Scavenger Hunt!

Last weeks class Allie and Silas put on a scavenger hunt for us peer mentors. I thought it was really fun to go around and try to find all the places that were listed out such as Study Abroad Center, Thielen Health Center, Student Services, Financial Aid Office, and a few others. I felt that this activity was a great one for us peer mentors to participate in because next year when we have our mentees they might have questions for us about where certain places on campus are and it would be great if we could lead them right to where they need to go. I thought it was also a great group bonding time because we had to work together in our groups to figure out where everything was and manage our time to get back to the Hixson Building before the time limit!
This blog is extremely short but there’s not much else to say about class except it was a great scavenger hunt and filming after class went pretty well I thought, we have a lot to work on before Tuesday but we will get it done!!
See you all at the retreat in a couple hours! Hope everyone had a great VEISHEA weekend!
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Diversity Event

Last Sunday I went to my diversity event, World Religions 101. This event consisted of a panel of students who were from different religious backgrounds. They each discussed their religions and what each of their religions believed. They had it set up so if you had a question to ask any of the panel members or just a general question for the panel as a whole you could text in your question and they would answer whatever question you had.

There were a couple different students that talked in depth about their religions some included Muslim, Atheist and Christianity. I thought it was really interesting to hear what they all had to share about their religions and the different outlooks they have about religion. Some of the students weren’t very religious until they came to college or until they started high school and they all shared their experiences on how they found their believes and everything.

I thought the diversity event was really interesting and I’m glad we went to it because it very educational and interesting to have these students from the different religions inform us about things about themselves that I didn’t know.

Goals- Week 12

Hey Everyone!
Last week Zach and Karen presented the topic of different types of goals to us. SMART Goals and the Four M's. The SMART goal I chose for next year, as a peer mentor was to learn all my students’ names within the first 2 weeks and learn a handful of people in the large lectures names as well. I believe this goal is very specific because I want to be able to have the connection with my mentees right away, whenever a mentor, t.a, professor knows my name it always makes me feel like the care, that may sound weird but I want to have that connection with my mentees. This goal is measurable because I will be able to tell by the end of the two weeks if I have accomplished this goal, I believe that I can accomplish this goal because I am very good with remembering names and faces. Attainable I think falls under the same reasoning as measurable; I know that I can know all of their names by the end of the second week. Relevant, I believe it is very relevant because knowing my students names will help build that connection between us and I wont always have to be saying "What’s your name?" I think the daily introductions will really help me with reaching this goal because hearing someone say the same things over helps them stick with you. Time Limited because I have limited myself to reaching this goal within the first two weeks of the semester.
The Four M's, I thought this strategy was a little hard to make goals for a short-term goal because to me the four m's is a more in depth goal setting strategy. Overall I think that the SMART goals work best for me and with the incoming freshman having them set SMART goals would be most beneficial for them during their first semester.
Hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful VEISHEA weather!