Union Activities Board

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About the Union Activities Board (UAB)

According to the UAB Constitution, The Union Activities Board develops and carries out social and cultural programs for the benefit of the members, utilizing, but not confined to, the University Student Center facilities.

The Union Activities Board is part of the Department of Campus Activities.

Structure

The Union Activities Board is broken down into three parts: Executive Board, Committee Chairs and Program Committees.

The Executive Board is comprised of the President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary.

The Programming Committee Chairs are those who oversee a specific area. They are the chairs of: The Black Students Board, The International Activities Council, UAB Diversity Committee, Leisure & Entertainment Committee, Issues & Ideas Committee, UAB Films Committee. Additionally there is a Technical Chair, Publicity Chair and UAB Webmaster.

The Program Committees are made up of any student interested in assisting in the planning of any UAB events. To join you can contact anyone of the committee chairs.

The UAB president is elected by the student body in the Spring semester during the student body elections process. That person then selects their board for the following year. Those appointments are then approved by the Student Centers Board of Directors.

Funding

The Union Activities Board receives a majority of its funding via student fees. It also receives funding from ticket sales from the Campus Cinema, co-sponsorships and from event fees. Event fees include those charged to attendees and fees charged to corporate tours that seek to come on campus. These event fees are reinvested into programs.

Constitution

The Union Activities Board is governed by the Constitution that is shared with the Student Centers Board of Directors. Constitution Link

Location

UAB currently has two offices. One is at 1200 Talley Student Center on the first floor. Here you can find the primary offices for the committee chairs as well as the Assistant Director for Campus Activities. The Second is at 100 Witherspoon Student Center where you can find the Campus Cinema and offices for the committee chairs. You will also find the Associate Director for Campus Activities here.

Witherspoon Student Center and Talley Student Center are located on Central Campus. Central Campus Map. Witherspoon is on the corner of Dan Allen Dr. and Cates Ave. Talley is on the corner of Cates Ave. and Morrill Dr.

Behind the Scenes

Sustainability Initiative
Leadership Development
Assessment
UAB Students
- President
- Vice President
- Treasurer
- Secretary
- Black Students Board Chair
- Diversity Chair
- Films Chair
- International Activities Council Chair
- Issues and Ideas Chair
- Leisure and Entertainment Chair
- Publicity Chair
- Technical Chair
- Webmaster
- See Committee Descriptions below for more about the Committees
Staff
- Associate Director of Campus Activities
- Assistant Director of Campus Activities
- Program Assistant
- Program Assistant
- Graduate Assistant
- Graduate Assistant
Affiliations
- Association of College Unions International Members
- Student Centers Board of Directors Members

Committees

See above for the list of Students and Staff

Executive Board

The Executive Board is comprised of the President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer and help to set the direction of UAB for the year.

Black Students Board

The Black Students Board is a programming committee of the Union Activites Board and serves the African American students on campus as an umbrella organization within the Union Activities Board. The Board exists to bring unity and excitement among the students, and to provide a social outlet, by creating political, spiritual, and cultural programs and activities. Black Students Board Website

Diversity Committee

The Diversity Committee recognizes that our student community is comprised of thousands of people from just as many backgrounds. We work to help students become more aware and appreciate other backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives , and from this recognize and appreciate their own similarities and differences. Diversity Committee Website

Films Committee

The Films Committee selects and promotes the films shown in Witherspoon Student Cinema. Box office blockbusters are shown alongside independent and foreign films almost every weekend to give students a great cinematic experience at a minimal cost. Free sneak previews, special film events, and outdoor films also take place throughout the year. The committee also organizes the annual Pinwheel Film Festival, a program highlighting student and independent filmmakers. Films Committee Website

International Activities Council

The mission of the International Activities Council (IAC) is to promote, produce, facilitate, and educate in conducting cultural events that help to impart knowledge about the cultural diversity that international students bring to North Carolina State University and the local community. The IAC also strives to open the eyes and minds of the student body by promoting awareness through events such as international week and our Cultural Show. IAC Website

Issues & Ideas Committee

The Issues and Ideas committee's purpose is to provide students with information about current issues and a forum in which to discuss them. We work to both address topics in which students have an interest, and to inform them of important issues that affect them of which they may not even be aware. This can include local, national, or international political dilemmas as well as controversial ideas in academic disciplines. I&I Committee Website

Leisure & Entertainment Committee

Leisure and Entertainment provides various forms of entertainment for the student body. We like to have fun! We help students get the full experience of college life, and our goal is to have every student intrigued and involved in the activities we plan. Creatively planning new events, and carrying on old traditions. Our main goal is to enjoy what we do and to see to that others enjoy it too. L&E Committee Website

Publicity

The Publicity Chair and their committee work to market the Union Activities Board and its events. Publicity Committee Website

Webmaster

The Webmaster creates and maintains the Union Activities Board's web presence

Technical

The Technical Chair works to make sure that the technical needs (sounds, lights, etc) are met at UAB Events.

