spend some time with so many of our active mem-bers. It is an event and a cause I am very happy our CKI supports and participates in annually.
April was a crazy month full of service
opporunities and amazing experiences.
Everyone had the opporunity to partici-pate in Relay for Life,
Madipalooza, The Big Event, Walk for Autisum, and Sigma Kappa 5K. These are the words from CKI members about their
experiences at this event!
By : Carly Starke
On April 14, 2012, JMU Circle K International par-ticipated in JMU’s The Big Event. Sixteen members met early in the morning for a day full of service. We were assigned to help downtown Harrisonburg in their Blacks Run cleanup. We were given a section of Country Club Road to pick up trash. We spent the morning cleaning up the area and having fun while doing so. It was a fun experience and rewarding to have a Harrisonburg community member pull over to the side of the road just to thank us for the work we had done. We even were offered free Blizzards from Dairy Queen for our work. We finished up the morning visiting the downtown Farmer’s Market. JMU supplied us with free lunches and free t-shirts
from the event!
By: Amanda Ivy
On Saturday April 21st the 5th annual 5k Walk/Run for Autism took place at Eastern Men-nonite University. What was originally predicted to be a rainy day turned out to be warm and sunny as members of JMU and the Harrisonburg community united to raise awareness for autism spectrum disorders. Circle K International, Gamma Sigma Sigma, and FIJI all worked together to volunteer for the event that raised money for the Shenandoah Valley Autism Partnership. SVAP is a support group in Harrisonburg for families with a member who has an autism spectrum disorder or for professionals working with individuals with autism. They work to improve the quality of life for all individuals with an autism spectrum disorder, support advocacy and education, and plan social opportunities for families and professionals. CKI helped out by checking runners in, helping set up, or marking the course for runners. Although getting up to meet at the bookstore at 6:40 am is not something most college students would agree to, it was worth it. During the race, as I stood along the course with a sign that said “Smile, you can do it!” runners would stop and tell me thank you for all I was doing. I didn’t think I was doing anything that difficult and that it was the runners who needed to be thanked, but I was happy to take part in the event and get involved with the local community. It was inspiring to see how so many different groups and organizations got together for such a good cause, especially since the money raised would directly benefit the local community.
Summer is finally here!!
After a long month of community and
exam summer seems more inviting then ever. Do not forget help out with your local community as well! And it is easy as pie to get hours
for this. Simply email Carly Starke (cki secretary) so
that she can approve the activity and
open it to the entire club. Keep up the
amazing work CKI-ers!
Maddies Moose Tracks is still make-ing marks! I need articles about
summer activitives that you all are participating in! Email me at
Look for the answers in next months issue!
March Member of the Month
JMU CKI Officers
Executive Vice President : Olivia [email protected]
Secretary : Carly [email protected]
Treasurer : Tuan [email protected]
Service Vice President : Shvan [email protected]
Fellowship Vice President : Aneta [email protected]
Editor : Emily [email protected]
Hisotrian : Morgan Ewing [email protected]
Kiwansis Family Vice President : Garce [email protected]
President : Katie Benusa [email protected]
http://jmucki.weebly.com/officers.html
Moose TracksJMU CKI
Amanda Ivy
Answers from last months issue
Major: Health SciencesYear: Sophomore
Favorite thing about CKI: “Volunteering at (Spotswood) Fun Day has been my favorite thing so far; hanging out and spending time with the kids was so much fun!”
Amanda received this honor because she attended almost every event in March. She also had the highest num-ber of service hours for the month. Keep up the amazing work Amanda!!