Name: Ke’Asia Lance
Year: Sophomore
Major: Business
Minor: Health Care Management Minor
Hometown: Georgetown, SC
What are you involved with on campus?
When I came to Winthrop, I wanted to take advantage of all of the opportunities given to me. So, since my freshman year I have been involved in a number of things! First off, I’m involved in the Council of Student Leaders, which is a student government here at Winthrop. I’m also involved in Student Allocations Committee, which is the committee that funds different organizations around campus. On top of that, I was the vice chair of the homecoming committee which was really fun being behind the scenes of the homecoming festivities! Finally, I’m involved in Alpha Kappa Psi, which is the professional business fraternity on campus that helps prepare you for interviews and skills you need after you graduate.
Why do you think it’s important to get involved?
I think it’s important to branch out and meet new people and when you get involved you get to meet people of different races and backgrounds and that connects everybody to each other. It helps bond each other. I also feel like Winthrop is a melting pot so different organizations that you would think are all white or all black are actually mixed.
Not only are there so many types of people at Winthrop, but there are also there so many different organizations at Winthrop. Anyone and everyone can find their own place or fit and I love Winthrop because you can be yourself!
What positions do you have in the organizations?
I’m actually the vice president for the 2016-2017 year for Alpha Kappa Psi fraternity which I’m very excited about!
How did you get the position as vice president?
We had to run for a platform, so I had a platform and got the majority of the votes!
What do you have planned for the next year?
We have a lot of things planned! We have a huge a business conference day, a leadership mixer planned which is we meet with other organizations. It’s basically so we can motivate each other and network with each other and get to know each other!
What are your responsibilities in each organization?
For the fraternity, it’s things like planning events, recruiting people, and it will be aiding the president which will be Marque Cocklin—he’s a junior this year. Also getting people aware of the organization is another big responsibility of mine!
For my responsibilities for CSL my job is to get the student voices out there. CSL is a group of only 20 student leaders but we meet with the board of trustees, and we have a close relationship with Mr. Mahoney, and not all the students at Winthrop can have that opportunity to be close with him. So we’re known to be a bridge to connect the two.
How much time do you spend with each organization?
I try to delegate my time in different things; of course I do spend a lot of time with my business fraternity especially now because I have a higher position. But I spend about 3 to 4 hours with CSL because within it I’m in different committees.
How did you choose each organization?
I was very involved in high school so it carried through to college. I was involved in student council in high school, so I joined student government in college. I wanted to do something in my major so I joined the business fraternity. For allocations I joined because I plan to be an administrator and I wanted to get a feel for how that is!
What are your summer plans?
Well I just got an apartment! So since I’ll be in Rock Hill this summer, I plan to come for orientation, and freshman move in day to get acquainted with the new freshman and letting them know about different organizations I’m apart of.
What do you do for fun?
I do work a lot making money at the restaurant Highway 55, and on top of all the things I do within my organizations I work about 20-25 hours a week on work. But hanging out with my friends, chilling, keeping to myself and blasting music with my roomies!