2008 Woodie Awards
Auction benefits charity, singles
Whitney Gardner
Issue date: 11/1/07 Section: News
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The university honors Program will hold its annual date auction Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. in the Guerry Center, according to students organizing this year's event.
The date auction is the honor program's biggest charity event according to Katherine Coffman, university honor council president and a senior from Chattanooga.
According to Gregory O'Dea, director of the university honors program, this year Widow's Harvest will receive all of the money raised at the auction and donated by students.
Coffman said, last year the honors program raised money for the Chattanooga Family, Housing, and Learning Center.
Subcommittees are responsible for getting food donated, soliciting businesses to donate for the dates and decorating the reading room, where the event is held, Coffman said.
O'Dea said in the last several years, the date auction has raised $2,400 to $4,000.
"About 200 students usually attend the event," he said.
Both Coffman and O'Dea stressed that the event is open to everyone on campus and encourage all students to attend.
Coffman said many students do not know anything about the honors program or have not heard about the date auction.
"That has hurt it as far as becoming bigger," Coffman said.
"Every year we pick a theme to get everyone excited and involved," she said.
This year the theme is "Heroes vs. Villains - Meet Your Match."
In the past other themes have been, "Pirates - You Buy the Booty" and "Gold Rush - Going West, Going Twice, Sold."
According to Coffman, this is why decorating for the event is so important.
"We try to keep cost down, but at the same time, making it look good is important," she said.
About 15 students auctioned themselves off last year she said.
The dates paired with students included bowling, eating dinner, movie tickets and other activities. It is not just students that auction themselves off, however, Coffman said.
Professors have also auctioned themselves off, with the prize being dinner at their home. According to Coffman, the cheapest dates are freshman, who sell for around $40 to $80. The most expensive are upperclassmen and professors who sell for around $200 to $300 she said.
The date auction is the honor program's biggest charity event according to Katherine Coffman, university honor council president and a senior from Chattanooga.
According to Gregory O'Dea, director of the university honors program, this year Widow's Harvest will receive all of the money raised at the auction and donated by students.
Coffman said, last year the honors program raised money for the Chattanooga Family, Housing, and Learning Center.
Subcommittees are responsible for getting food donated, soliciting businesses to donate for the dates and decorating the reading room, where the event is held, Coffman said.
O'Dea said in the last several years, the date auction has raised $2,400 to $4,000.
"About 200 students usually attend the event," he said.
Both Coffman and O'Dea stressed that the event is open to everyone on campus and encourage all students to attend.
Coffman said many students do not know anything about the honors program or have not heard about the date auction.
"That has hurt it as far as becoming bigger," Coffman said.
"Every year we pick a theme to get everyone excited and involved," she said.
This year the theme is "Heroes vs. Villains - Meet Your Match."
In the past other themes have been, "Pirates - You Buy the Booty" and "Gold Rush - Going West, Going Twice, Sold."
According to Coffman, this is why decorating for the event is so important.
"We try to keep cost down, but at the same time, making it look good is important," she said.
About 15 students auctioned themselves off last year she said.
The dates paired with students included bowling, eating dinner, movie tickets and other activities. It is not just students that auction themselves off, however, Coffman said.
Professors have also auctioned themselves off, with the prize being dinner at their home. According to Coffman, the cheapest dates are freshman, who sell for around $40 to $80. The most expensive are upperclassmen and professors who sell for around $200 to $300 she said.
