NACA South Board of Excellence

Nine members of the UCAB Executive Board along with our three advisers just returned from an exciting four day trip to Chattanooga, Tennessee for the 2008 NACA (National Association for Campus Activities) South Conference. We were one of about 60 Programming Boards at the conference from states in the Southern region of the US.


Each day was packed with different activities that included Educational Sessions on how to improve our board and its programming, Showcases of talent ranging from music acts to comedians to break dancing groups, and networking opportunities to connect with other schools in our region. We saw so many quality performers and have some definite prospects for events next semester that include two slam poets and possible Fridays @ Five musicians.


Prior to Chattanooga, programming boards were able to submit applications for awards with the top award being the Board of Excellence (BOE). A small number of schools (William & Mary being one of them) were then chosen to make a presentation to judges at the conference. On the last night there, all of the attendees gathered for the closing banquet and awards ceremony. When the BOE award presenters began to talk about the winning school, mentioning a programming board of 150 members with new sustainability initiatives and an iconic squirrel mascot, we all could not contain our excitement. William & Mary's UCAB is NACA South's Board of Excellence for 2008, which is a huge honor! Also at the banquet, Katy Lang, our Director of the General Board, was given the 2008 Student Leader Award, and it couldn't be more deserved.


On Sunday, we made the 11 hour drive back to Williamsburg with a necessary dinner stop at Chipotle. We are all really excited to tell the rest of UCAB and William & Mary about the prestigious award.

-Tom Milteer