{"id":7395,"date":"2025-02-24T15:36:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T20:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/dragon-chronicle\/?p=7395"},"modified":"2025-02-24T15:36:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T20:36:33","slug":"suny-cortlands-sab-hosts-valentines-day-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/dragon-chronicle\/2025\/02\/24\/suny-cortlands-sab-hosts-valentines-day-event\/","title":{"rendered":"SUNY Cortland\u2019s SAB hosts Valentine\u2019s Day event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For all of the procrastinators out there who didn\u2019t get their special someone a gift ahead of time, SUNY Cortland\u2019s Student Activities Board hosted a DIY bouquet and cookie decorating event for students on Valentine\u2019s Day afternoon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SAB Valentine\u2019s Day Event<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

63 students attended this event in the Corey Union Exhibition Lounge, where they had the opportunity to create their own flower bouquets and arrange them in mason jars. Students also participated in a step-by-step tutorial led by drag queen, Plenty O\u2019Cookies, on frosting Valentine\u2019s Day-themed sugar cookies. The event offered a fun and inclusive way for all students, no matter their relationship status, to engage with the holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday\u2019s event was put on by Summer Roberts, SAB\u2019s programming chair, and promoted through SAB\u2019s Instagram page<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCelebrate Valentine\u2019s Day with SAB!\u201d said the SAB Instagram post. \u201cCreate your own bouquet of flowers, to either keep for yourself or give to that special someone. You\u2019ll also be decorating your own gourmet cookies!!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shannon O\u2019Sullivan, a junior psychology major with a minor in forensic psychology, is the hospitality chair of SUNY Cortland\u2019s SAB. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe thought it would be a really cute idea,\u201d said O\u2019Sullivan. \u201cA bouquet of flowers could be a nice gift to give and that\u2019s why we did it in the middle of the day. If you didn\u2019t have a gift for your partner yet, you could have frosted cookies and made a bouquet to give them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faith Stone, a senior adolescent English education major, attended SAB\u2019s Valentine\u2019s Day event. Stone expressed her excitement about giving the flowers to her boyfriend later that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTypically, I attend SAB events with my boyfriend, Kevin, because it is a fun way to stay on campus and do something outside of the dorms,\u201d said Stone. \u201cKevin could not attend today so I am very excited to be able to give him the bouquet I made here for Valentine\u2019s Day.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SAB events are open to all SUNY Cortland students, whether they live on or off campus, as SAB is funded by the activity fee included in students\u2019 tuition, O\u2019Sullivan said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every SAB event is completely free for all students, except for the Spring Fling concert, which is the big event of the year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s Spring Fling concert will be taking place on Saturday, May 3. Students can look forward to finding out which big-name artist will be taking the stage this year in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plenty O\u2019Cookies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

While at the Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities (APCA) regional conference this year, SAB booked Plenty O\u2019Cookies for the cookie decorating part of this event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plenty O\u2019Cookies, also known as Plenty O\u2019Smiles, is from Columbus, Ohio. O\u2019Cookies shipped the homemade sugar cookies and icing kits and travelled to SUNY Cortland for this event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

O\u2019Cookies is currently on a week-long, multi-state tour of cookie decorating gigs around the northeast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had been teaching small [cookie decorating] workshops in Columbus at people\u2019s homes,\u201d said O\u2019Cookies. \u201cThen my friend introduced me to an agent who got me involved in workshops on college campuses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O\u2019Cookies has had her cookie business for almost 13 years and was recently voted number six in \u201cThe Top 10 Columbus Desserts of 2024\u201d<\/a> article written by the Columbus Underground <\/em>organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O\u2019Cookies can be found on Instagram<\/a> and Facebook<\/a> @plentyocookies as well as on the website: https:\/\/www.plentyocookies.com\/<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Future SAB Events\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A list of upcoming SAB events is provided below. All listed events will take place on the first-floor lounge in Corey Union:<\/p>\n\n\n\n