By AMANDA CLARKE
\nStaff Writer<\/p>\n
Student Organization and Activities office coordinator Ekpeju \u201cEd\u201d 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.<\/p>\n
E-Nunu was nominated for Campus Event Planner of the Year following the Ghost Hunter event held on Oct. 28. \u201cIt was a privilege to be nominated,\u201d E-Nunu said after receiving his nomination notice via email mid-February.<\/p>\n
E-Nunu said over 1700 schools were involved in the nomination.<\/p>\n
Power Performers is a company that has been \u201chelping campus activities and student activities programmers make the right choice in campus programming\u201d for 27 years, according to their website.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
E-Nunu has worked at Western for a year and a half and is a major part of programming. \u201cI do traditional events like Homecoming, Family Weekend, WOU Mania and
\nDead Week programming,\u201d E-Nunu said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a blast. I love my job.\u201d<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
\u201cEd invests a lot of his time and effort into everything he does, and it shows,\u201d Shults said. \u201cHe is an excellent supervisor and role model.\u201d Under E-Nunu\u2019s
\nguidance, Shults has helped plan Western\u2019s Premiere Night, Holiday Tree Lighting, Cookie Bake-off, Family Weekend, and Ghost Hunter.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was one of the individuals responsible for the event that likely led to this nomination and award,\u201d E-Nunu said.<\/p>\n
E-Nunu added that students looking for \u201cways to have fun outside the classroom\u201d 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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