Events

Signature Events

All Night Bash
Cultural Show
Friday Fest

Friday Fest has evolved to become one of the signature capstone events to Wolfpack Welcome Week.

2007 Friday Fest Pictures

IAC Soccer Tournament
Minority Career Fair

The Minority Career Fair (MCF) is a staple of the UAB calendar.

Pan-Afrikan Festival

Pinwheel Film Festival

The Pinwheel Film Festival has become an annual celebration of local and independent short film at NC State University's Campus Cinema.

Red and White Ball
Taste of NC State

2007-2008 UAB Events

in 2007-2008 the Union Activities Board held 171 events with an estimated 49,363 students attending during the summer, fall and spring semesters. We successfully collaborated with over 30 student organizations, 30 departments and 20 off campus businesses on these programs.

Highlights of the year include:

A new and improved Friday Fest with headliner Cartel during Wolfpack Welcome Week with an attendance of over 5,000
The purchase and installation of a new 35mm projector for the campus cinema with financial contributions from six different sources (including $10,000 grant from Parent’s Fund)
This year’s Pan-Afrikan Festival introduced a student design contest to create the graphics for the festival.

Summer 07 Events

Summer Movies

Description: All films were free and shown in DVD format. Movies included: Bourne Supremacy, Pan’s Labyrinth, Déjà Vu, Pulp Fiction, Stranger Than Fiction, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, The Incredibles, Shaun of the Dead, and Norbit.

Summer Picnics I and II Dates: June 7 and July 26

Wolfpack Welcome Week Events

Screen on the Green - Blades of Glory Date: 8/18/2007
Kmart Run Date: 8/19/2007
Cates Crawl Date: 8/20/2007
Back to School Jam Date: 8/23/2007
Friday Fest Date: 8/24/2007

Fall Events

Victoria Secret on the Brickyard Date: 8/27/2007
Shoot Em’ Up Promotion / Laser Tag Date: 8/29/2007
Popular Science on the Brickyard Date: 9/10-11/2007
Homosexuality and the Christian Church Date: 9/20/2007
Clinique on Campus Date: 9/20/2007
Pirates of the Caribbean 3 Promotion Date: 9/20/2007
Shack-a-thon Date: 9/23-28/2007
Byron Hurt Date: 9/24/2007
Battle of the Sexes Date: 9/25/2007
Comedy Bonanza! Date: 9/28/2007
Roots of Creation Concert Date: 10/04/2007
Everyone Welcome Here Date: 10/15-19/2007
Transform NC State Promotion Date: 10/16/2007
Minority Career Fair Date: 10/17-18/2007
Women's Center for Take Back the Night Date: 10/24/2007
Super All Night Bash Date: 10/26/2007
Student Diversity Advisory Committee for Diversity Field Day Date: 10/27/2007
Around the World in Two Hours Cultural Show Date: 11/09/2007
Speaker: Reverend Billy “What Would Jesus Buy?” Date: 11/28/2007
Embers Christmas Show Date: 12/12-13/2007
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Date: 1/16/2008
Play: The Meeting Date: 1/18/2008
Parents and Family Services Spring Fling Date: 1/19/2008
Super Bowl Party Date: 2/5/2008
Mardi Gras on the Brickyard Date: 2/5/2008
Pack-a-Thon Date: 2/9/2008
Hoops for Hope Date: 2/10/2008
American Eagle – Aerie Promotion Date: 2/12/2008 & 2/13/2008
Chinese New Years Celebration – Chinese ClubDate: 2/15/2008
Red and White Charity Ball Date: 2/15/2008
Journey to a Hate Free Millennium Date: 2/21/2008
Expressions Date: 2/21/2008
Second City Comedy Tour Date: 2/27/2008
MSA Night, Muslims in the US – Muslim Student Association (MSA) Date: 3/9/2008
Caribbean Week – Caribbean Student Association (CSA) Date: 3/10-16/2008
Somos Mi Famila - Mi Familia Date: 3/14/2008
Virsa Punjab Da - Sikh Student Association (SSA) Date: 3/22/2008
HOLI – Maitri (Indian Graduate Student Association)Date: 3/22/2008
Africa Night 2008 - African Student Union Date: 3/30/2008
Pan-Afrikan Festival Date: 3/29/2008 – 4/6/2008
IAC Soccer Tournament Date: 4/5/2008
Taste of NC State Date: 4/11/2008
Arabian Night - Middle Eastern and North African Student Association (MENASA) Date: 4/12/2008
Rockstar Energy Drink Get A Life Tour Date: 4/18/2008
2007-2008 Films Committee Movies and Attendance Figures:

