Campus resources, I always thought that those things really didn't matter. I never needed them, except for the Thielen Health Center, which was a really bad experience. They had awful service and weren't helpful at all, actually they were more of a hindrance than anything. After that I didn't want anything to do with any of the campus resources. But this week really allowed me to see all of the possibilities that they can give students, especially first year students. Something that I really need to work on is learning a lot of the resources that are offered and figure out how they can help in certain situations. Along with knowing the resources being able to give advice or refer is something that is really important as well.
Referring people to different things is something that I am not used too. This makes me really nervous to give one because I don't want to screw up and tell them the wrong thing. I like to thing that I can do everything on my own and give perfect advice. Although this is not true in the slightest. I am far from perfect and that includes my advice or any help that I try to give. So the fact that I will probably screw up is not something that I want to happen at all. So I will be working a lot on making sure that I know a lot so that I can help students the best that I can.
This week was really good for me because it got me motivated to start getting ready for the coming semester. A wakeup call that it is coming soon and that I need to prepared!
Monday, March 31, 2014
Monday, March 24, 2014
Academic Success
Kayla and Courtney did a great job presenting the information about academic success and the different factors that go into that. I hadn't thought about the different things that affect how I succeed academically or my study habits. I think that some of the key things that I took away from it is that you can't just judge someone by their academic success because you don't always know what went into their past or circumstances that made them that way. As peer mentors we are going to have to work with different students that have come from different things and surround themselves with different environments. As mentors we are going to have to try to identify those things and how we can help them improve given the things that we can't change. I know that coming in as a freshman I realized that it was hard for me to study, but I didn't recognize why it was so hard for me. It took some people outside of the situation to help me improve my study habits and that is one thing that I can't wait to do for the incoming first year students.
Another thing that I learned is just to look at my past and how that is constantly affecting who I am today. I tend to just forget the past or just not see how it has shaped me. After this week and discussion I had a chance to just sit back and really examine every part about me and what possibly could have affected it. I am going to really emphasize to my first year students how important it is to reflect on their past and more importantly to look at who they are, every aspect of their life, and see what made them that way.
Another thing that I learned is just to look at my past and how that is constantly affecting who I am today. I tend to just forget the past or just not see how it has shaped me. After this week and discussion I had a chance to just sit back and really examine every part about me and what possibly could have affected it. I am going to really emphasize to my first year students how important it is to reflect on their past and more importantly to look at who they are, every aspect of their life, and see what made them that way.
Monday, March 10, 2014
Retreat and Week 8
The retreat I thought went really well! The ice breakers were very beneficial and I learned a little to a lot about everyone. Kayla did a great job going deeper with her ice breaker than a lot of other people did. I feel like it was very beneficial to our group as a whole.
Giving a presentation at the retreat was a little bit different than a usual retreat. I feel like it was a little rough going a lot later than we were supposed to. I know that Brooke and I could have done a better job at presenting the information but, I feel like it was great experience for the coming year. It was also really hard going on a sunday. People just want to relax or focus on homework. Everyone had a lot on their minds about the coming week, and spring break! It was a great reminder that I need to stay focused and be energized for each and every lecture.
The exercise that Nikki and Matt suggested that we looked at asked us to focus on our strongest and weakest leadership practices and why we selected them. My strongest leadership practice is the ability to talk to anyone, I selected this practice because I have always loved talking and relating to people is one of my favorite things to do! It allows me to share my experiences and what I have learned to connect with others, rather than just telling them what to do.
I can't to see how we can use our strengths and weaknesses to help teach our students next year. I can't wait to further my skills as a leader in the future!
Giving a presentation at the retreat was a little bit different than a usual retreat. I feel like it was a little rough going a lot later than we were supposed to. I know that Brooke and I could have done a better job at presenting the information but, I feel like it was great experience for the coming year. It was also really hard going on a sunday. People just want to relax or focus on homework. Everyone had a lot on their minds about the coming week, and spring break! It was a great reminder that I need to stay focused and be energized for each and every lecture.
The exercise that Nikki and Matt suggested that we looked at asked us to focus on our strongest and weakest leadership practices and why we selected them. My strongest leadership practice is the ability to talk to anyone, I selected this practice because I have always loved talking and relating to people is one of my favorite things to do! It allows me to share my experiences and what I have learned to connect with others, rather than just telling them what to do.
I can't to see how we can use our strengths and weaknesses to help teach our students next year. I can't wait to further my skills as a leader in the future!
Monday, March 3, 2014
Social Media and Groups!
Groups and the way that groups work is a thing that we have talked a lot about as Hixsons. With MBTI and other situations, we have heard almost everything about them. But I think that Kira and Angie did something that I have never seen before! With the different roles and how they play a part in groups. It was a new look and something that I had never thought of. In the exercise I got the role of making sure everyones opinions were being recognized. I used to think that I valued everyone's opinions, but I quickly realized how much I love to initiate the task at hand. It was really hard for me to play a role that I wasn't used to, or felt comfortable with. It was really hard to complete the task they gave us for me when I couldn't do what I want. I am so glad they approached the chapter with this exercise and emphasis. It really helped me to learn a lot and I will definitely be applying it to the numerous group projects that I have as a business major!
Now for Social Media Week. I don't tweet very much, so being forced to tweet 20 times in under a week was something that I wasn't ready for. It was really weird constantly looking for things to say and that were relevant to say to the world. But besides the difficulty and unbearable burden that it caused me throughout the week, it was really fun getting to talk to all of the peer mentors all the time! I think that this week helped us to come closer together and was actually kind of fun. :D I can see how it may be helpful to different groups and plan on using it a lot in the upcoming semesters and with my incoming first year students!
Sam Hausler
Now for Social Media Week. I don't tweet very much, so being forced to tweet 20 times in under a week was something that I wasn't ready for. It was really weird constantly looking for things to say and that were relevant to say to the world. But besides the difficulty and unbearable burden that it caused me throughout the week, it was really fun getting to talk to all of the peer mentors all the time! I think that this week helped us to come closer together and was actually kind of fun. :D I can see how it may be helpful to different groups and plan on using it a lot in the upcoming semesters and with my incoming first year students!
Sam Hausler
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