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Title: Purposeful Involvement


1
Purposeful Involvement
  • Leslie Poe, Graduate Assistant for Student
    Organizations
  • Karin Klinger, Assistant Director for Student
    Activities
  • Baylor Bound
  • Orientation 2006

2
Why should YOU get involved?
  • Persistence to successful graduation
  • Marketability to prospective employers after
    graduation
  • Social engagement in a new community
  • Have a little fun!

3
Seek out involvement opportunities
  • Opportunities for purposeful involvement wont
    come to youyou have to be intentional about
    seeking them out!
  • Learn about the opportunities available to you
  • www.baylor.edu/student_activities
  • Late Night _at_ the SLC
  • Interest Meetings

4
Purposeful Involvement is not
  • Expecting to be the President of the group within
    your first semester
  • Hovering in your comfort zones
  • Being Overly involved
  • Failing to reflect and evaluate
  • Getting involved for the sake of involvement

5
You Know Youre Overly Involved When
  • Your list of co-curricular involvements is so
    long that it makes Santas Naughty and Nice list
    look like a Post-It
  • The yearbook editor knows you by name after
    typing it in under nearly every organizations
    picture
  • Your cell phone name memory bank has reached its
    limit
  • After filling your semester calendar, you realize
    that you have neglected to include going to class
  • Your parents call your roommate to see if youve
    decided to study abroad without telling them

6
You Know Youre Overly Involved When
  • You buy a new pack of underwear every time you go
    to the storewho has time to do laundry?
  • You laminated all of your textbooksnow you can
    study in the shower!
  • Youve participated in so many ice-breaker games
    with new organizations that when you wake up in
    the morning, you stand on your top bunk and fall
    backward, yelling to your roommate, I trust
    you!!!!

7
What is Purposeful Involvement?
  • Baylor has 330 chartered student
    organizationsthat doesnt mean you should to
    join 330 groups!
  • Be selective
  • Be intentional
  • Be goal-oriented

8
Questions?Thank you! Enjoy your day!
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