Blades of Glory: 1200 300: 730 Hot Fuzz: 494 Spiderman 3: 225 Disturbia: 434 Knocked Up: 695 Shrek 3: 157 Beyond the Shadow of the Moon: 50 The Kingdom Sneak Preview: 300 What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire (Cosponsored with Energy Management, Recycling, Student Government, Scholars and First Year College): 40 Pirates of the Caribbean 3: 387 The Namesake: 222 (promoted with EKTA) Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes: 400 Oceans 13: 244 Waitress: 207 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer: 178 Mr. Brooks: 202 Heartbreak Kid (Sneak Preview): 330 The Land (cosponsored with Film Studies and Middle Eastern Studies): 50 Transformers: 917 Wristcutters (Sneak Preview): 105 Ticket to Jerusalem (cosponsored with Film Studies and Middle Eastern Studies): 158 Dan in Real Life (Sneak Preview): 463 Sicko (cosponsored with Campus Democrats): 245 Live Free or Die Hard: 219 1408 Scream on the Green: 71 Bee Movie (Sneak Preview): 463 Ratatouille: 390 Once: 195 Latin American Film Festival (LAFF) The Day You’ll Love Me: 43, LAFF Mirror Dance: 43, LAFF Gaiteando (Gaita Music from Venezuela): 45 LAFF The Faces of the Moon: 65 Middle East Film Festival (MEFF): The Sleeping Child: 106 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: 425 The Bourne Ultimatum: 449 MEFF Offside (cosponsored with Films Studies, International Activities Council, Diversity Committee and Films Committee): 186 Rescue Dawn: 186 Hairspray: 517 Invisible Children (cosponsored with CSLEPS and Scholars): 168 SUPERBAD: 1705 Kite Runner (Sneak Preview): 215 The Simpson’s Movie: 351 Bad Santa (Stressbusters): 60 3:10 to Yuma: 747 Across the Universe: 711 Boondocks Evening with African American Studies:136 Gone Baby Gone: 155 30 Days of Night: 237 Dan in Real Life: 387 The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters: 95 Crossing Arizona w/ CSLEPS: 173 The Ten: 13 The Godfather: 254 Heartbreak Kid: 105 Goodfellas: 83 Into the Wild: 712 Life After Katrina (Cosponsored with CSLEPS): 32 Charlie Bartle (Sneak Preview): 304 Scarface: 129 Enchanted: 475 American Gangster: 434 Eastern Promises: 179 UNC / NC STATE Game Watch: 25 Lunafest (co-sponsored with Women’s Center): 50 The Bachelor Party 2 (Sneak Preview): 21 The Passenger (co-sponsored with Film Studies): 126 No Country for Old Men: 691 I Am Legend :389 War Dance (With African American Studies): 36 Ariel (co-sponsored with Film Studies): 132 Cuba: The Accidental Revolution (With African American Studies): 20 Paris Texas (co-sponsored with Film Studies): 147 Sweeney Todd: 588 Quilombo (With African American Studies): 15 The Weeping Meadow (co-sponsored with Film Studies): 87 ‘21’ (Sneak Preview): 463 National Treasure: Book of Secrets : 337 The Diving Bell & The Butterfly: 98 Sometimes in April (With African American Studies) : 38 Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Sneak Preview): 263 Pinwheel Film Festival: 120 Charlie Wilson’s War: 155 Juno (rescheduled date): 639 Forbidden Kingdom (Sneak Preview): 463 Rambo: 192 Atonement: 146 Kilowatt Hours (Part of Earth Week): 20 Everything’s Cool (Part of Earth Week): 37 End of Suburbia (Part of Earth Week): 25 27 Dresses: 286 Cloverfield: 230 Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (Stressbusters): 93 Total Attendance for Year: 27,108

2008-2009 UAB Events

Summer 08 Events

Summer Movies

Description: All films were free. Movies included:

Summer Picnics I and II Dates: June 17 and July 15