(aka: Sam!)
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| Suggestions for the Next Fellow (aka: Sam!) |
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| The first meeting that you should have on campus should be with Beth Waltrip, the J. Wayne Reitz (JWRU)union activities coordinator. Her e-mail is [email protected]. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| It is essential that you are on campus and in full sight during freshman move in and the first week of classes. Table your tushie off...beleive me, it will make your job a lost easier later in the year to get coffee dates. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Eat at Sachel's Pizza regularly. Ask Taal for directions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Find out who is the Residence Life Coordinator and make friends with them. This year it was Julie McMahon. Just call the housing office and ask. You can get the housing office number off of www. ufl.edu. This is the person that will help connect you to the RAs and their listserve. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Get tickets (easier said than done, but ask students) to a gator football game. There is nothing else like an experience in The Swamp Stadium on game day. You are obligated to hang out in The Swamp Restaurant before, and afterwards if they win. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| To get a tabling permit, or any event permit for that matter, ask Allison S. about going online to use the JSU password and account of the student activities center. I can also e-mail this info. to you. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| If you are serving ANY kind of food ANYWHERE on campus (other than at Hillel), you need a permit. If you are unsure if you need one, just get it in case. The permit must be visible at all events. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| College kids love sex (talking about it, having it, thinking about it, debating it,ect). Any prorgams dealing with sex, drugs, and alcohol are very successful. Be creative. My "Chinese Food and Sex: The Jewish Position" was a huge hit! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Don't be afraid to ask questions! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Get out of the building as much as possible. Be on campus. You have much more flexibility if you set your hours on campus early on in the fellowship. It will be especially helpful that you will have a laptop to take on campus with you. That's what I felt really kept me tied to the building. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Be your own advocate. Trust your instincts. You are working too much if: you have not had fresh milk in your fridge for three weeks, don't know if you are coming or going, think that you live in HUME, think that your middle name is "Hillel", ect, speak up. It took me all year to realize that working 12 hour days on a regular basis is not normal or necessary. Don't be a super fellow. You can't be everywhere all the time, nor are you going to be able to please everyone every moment of everyday....AND THAT IS OK. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Take some time out of everyday for yourself. Don't neglect yourself. Take a walk to the post office, to Smoothie King, to Bubble Tea (it's really weird looking, but SO good). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Be creative with programs. Try new things. The same old programs get very old very fast. Use the program exchange on the Hillel website. It's very helpful. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| My biggest regret this year is working on a big program without the staff support. Hillel Spring Breaks to Uruguay is all ready for you to go. There are interested students, t-shirts, flyers, connections in Uruguay, literally, everything...except funding. I was promised that the money would be taken care of and it was not. I spent 3 months planning every aspect of this trip and it was all a complete waste of my time this year. It is my deepest wish that you get to take the students next year. It's a phenomical opportunity. I would start early in applying for grant money (like August or September), and applying to see if Hillel International can find you some money. Don't rely on donors. That was my biggest mistake. Find many different sources of money so in case one falls through, you have others. I'm more than willing to talk to you about this more. There is an entire notebook/binder outlining all of the details for this amazing program. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Have fun! The staff is great! You are in a new building! You are a JCSC fellow! It's a huge honor! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The best part of the fellowship for me was the support and love of all of the other JCSC fellows. This network is a HUGE resource. Use the other fellows for help, fun, sharing stories, asking questions, sharing programs, and just to keep in contact in general. These people, if you make the effort, will be essential to your JCSC fellowship this year. If you are planning on staying in the Jewish Communal World after this fellowship, these are your future colleagues. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| You are more than welcome to call or e-mail me with questions. I've done this job. I know all the ins and outs of the students, the campus, the programs, ect. I'm here to help. Feel free to contact me at [email protected]. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||