Many students who are involved in campus activities will miss Amy Clarke Sievers, the director of student involvement, who is leaving NCC after approximately eight and a half years.
Clarke Sievers is taking her talents to Kellen Company, which is an association management firm. In her new position, Clarke Sievers will be managing other organizations, which gives her a chance to use the skills she built while working at North Central College.
A goodbye celebration was held for Clarke Sievers, as members of the organizations she has been a part of gathered at the White Activities Center. The focus was on Clarke Sievers’ farewell messages to the students and staff who have been a part of these various committees.
Throughout her years at North Central, Clarke Sievers directly advised the College Union Activities Board, was involved with First Year Council and even the Finance Committee — an organization that Clarke Sievers says started in the last eight and a half years.
Phil Norris, a senior at North Central College and president of SGA, stood with an emotional send off — a goodbye video of individuals remembering the impact Clarke Sievers had on them in their student organizations.
Clarke Sievers thanked the room and said, amidst tears, that it was “an honor and a privilege” to observe the amazing things that students are doing. One thing she is glad she got to do was help at commencement day.
Orientation Staff was another organization that Clarke Sievers was involved with from the beginning of her time at North Central. Members of the Orientation Staff filled a box with kind words and memories as a farewell gift to Clarke Sievers.
Evan Hansen, a junior who knows Clarke Sievers through CUAB, said, “Any characteristic of a good leader can be seen in her,” explaining that she is an understanding person.
Katie Krupica, who knows Clarke Sievers through Orientation Staff and SGA, remembered a time when Clarke Sievers was teaching about leadership and opportunities for life changing moments. “She introduced us to the lollipop moment,” she said. “We realized she was a living lollipop moment.”
