And just like that—Evolve: Discovery 2022 was a huge success!

This past month, we wrapped up our annual event Evolve. Before we get into the recap, you’re probably wondering, what is Evolve?

Evolve is CMNSU’s revamped take on the traditional FROSH. It’s a sophisticated and modern evening night out, rebranded as EVOLVE to describe the growth one makes during their time in university. Since then, Evolve has become a staple welcome-back event for Communication students and those interested in the program, from first years, college transfers, to all of the second, third, fourth years and those in between. 

Last year, CMNSU took Evolve online in a three-day zoom conference, but this year we brought it back in-person following restrictions related to COVID-19.

Although the entire CMNSU team played a part in making Evolve a success, we want to give a special and well deserved shout out to the dedicated work of our Events team. From securing the venue to thoroughly planning the itinerary, and much more in between, our Events team worked tirelessly to organize Evolve. Below, our Vice President of Events, Joaquin Suarez, offers insight on his experience:

“On behalf of my events team, it was a great pleasure planning this year's EVOLVE Discovery. Being the first large-scale CMNSU event since 2019, my team envisioned our attendees to have the opportunity to foster new friendships, discover career paths in the department of Communication, and learn about opportunities as a student -- hence the theme 'Discovery.' Our journey in planning this event came with unforeseen obstacles such as venue changes, catering, and finding guest speakers. Nonetheless, we achieved everything we hoped our event to be thanks to the extraordinary support of the entire CMNSU team. I am extremely grateful for my exceptional team and we are excited to plan more stunning events for the CMNS community in the future.” - Joaquin Suarez, Vice President of Events

With our biggest of the year out of the way we asked CMNSU President, Kirtana Menon to share her thoughts on the event and give us a little sneak peak on “what’s next” for CMNSU:

“Evolve Discovery was a dream come true for my team and I. We worked incredibly hard over the course of four months to give students the best experience possible. We were able to create real impact in many different ways. Be it through the sale of our School of Communication hoodies - designed exclusively by our Creative team, the amazing industry professionals we invited to network with students from Microsoft, Glow Within Foundation, IABC and IBM, and the wonderful prizes we gave away valued at over $1000 - Evolve Discovery was everything I could’ve dreamed of and more for my first event as President. This is just the beginning for CMNSU - keep an eye out for some holiday socials before our next big event happening in the Spring - Careers in Communication 2023!” - Kirtana Menon, President of CMNSU