This past Wednesday, the yearbook club held its first meeting in almost 18 years.
Students are currently working together to revive the club and bring back the Slippery Rock University yearbook in a different way.
Cheyenne Lohr, Mackenzie Karnes and Savannah Briggs are three of the students who are helping bring back the club. The students spoke about what that experience has been like.
“We’re just trying to bring it back in a way that’s modernized and creative,” Lohr, a sophomore communication major, said.
The students plan to produce their first issue of the yearbook digitally.
The idea of reviving the yearbook began when Lohr took a message preparation class at SRU. Lohr and her partner visited the university archives to find information for a video project. They soon discovered that the club was no longer producing yearbooks after 2007.
Lohr and her project partner decided to make their video project about the Yearbook Club.
“I thought it would be really interesting for the video production idea to focus in on the yearbook,” Lohr said.
At the end of creating the project, they decided it would be an exciting idea to bring back the club.
The students mentioned that starting a new club happened very fast and has been a learning curve.
The members launched an Instagram account to promote the club and gained 100 followers within a couple of weeks. About 50 students signed up at the involvement fair. The club also has a CORE page to give more information to the students.
The members plan on giving certain positions to students who want to help depending on their area of interest, including photography, writing and design.
Members of the e-board said everyone who attended the first meeting was very excited to be there.
The SRU yearbook would be published for periods of time, then stop until it was brought back again.
Students who wanted to purchase a copy of the yearbook would have to pay. The new plan is a digital book that will allow students to enjoy the book for free.
“That’s why our hope to bring it digitally is interesting: creativity and nobody has to pay as of right now,” Lohr said.
“I want people to have a passion for it again. I don’t want us to ever stop…my goal is for it to keep running,” Lohr said.
The club’s goal is to focus on a bit of everything to include in the yearbook. They want to focus on sports, fashion, music, theater and other clubs and events that may not get as much recognition.
The club plans to meet every two weeks. Students can also follow the club’s Instagram account called @the_yearbook_club_sru to get future information.
The Yearbook Club is appreciative of anyone who wants to help or join them.
