The Student Government Association’s (SGA) Sophomore Class Council hosted a Vendor Show on Friday, April 12 in the Barefoot Student Union Building (SUB) hallway from 12-3 p.m.
This Vendor Show allowed students from all walks of life and different parts of campus to come together and sell the various products that they had made. This event idea came from an SGA summit hosted by Bethel University last year. This was an opportunity for schools to come together and share different ideas for events to help make campus life the best it can be. At the Union Vendor show — whether they crocheted octopi, made bracelets or baked some sweat treats — it was up to the students. The students selling got to choose how much they sold their products for and what they wanted to sell. Sophomore Class Council provided them with an outlet to do so.
“I think it is very important for students to showcase their talent and encourage entrepreneurship and the vendor show is the perfect blend of that,” Abby Dawson, SGA’s Sophomore Class President, said.
She made time in her day to check with all the vendors to see if they needed anything and to thank them for their participation in this event.
“I thought it was really fun to see all these students coming together to sell products and to see all the different talents,” Kaylee Hicker, junior management major, said.
Hicker was at the vendor show selling lattes, cookies and focaccia bread.
Some students sold things that at first glance may have been completely different than what they are majoring in. Other students took advantage of the skills they are learning and incorporated them into what and how they were selling things.
“Participating in the vendor allowed me to blend my hobbies with my future career path. I was able to apply my skills of marketing and advertising in selling the products I made,” Hicker said.
The vendors agreed that finding ways to apply all the things they have learned was amazing, and this event allowed those paths to intertwine. Students were able to share their hobbies with others while profiting from the hard work they put into their products. SGA as an organization was glad to have been able to help students and hopes to continue hosting this event and allowing students to showcase their talents for years to come.
“Seeing how excited all the vendors were and the campus participation really got me excited for the potential of the vendor show becoming an annual event,” Dawson said.
