Author: Play Team

It was an incredible evening at Rockin K’s on January 25^th, as Hype teamed up with the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce’s Established Business Leaders for a special Hooray Thursday event focused on mentorship. Attendees had the chance to connect with experienced mentors who shared valuable insights and advice while enjoying refreshments and appetizers.

One of the main highlights of the evening was hearing from Kendahl Goetzmann and Gail Urban about the success of their relationship through this program. They both stressed the importance of seeking mentorship early in your career and that mentorship is an invaluable resource, providing young professionals with guidance, support, and the tools they need to reach their full potential.

A special thank you goes to our founding investor, the Greater Manhattan Community Foundation, whose support makes events like this possible. During the event, Vern Hendricks, President and CEO of the Greater Manhattan Community Foundation, spoke about how fostering the next generation of leaders is truly commendable, and by doing so it allows young professionals to have a voice in making our community a better place to live.

Hype’s mentorship program continues to offer opportunities for growth and development throughout the year. As a benefit of your Hype membership, you will have the ability to review mentor profiles, select mentors you might like to be paired with, and develop relationships with diverse and experienced community members to help you reach your full potential. For those interested in joining either as a mentor or mentee, please reach out to Allison at [email protected].

Even though hYPe has recently undergone a facelift, the Manhattan YP organization has a long history of FUN!

We never lack opportunities to get together. We love to provide opportunities for people with similar interests to gather together! From our informal once a month gathering, Hooray Thursdays, to our larger events like YP Trivia and Aggieville Olympics, we want to create an atmosphere that is fun and easy to get to know your fellow young professionals. 

This was an event where YPs  gathered at the Tasting Room of Liquid Art Winery and enjoyed tasting their wines and ciders!  

Every summer, we host the YP Aggieville Olympics. No, not drinking games! We visit different bars in Aggieville and compete in Minute to Win It style games at each location. This tends to be one of our most popular events each year, and it’s a great way to meet new people! 

Don’t worry – skill is not required for any of these games! Competitiveness is all up to you and your team. If you just want to be a cheerleader, that is great!

The last Thursday of each month, we get together for Hooray Thursday because it’s the start of the weekend, ya know? Hooray! This is a totally casual event that has no formal program. It is a fun time to gather for a quick drink after work, mix and mingle with new people, and reconnect with old friends.  

We’re looking forward to making even more photo-worthy memories at our events in 2020!

If you are already a part of the Manhattan Young Professional organization we are glad to have you with us throughout our exciting changes and as we launch new opportunities. If you are new to our organization, we hope you will connect with one or all of our new programs! We know that joining an organization like this can be intimidating at first. However, it is our mission to help young professionals emerge into their community and meet new people along the way, all the while having fun! 

Tara Grubb and Grace Stanfield chose to spearhead the social efforts of hYPe, not only due to their careers as event planners, but because Manhattan YP provided environments for each of them to meet new people and make friends when they needed it.

When Tara moved to Manhattan over eight years ago, she got involved with YP after attending a Business After Hours. She wanted a better opportunity to meet people her own age as well make business connections. She felt like it was a fast track to meeting a lot of people in one setting, and it allowed her to form friendships, as well as networking with others for the sake of her business.

Grace grew up in Manhattan, and when the time came to transition from her college life into “adulthood”, the Manhattan YP provided Grace with an opportunity to simply make new friends who were in the same season of life. In addition to opportunities to be around other business people in the community, Grace always looks forward to Hooray Thursday each month as a time to get together with others and catch up on life.

hYPe is going to provide young professionals with so many amazing opportunities – networking, professional development, philanthropic activities – the list goes on. But we also realize the importance of providing young professionals with the opportunity to simply make new friends. 

We are so excited to bring some great, fun and family friendly programming to the young professionals community this year. We took time to get survey feedback from people who identify as young professionals. We wanted to make sure the programming we offered was what people truly wanted to see happen. From tailgating to axe throwing, the lineup for 2020 is exciting, and we hope to see you all there! We’d love to get together and have fun with you!

If you are already a part of the Manhattan Young Professionals organization, we are glad to have you with us as we make changes and launch new opportunities. If you are new to our organization, we hope you will connect with one or all of our new programs! Joining an organization like this can be intimidating at first. However, it is Hype’s mission to help young professionals emerge into their community and meet new people along the way, all while having fun! 

Tara Grubb and Grace Stanfield chose to spearhead the social efforts of Hype, not only due to their careers as event planners but because Manhattan YPs provided environments for both of them to meet new people and make friends when they needed it.

When Tara moved to Manhattan over eight years ago, she got involved with YP after attending a Business After Hours. She wanted a better opportunity to meet people her own age as well as make business connections. She felt like it was a fast track to meeting a lot of people in one setting, and it allowed her to form friendships and network.

Grace grew up in Manhattan, and when the time came to transition from her college life into adulthood, the Manhattan YPs provided Grace with an opportunity to simply make new friends who were in the same season of life. In addition to the opportunities to network, Grace always looks forward to Hooray Thursday each month as a time to get together with others and catch up on life.

Hype’s new programming, which was heavily informed by feedback from YPs, will provide YPs with many great opportunities like networking, professional development, philanthropic activities and more, while also allowing YPs the opportunity to simply make new friends. From tailgating to axe throwing, the fun, family-friendly lineup for 2020 is exciting, and we hope to see you all there!