The Student Alumni Association will begin membership renewal for the 2010-2011 school year in May, giving students another chance to participate in one of the campus's largest organizations or to renew the membership they already have.
Mallory Mims, accounting major and SAA membership chair, said SAA is working on establishing more efficient ways of bringing students in contact with alumni and preparing senior students to make the leap from student to alumni.
Because SAA is trying to make this leap, Samantha Boyd, sophomore in communication and SAA vice-chairman of membership, said they have made the process simple so that any student can sign up.
"You can walk right in (the SAA building), ask for an application and get it done right then and there," Boyd said.
Membership costs $20 for a year and can be paid via check, cash or credit card. But for those who might not have money on them at the moment, Boyd said it's even easier to sign up and use via E-bill.
"That way you pay for it when you pay for your tuition," Boyd said.
Erin St. John, a pre-graphic design major and SAA Vice President of Membership, said the membership fee helps pay for many SAA benefits.
"The $20 goes toward your membership T-shirt, your free item and your membership discount card immediately," St. John said.
Boyd said the discount card is especially useful because it's full of "random little perks" for being a member.
Along with a discount card, St. John said members get free entrance to the Alumni Hospitality Tent before every home game, free meals at SAA's all-you-can-eat Shrimp Boil in the fall and Pig Out in the spring and get into all the athletic events they host for free.
For those who need to renew their membership, St. John said it's important to renew as soon as possible.
"The discounts will start in May, so go ahead and use them," St. John said.
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