Instructor Spotlight: Shafonne Myers at the University of Richmond

Shafonne Myers is living her dream by helping others realize their dreams. While attending Mary Baldwin College, she coordinated all social events on campus through her direction of the Baldwin Program Board. That experience helped her further develop the leadership, creative, and organizational skills she brings to her clients as well as to her classroom students.

Since graduating from MBC, Shafonne founded and is president of Making Your Event Special (www.MakingYourEventSpecial.com), a top wedding and event consulting firm in Richmond. Continuing her tradition of bringing people together, she organizes bride and groom socials and workshops, as well as hosts Virginia’s first wedding and event planning radio talk show (Wednesdays at 7pm - www.makingyoureventspeciallive.com).

As a graduate Certified Wedding Planner and Instructor for the Wedding Planning Institute (www.WeddingPlanningInstitute.com), Shafonne tells her students and future planners to “Just get out there and live your dream”. In addition to her expertise, warm and bubbly personality, and meticulous attention to detail, she also offers internship programs to graduates of the program and helps in any way to ensure their success.

“So often students come through the program and doubt themselves, not thinking that they can make it. But I reassure them that if they got this far, then it is meant to be,” she says.

Shafonne and her staff at Making Your Event Special pride themselves on providing superb customer service as well as helping the community and future wedding planners to achieve their goals. She is the author of several articles on wedding planning featured in many local and national wedding industry publications and loves sharing her knowledge as well as providing real life experience with her classroom students.

Candidates for the wedding planning certification course at the University Of Richmond School Of Continuing Studies can register by calling 804-289-8133 or by visiting their website at http://deans.richmond.edu/scs/thinkagain and clicking on Career Development. The fall session begins in September and will meet each Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. Tuition is $759 and includes classroom instruction, textbook, six months online curriculum and support access, and post-graduate job placement assistance.