PSE to host dance marathon
Kristin Kepplinger
Issue date: 9/29/09 Section: Campus
As Miami University celebrates its bicentennial homecoming, some students are hoping to build the foundation for a new campus tradition.
Pi Sigma Epsilon (PSE), a co-ed business fraternity, will present the Miami University Dance Marathon to benefit the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Saturday, Oct. 24.
From noon until midnight, dancers, volunteers and student organizations will hit the dance floor in the basement of Phillips Hall to raise money while dancing, listening to live music and playing games, according to the marathon's Web site.
Vice President of Social Responsibility for PSE Andy Sauer said he was inspired to revive the event at Miami after seeing the success of a similar event at Bowling Green State University.
"When I came to Miami, I wished there was an event that the whole campus was involved in," Sauer said. "The dance marathon at BG really took over the campus, so that's the goal for us."
Dance marathons have come and gone from campus since 1920, according to Sauer. He said he hopes that by making this year's event bigger, more successful, and above all, more fun, the Miami Dance Marathon will be here to stay.
Vice President of Internal Operations for the dance marathon Erin Haggerty expressed similar sentiments.
"We want to introduce it this year as a fun event that everyone wants to participate in," Haggerty said. "We want it to become a tradition."
Haggerty said future goals are inspired by Penn State University's dance marathon, which raised $7.49 million last year for the Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Children's Hospital.
"In five years, we hope to be raising millions," Haggerty said.
The planning committee is primarily reaching out to the Greek community to find dancers but, Sauer said the group wants every student to participate.
"We hope everyone on campus stops by at some point," Sauer said. "We don't want it to just be the business school or Greek life."
Pi Sigma Epsilon (PSE), a co-ed business fraternity, will present the Miami University Dance Marathon to benefit the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Saturday, Oct. 24.
From noon until midnight, dancers, volunteers and student organizations will hit the dance floor in the basement of Phillips Hall to raise money while dancing, listening to live music and playing games, according to the marathon's Web site.
Vice President of Social Responsibility for PSE Andy Sauer said he was inspired to revive the event at Miami after seeing the success of a similar event at Bowling Green State University.
"When I came to Miami, I wished there was an event that the whole campus was involved in," Sauer said. "The dance marathon at BG really took over the campus, so that's the goal for us."
Dance marathons have come and gone from campus since 1920, according to Sauer. He said he hopes that by making this year's event bigger, more successful, and above all, more fun, the Miami Dance Marathon will be here to stay.
Vice President of Internal Operations for the dance marathon Erin Haggerty expressed similar sentiments.
"We want to introduce it this year as a fun event that everyone wants to participate in," Haggerty said. "We want it to become a tradition."
Haggerty said future goals are inspired by Penn State University's dance marathon, which raised $7.49 million last year for the Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Children's Hospital.
"In five years, we hope to be raising millions," Haggerty said.
The planning committee is primarily reaching out to the Greek community to find dancers but, Sauer said the group wants every student to participate.
"We hope everyone on campus stops by at some point," Sauer said. "We don't want it to just be the business school or Greek life."
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