Mu Sigma Pi Brings Sweet Sweet Music

Mu Sigma Pi is a student organization that encompasses all of the choral groups on campus including Men’s Glee, Avila Singers, The University Singers, and the Women’s Ensemble. Meika Mnwomah is the current president with Erika Imtfen as vice president; they are surrounded by a large board of other choir members.  “WE SING!” said Mnwomah, as well as perform at many of the campus activities such as The Steer Dinner held each year to raise money for the University. At the University Kick off Mass on Thursday morning they acted as the choir and even featured several soloists throughout the mass. This year they are proud to announce that they are performing Handle’s Messiah at their winter concert, which will be held later this year.

Mu Sigma Pi also teams up with the theatre department for many of its theatrical performances. Theatre and choir have always gone hand in hand; at the performing arts department at Avila is no exception.  This April the theatre department will be producing the very entertaining musical “The Producers” which members of both the choral and acting departments will be performing in. Vice President Imtfen said she is “most looking forward to the Messiah and the Steer Dinner,” as those are some of their larger events for the upcoming school year.

Kickin' Off the Year Right

Alongside the fountains on the beautiful Avila
      University campus, students met to eat and enjoy a
      day of relaxing and mingling at the 2012 AU
      Campus Kickoff.

Sophomore Kori Weatherspoon met with freshmen Abbey Rice and Jennifer Quezada to enjoy food and fun between classes at this year’s AU Campus Kickoff on Thursday August 30th 2012.  Students enjoyed a free picnic on the lawn of the Quad with music and lots of activities including, balloon artists and free massages. The weather was perfect as students walked from table to table learning about the different organizations on campus and ways in which they could get involved. Freshman Abbey Rice stated, “I’m really looking forward to making new lifelong friends and becoming a better person through my experiences here at Avila!”

                The kickoff was one of the first opportunities for some to get out and meet their classmates outside of the classroom setting. Student organizations also took this as an opportunity to attract new students by handing out flyers and candy and allowing students who were interested to have more information about their organization. Freshman Jennifer Quezada said that she was “looking for a fun college experience, and a chance to make a difference this year,” after seeing all the different ways in which she could become more involved on campus.