Student Appreciation Week has gone virtual for fall 2020!
Between November 16 and 20, Niagara College will celebrate students through a variety of online activities and contests – offering students a chance to win numerous gift card prizes.
Organized by the Centre for Student Engagement, along with departments across the College, the weeklong initiative has taken on a Survivor TV series theme, as a nod to what has been a term like no other for students through the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We felt it was important to celebrate our amazing students, especially this semester as they are navigating and experiencing a great deal of change with the pandemic,” said Shari Walsh, associate director of Engagement, Advising and Career Services. “The College community came together to create a virtual version of our very popular Student Appreciation Days that we hope students will enjoy. Our goal was to create a variety of online activities and contests that would be open to all students and encourage them to engage with us online.”
From easy to enter random draws, online games that students can play in teams, and contests that will challenge their creativity – there is something for everyone, Walsh noted. Activities include:
- Zoom Pictionary and Family Feud sessions;
- A message from NC president Sean Kennedy with a secret message encrypted;
- Daily guessing games;
- Live Karaoke, Dirty Bingo and participant prize giveaways from NCSAC;
- A TikTok video submission contest;
- Canadian Winter Trivia;
- A MyCareer Contest (students will log on to MyCareer, take a screenshot of a job posting that interests them and submit it to be entered into a draw for a gift card) ;
- A Scout the NC Cat Art Contest;
- Daily online trivia from ncLibraries; and more.
Winners will receive their prizes (gift cards) directly by email.
“This is our small way to say thank you to our NC students, and to give them that little boost to continue to December and have a great semester,” said Walsh. “Thank you to all the amazing NC staff and faculty who donated prizes, planned activities and contests and have promoted to our students.”
With many prizes to be won, faculty and staff are encouraged to help spread the word among students.
A full list of activities and details will be posted to the NCSAC Events Calendar at www.yourncsac.ca/eventscalendar
