2008 Woodie Awards
Holt Hotties Fundraising Calendar
A whole new look at the Hamilton Holt Student Body.
Mary-Allen Singer
Issue date: 4/1/05 Section: Holt News
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In January 2005, the Alfond Sports Center was opened up to Holt Students free of charge, and it's a good thing too. With the recent increase of tuition, the HHSGA has been in a scramble trying to figure out ways to increase the HHSGA scholarship fund. The solution: a Holt Hotties Calendar.
"People thought it was another one of my crazy ideas to raise money, like the elephant rides around campus or the Professor's Dunking Machine on Mills Lawn," says HHSGA Vice President Mary-Allen Singer. "At first, I just laughed at the whole concept," says HHSGA President Matt Drury. "But then I got to thinking, this IS a liberal arts College. Who better to celebrate the human body as art.... in the buff.... naked... than those we sit next to in class? What's the harm if we raise some money for our fellow Holt students?"
When revealed in this light, few have been able to disagree with this sort of artistic and philanthropic logic. It's a good point, too; the Hamilton Holt student body is as diverse as they come.
The academic monthly calendar, scheduled for release in Fall '05, will include twelve feature photos of students studying in nature or the library, as well as professors posed with books they've written.
However, the Holt Hotties calendar will not be limited to the portrayal of scholarship. It will also have unique features, like printed reminders to check your Rollins e-mail and registration dates. There is even a special section on how to remember your R-card number, Blackboard account name and password and the Fox-Link 'How to' that is sure to be a hit. "If we can help to make our students' lives easier, while raising funds and celebrating scholarship, then we are that much closer to completing our mission of supporting the Holt student," comments Matt Sayti, academic advisor.
As for its projected success? Singer says, "I'd love to see this thing take off! My personal goal is to have this calendar be such a hit that we make a weekly or even daily calendar! We're even talking about having a Holt Hotties Alumnus edition. Helping and relating to Holt students is what it's all about and, if it takes that Holt Hottie from my INT 200 class to make that happen, then I'm all for it."
"People thought it was another one of my crazy ideas to raise money, like the elephant rides around campus or the Professor's Dunking Machine on Mills Lawn," says HHSGA Vice President Mary-Allen Singer. "At first, I just laughed at the whole concept," says HHSGA President Matt Drury. "But then I got to thinking, this IS a liberal arts College. Who better to celebrate the human body as art.... in the buff.... naked... than those we sit next to in class? What's the harm if we raise some money for our fellow Holt students?"
When revealed in this light, few have been able to disagree with this sort of artistic and philanthropic logic. It's a good point, too; the Hamilton Holt student body is as diverse as they come.
The academic monthly calendar, scheduled for release in Fall '05, will include twelve feature photos of students studying in nature or the library, as well as professors posed with books they've written.
However, the Holt Hotties calendar will not be limited to the portrayal of scholarship. It will also have unique features, like printed reminders to check your Rollins e-mail and registration dates. There is even a special section on how to remember your R-card number, Blackboard account name and password and the Fox-Link 'How to' that is sure to be a hit. "If we can help to make our students' lives easier, while raising funds and celebrating scholarship, then we are that much closer to completing our mission of supporting the Holt student," comments Matt Sayti, academic advisor.
As for its projected success? Singer says, "I'd love to see this thing take off! My personal goal is to have this calendar be such a hit that we make a weekly or even daily calendar! We're even talking about having a Holt Hotties Alumnus edition. Helping and relating to Holt students is what it's all about and, if it takes that Holt Hottie from my INT 200 class to make that happen, then I'm all for it."