Great First Weekend!

This past weekend was a great start to the school year for CAFME!

At Sunday’s FallFest, we hope you were able to stop by our booth near Hooker Fields. Luckily, we had a great turnout despite the scary lightning and thunder. Carson, Nicole and Ana worked the first shift, while Sierra, Alyssa and I worked the second shift. We answered questions for any interested and curious students, and we passed out CAFME buttons (we hope you got one!) and flyers. Alyssa brought delicious homemade lemon cupcakes for us, and two people even stopped by to ask if they could have some! As usual, even if you’re working FallFest, you’re never bored: we were located right across from the dance clubs, so needless to say, we were kept entertained!

The J-school’s annual convocation was on Monday, and CAFME was also there to meet interested students. We again had a terrific turnout. We shared a table with the UNC-CH branch of Her Campus, an online college women’s magazine. Many other campus publications and media organizations were also there:
The Daily Tar Heel
Blue & White
Carolina Scientific
The Hill
The Well-Being
The Pursuit (formerly Virtuous Woman but is now targeted toward women and men)
Uncharted
Rival Magazine
Carolina PRSSA
The Carolina Association of Black Journalists

Overall, it was a successful weekend, and we hope you had a chance to talk to us at FallFest, convocation or both! Don’t forget that our first meeting is next Wednesday, August 31, from 8 to 9 p.m. We’ll be having a pizza party and magazine fair, so be sure to stop by!

Meet us at Fall Fest and the JSchool Convocation!

As the school year starts up, we’re back in action and so excited to meet all of you. Cafme will have tables at Fall Fest on August 21 and the journalism school’s convocation on August 22.

What is Cafme? We’re UNC’s only magazine club and the official campus chapter of Ed2010, an organization headed by magazine editors to help up-and-comers break into the industry. We’re devoted to networking — with both professionals, alumni and your fellow members. As a member of Cafme, you’ll learn not only about the industry in the Triangle area but about it in New York City and beyond from alumni themselves. And when we’re not hearing from speakers — editors in the industry — we’re all about getting you ready for that next internship through social media, resume and internship application workshops. So do you see yourself as the next magazine editor? We help each other get there together.
Want more information or to ask us questions one-on-one? We look forward to helping with them and getting to see you. So come visit us this weekend! You’ve got two chances:

Fall Fest: Fall Fest is UNC’s annual welcome back party, hosted by the Carolina Union, that will go from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. on the 21st on South Road. UNC clubs each have tables, and Cafme will be running its own throughout the event. P.S. You might want to stop by there earlier rather than later. Our Silly Bands weant fast last year, and who knows how fast this year’s freebies will go?

J-School Convocation: Each year, the journalism school welcomes back students by hosting its convocation, an event where students both in and out of the school will be able to meet faculty and get information about all things journalism at UNC. Student organizations will each have tables and Cafme will be among them in the Carroll Hall auditorium. So if you missed us at Fall Fest or just want to say hi, we’ll have information available from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the duration of the ceremony.

Neither date work? Feel free to email us your questions now at carolinamagazines@yahoo.com or leave a comment on this blog. We’ll get back to you ASAP! And mark your calendar: our first meeting is Wednesday, August 31 in Carroll 33!