My name is Rachel Everett, and I’m a senior Cinema and Media Studies major from Oakland, California. My position with the Student Activities Programming Board is the SUMO PA, or Student Union Movie Organization Program Assistant, but naturally that has to be shortened. I’m in the middle of my third year in the position now, and working here has been one of my best decisions since coming to Carleton.
I became interested in the position after my friend and I went to almost every SUMO movie winter term of my first year. As a CAMS major, I always want movies to be a bigger part of my life, so I was thrilled to learn that picking the movies was a student position! The job is much more than that though, and it’s been a pleasure to learn all the intricacies of working with SUMO, and the whole Student Activities Programming Board.
The biggest challenge for me has been thinking through how to make SUMO more participatory, so that the student body has a larger say in the movies shown. Overall the position has helped me realize how much I enjoy working with a team, and organizing events. It’s been so rewarding to work with such a passionate group of people. After I graduate I hope I can work with similarly passionate people to put together and distribute meaningful videos and films. I’ll always miss Popcorn Fridays though!
