Over the past three years I’ve had the privilege of being involved in many leadership programs at CBU. There are so many ways to get involved in the community and at our school that it is hard to choose!
After freshman year, I realized that being involved in student leadership school was the best way to get the full experience here at CBU. I started with FOCUS (First-Year Orientation and Campus University Success) a program put on by the Campus Life office. Being a FOCUS leader has two basic responsibilities: 1) Run the orientation week for incoming freshman. 2) Teach a weekly class about adjusting to college while investing time, friendship, and a listening ear to a group of 15-20 freshman students assigned to you and a partner for the whole first semester. I enjoyed teaching the class, but the best part of the position is orientation. It is the best week of the year for freshmen and those involved! There are so many events and new people; it never seems to stop. There’s clash and bowl, opening night, ice cream social, but and a three-day retreat. The entire incoming class travels in buses up into the mountains and spends 3 days hanging out, playing camp games, meeting new people, and worshiping God. I did FOCUS for two years and each year was a new experience, I am thankful for that opportunity.
This year I decided to transition from "Campus Life" to "Resident Life". The position I have this year is Resident Assistant. For those who don’t know, Resident Assistant or "RA", is similar to an apartment manager, but a lot cooler and a lot nicer. This job has more responsibilities because I do have to enforce the rules, but with these responsibilities comes better relationships. I have thoroughly enjoyed putting on events and getting to know my residents more.
This past week we had an event that was school wide, we called it WOOfest. Basically, for Valentines Day we put on an event where men could show off their skills and try and woo the CBU women. Guys sang, danced, played music; it was so much fun! Our RA staff of 11 guys made fools of ourselves on stage! We had a mix of music, something like a music time machine, and we danced to all different songs: “can’t touch this”, back street boys, E-40 aka hyphy music, “walk it out”. I was so nervous to get up in front of 300 people and make a fool of myself, but everyone in the crowd loved it. We got a standing ovation, and it was totally worth it. Life lesson: when you go out of your comfort zone and risk becoming uncomfortable, you will be satisfied.
At CBU, you will hear a lot of things about leadership, and my advice to you is not to judge it by its title, but step out and go for it.
No comments:
Post a Comment