“Skip totally rocks!” by Che Guzman

The JanSport event entitled, “We Got Skip: Skip Yowell’s Secrets to a Superb Weekend” was held last August 29, 2013 at the Beato Angelico AVR. Skip Yowell, the co-founder of JanSport gave an inspirational talk about how they have built JanSport, and it was indeed a rare opportunity for students to learn and interact with a Global Marketing Communications expert. Students from other colleges were there, as well as special guests and visitors.

Skip Yowell was truly one of the most admired hippies in the planet, so I must believe that UST is lucky enough to have him speak. During his talk, he shared some photos about his personal experience in mountaineering as well as the importance of going out and exploring the world.

“Think outside the box and learn to be different.” –Skip Yowell

Skip talks about his secrets to a superb weekend

For the second batch of the given JanSport backpacks, Skip signed them exclusively for the winners. Lucky winners indeed, a lot were aspiring to win of those backpacks! Aside from the JanSport backpacks, other prizes were given away such as Nalgene tumblers and Yurbuds earphones that the students surely loved.

Skip signs a JanSport backpack for one of the winners from the raffle

At the last part of the event, students and other attendees were given the chance to meet and greet Skip! He signed some of the students’ JanSport backpacks, posters, notebooks and anything that could be signed at. He even took photos with them and smiled humbly with every click of each camera. This is only one of the many reasons why Skip rocks!

CFAD students takes a photo with Skip during the Meet and Greet

I can say that the JanSport event really was a success. Everyone had fun, got acquainted with Skip and most importantly, had witnessed another learning experience from a pro. We all just have to remember that life is an adventure and the path is unknown. And with JanSport, we can travel the world anyway we want it.