Student Recognition Dinner.

Saturday night was the first ever Alpine Campus Student Recognition Dinner put on but the student government (SGA) here in Steamboat. Myself and fellow blogger Bobbie Jo Thoman had the pleasure of being honored with an Award of Excellence, as well as I was inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. Even our Glenwood co-worker Dylan Derryberry was visiting this past weekend and attended with us.

The evening started at 6:30pm with a welcome from Dr. Peter Perhac, Vice-President and CEO of the Alpine Campus. That was followed by a delicious catered Dinner from Fireside Catering. After that was the Phi Theta Kappa induction ceremony, which Corey was kind enough to film for me. Each student was able to bring a guest, so I figured I'd hook a friend up with a free, delicious dinner. But anyway, the following is the footage from the induction ceremony.

Following that was the announcement of the new SGA members as well as the President and Vice President, so congratulations to Jorge and Katie for their win. Then was the Student Recognition Awards where Bobbie Jo and I got our certificates. In order to receive one of these awards, you have to be nominated by a faculty member, so I'd like to give a MASSIVE thank you to Mike Martin and Tim Widmer for nominating me. They were definitely my favorite teacher's here and I will for sure miss them next year in Utah.

Afterwards was the recognition of the student athletes, where our friend Vince gave a great toast to Terry, the ski team coach here at Alpine Campus. I had the pleasure of meeting and working with Terry when I volunteered at the ski races here in town, and also hearing my roommate talk about him, I couldn't agree more with Vince, so here is the video Corey took of his toast.

Lastly was the presentation of the SGAELA (sorry I have no clue what those letters stand for) Scholarship, which went to newly elected SGA President Jorge, so congratulations to him again.

So thank you to the Steamboat Community Center for hosting this, as well as to Fireside for catering. Thank you also to all the faculty who helped organize it and to Fred Hampel and Kate Barnett who are the Alpine Campus Phi Theta Kappa Advisors. It was a great evening and I feel very lucky to have received these honors. Peace.