By AMANDA CLARKE
Staff Writer
Student Organization and Activities office coordinator Ekpeju “Ed” E-Nunu received the Campus Event Planner of the Year award. It was given by Power Performers for providing various acts and different entertainers on campus.
E-Nunu was nominated for Campus Event Planner of the Year following the Ghost Hunter event held on Oct. 28. “It was a privilege to be nominated,” E-Nunu said after receiving his nomination notice via email mid-February.
E-Nunu said over 1700 schools were involved in the nomination.
Power Performers is a company that has been “helping campus activities and student activities programmers make the right choice in campus programming” for 27 years, according to their website.
Power Performers offers programs featuring comedians like James Dorsey, speakers such as Robert Channing and Tim Decker, MTV cast members, as well as Ghost Hunters such as Jeff Davis and Ross Allison. Power Performers has been featured on PBS, NBC, ABC and the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
E-Nunu has worked at Western for a year and a half and is a major part of programming. “I do traditional events like Homecoming, Family Weekend, WOU Mania and
Dead Week programming,” E-Nunu said.
“It’s been a blast. I love my job.”
E-Nunu mentioned his thanks to his programming assistant Kelsey Shults. Shults, a senior exercise science major, has worked at the Werner University Center information desk since 2013.
“Ed invests a lot of his time and effort into everything he does, and it shows,” Shults said. “He is an excellent supervisor and role model.” Under E-Nunu’s
guidance, Shults has helped plan Western’s Premiere Night, Holiday Tree Lighting, Cookie Bake-off, Family Weekend, and Ghost Hunter.
“She was one of the individuals responsible for the event that likely led to this nomination and award,” E-Nunu said.
E-Nunu added that students looking for “ways to have fun outside the classroom” can stop by the floor. His office is located on the second story of the WUC, behind the information desk, in the Student Leadership and Activities office area.
