NAfME Collegiate Corner
I am the 2016-2017 President of the NAfME Collegiate Board for Michigan, and I’m proud to announce that for the 2016-2017 year we have four college student representatives for NAfME Collegiate— twice as many as last year. The decision to “upgrade” began nearly a year ago, when I met with our NAfME Col- legiate faculty advisor, Dr. Colleen Conway of the University of Michigan, and our senior col- legiate representative, Angela Schmitt of Grand Valley State University. We realized that our plans for the upcoming year — which involved putting on three sessions and a reception at the Michigan Music Conference, hosting a colle- giate conference in the spring, maintaining our Facebook page, and recruiting as many students as possible — was not really a two-person job. So, on Friday evening, January 22, 2016 in the JW Marriott ballroom, following a well-attend- ed collegiate reception (70+ students!), over a dozen music education students representing several colleges in Michigan ran for the new po- sitions that we had created, and were elected in person by their peers.
For 2016-2017 the Colle- giate Representative Board has four positions. Eliana Barwinski, of the Universi- ty of Michigan, will be the new President-Elect, which is a two-year position that becomes President in the second year.
Elliot Polot, NAfME Collegiate MI President Eliana Barwinski, NAfME Collegiate MI President-Elect
Kaitlin Shanks, of Central Michigan University, will be the Social Media Chair, a
one-year facilitates position the
Elliot Polot
Lastly, Brett Goodman, also of Central Michigan Univer- sity, will be the Membership Chair, a one-year position that handles recruitment and other membership-related tasks.
Brett Goodman, NAfME Collegiate MI Membership Chair
Our three sessions at the 2016 MMC were well- received and catered directly to the collegiate audience, exploring issues like effective teach- ing in the music classroom, getting the most out of the Music Education degree and surviving first-year teaching.
In March 2016, we held a Colle- giate Confer- ence at Grand Valley
University, Hope College Brazilian Drumming Ensemble
which featured live performances, presenta- tions, and discussions with K-12 and university music educators. On March 9, 2016 we were proud to have four collegiate students present at Music Education Advocacy Day, where we spoke and developed relationships with state legislators in Lansing. Two students from West- ern Michigan University attended the NAfME National Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C. this past June.
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NAfME Collegiate Face- book page and other social media experiments that we choose to implement.
Kaitlin Shanks, NAfME Collegiate MI Social Media Chair
This year, we plan to hold three more sessions and another collegiate reception at MMC, an overnight Collegiate Conference on the Uni- versity of Michigan campus in the second se- mester, and more. I’m indebted to Dr. Conway and Angela Schmitt for their incredible initia- tive over the past year. Without them, none of our plans would have been possible. With Dr. Conway still on our side, and three brand-new, enthusiastic NAfME collegiate board members, you should plan on seeing us more and more.
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