Frequently Asked Questions - Morale

This Captain is responsible for a variety of tasks, including: Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and athletic trainer needs for pre-THON events and THON weekend, keeping contact between the Morale Captain Committee and various other THON Committees including, but not limited to Rules and Regulations, Special Events, Merchandise, Finance and Donor Relations. They will take minutes for the weekly Morale Captain Committee Meetings, and assist the overall in various responsibilities.

The Council of Commonwealth Student Governments Liaison is in charge of being the link between Morale and CCSG. They are responsible for helping to plan and execute a Theme Hour during THON Weekend in which all of the campuses can participate in. They will also assist in planning the CCSG Dancer Retreat in early February. They are in charge of knowing what CCSG is about and involving them as much as possible with Morale related events. They will work closely with the two CCSG Communications Captains.

The Color Wars Coordinator is responsible for the organization, publicity, and creativity of all things Color Wars, both pre-THON and THON Weekend. The coordinator will be in charge of planning the Color Wars Theme, Color Wars Kickoff, Color Wars Grand Finale, and ensuring that Color Wars is effective for the dancers throughout all of THON Weekend.

This person is responsible for making sure Dancers are going to be physically and emotionally ready for THON weekend by hosting Dancer Focus Groups, creating and distributing the Dancer Survival Guide, and matching every dancer with a Moraler for THON Weekend. This Captain will serve as Morale’s Communications Liaison to ensure these tasks are accomplished effectively. This Morale Captain is also in charge of working with the Logistics/Timeline Captain to help with the Overlapping Moraler System.

The Dancer Storage Captains have the task of making the storage areas for all 700+ Dancers as comfortable and enjoyable as possible, so that Dancers have the opportunity to get off the floor while still being entertained. They will be responsible for all of the logistics, organization, and activities in the storage areas along with creating decorations and a theme. These captains should be extremely organized, great with communication and also creative.

The Entertainment Liaison is in charge of working with the Morale Liaison from Entertainment to help coordinate events that will affect both Morale and Entertainment. They will also keep Morale informed on Entertainment’s decisions and help them always keep the Dancers’ best interest in mind and keep Entertainment informed on Morale’s decisions. Communication is very important because both Entertainment and Morale are making decisions that will affect the Dancers. This captain will collect and edit all power points, minute by minutes, and scripts that will be used at pre-THON events and during THON weekend. This Captain also will work closely with the Timeline / Logistics Captain and should be very detail oriented.

This Captain will be in charge of overseeing and creating all of the videos for Morale both Pre-THON and THON Weekend. These videos include the YSO Video and the Theme Hour Videos, amongst many others. Plus, they will work collaboratively with the Production Captains from Entertainment and the Line Dance Coordinator to help with the Line Dance Video. Final Cut Pro experience is helpful, but not necessary for the position.

This captain will be taking on the responsibility of two liaisons. This captain will work closely with the Morale Captain Committee to ensure that all of Morale’s events during both Pre-THON and THON Weekend are entirely kid-friendly. They will work to incorporate family and kid participation in as many Morale events as possible. This individual is also responsible for collecting and sorting Kids Mail, and executing Kids Mail Call during THON Weekend. Furthermore, he or she is responsible for the scheduling of Hershey Tours and Special Visitor's Trips for the Morale Captain Committee. In addition to FR responsibilities, this captain will be in charge of bringing the Morale captain committee together, by planning retreats, crashing other committees' meetings, and setting up meeting crashes for each Morale Committee. Another responsibility of this captain is to design and organize all of the Morale Captain Committee’s gear for Pre-THON and THON Weekend.

The DJ Captains are responsible for providing the energy of THON weekend throughout the entire year. They will be in constant communication with all THON committees in charge of internal pre-THON events as they will DJ those events while helping them in planning and running each event. Good communication and experience in DJing is highly encouraged for this position. These captains will work extremely closely with their co-captain along with the co-captains in their respective positions on Entertainment.

The role of the Line Dance Coordinator is to do just that: coordinate the Line Dance. This Captain is in charge of facilitating and brainstorming with the Morale Captain Committee, coordinating the music selection process, and working to understand beats and movement. These steps lead up to the Line Dance Retreat, which the LDC will coordinate and run in conjunction with the FR/Intra-Committee Liaison. After the retreat, this individual works to run Line Dance Practices in the Spring to teach the Line Dance to the Morale Captain Committee, the Overall THON Committee, and all Captains, and Committee Members. This individual is also responsible for teaching the Line Dance THON weekend. This captain should have exceptional organization skills.

The Logistics / Timeline Liaison is responsible for meeting with the Timeline Captain and the Morale Liaison from the Entertainment Committee to schedule all of the Morale theme hours, random events, and large events (Line Dances, WALK, Mail Call, etc.) They will also help to coordinate committee shifts as well as dancer storage shifts for Moralers. They will attend weekly Timeline meetings alongside the Morale Overall to coordinate the schedule of THON weekend with other committees. The Logistics / Timeline Captain will also work with the Dancer Relations Captain on the Overlapping Moraler System. Someone with Microsoft Excel skills, who likes problem solving and logic puzzles is tremendously helpful, but not necessary.

The role of the two Mail Call Captains is to collect, sort, organize and distribute all Dancer mail. These Captains also publicize Mail Call and the process of sending mail for THON Weekend.  These Captains will work on building relationships with University Staff who assist Morale with Mail Call.

The responsibility of the OPP/R&R Liaison is to work with all of the respective liaisons to fulfill the needs of both Morale and the respective committee. They will work with their liaison on OPP in order to fulfill construction requests and floor plans for each Morale event, and enforce BJC rules placed by OPP. They will work with Rules and Regulations in order to protect the BJC during Morale Events, and also be able to communicate during THON Weekend to handle capacity issues, amongst others. During the year they will facilitate effective relationships between the committees.

The role of the Supply Logistics / Hospitality Liaison is to work with their liaison counterparts to request ALL the needs that Morale requires. This individual will educate the Morale Captain Committee on how to request needs for the numerous events Morale runs. They will help categorize the importance of every Morale request and see to it that the most important items are obtained. This individual works very closely with everyone on the Morale Captain Committee. This position has responsibilities that are Pre-THON, THON Weekend, and Post-THON.

The role of the three THON Weekend Development Captains is to take on the task of creating the WALK, along with new THON weekend events. These captains will create the magical, mystical world known as the WALK, in which they will choose a theme, request supply needs, and coordinate the WALKs that occur THON weekend. All three of these captains will also oversee their Moralers with the planning, preparation, and presentation of both the WALK and other new events both Pre-THON and THON weekend. They will work very closely with each other on all events and should be creative and willing to take on a new event and make it their own.

The role of the Yellow Shirt Relations Captain is to help all of Morale reach their fullest potential as Moralers through different projects during the year. These projects include Yellow Shirt Orientation, All Morale Pow Wow, Morale Mix it Up, and the Yellow Shirt Survival Guide. This captain will also be in charge of Moraling 101 starting the second semester in order to educate all of Morale for THON weekend. These events and projects are Pre-THON and are aimed to make sure that during THON Weekend Moralers are prepared and excited to take care of their dancers.