| Introduction to Hillel at Pierce & Valley Colleges |
| Staff Rick - Rocks! Rick is your supervisor. He is the Assistant Director & Program Director all in one. His duties, two numerous to list, include supervising the student interns and the Vaad (Student Board), creating the bi-monthly Newsletter, coordinating our weekly Cafe Hillel, not to mention meeting with me once a week, or as often as needed to make sure everything is fantastic, and to study Torah. This multi-talented man gives great guidance, and is extremely enjoyable to work with! Nomi - Nomi is the Hillel director. She takes her work seriously, and puts 110% into everything she does. Nomi is very impressive, as she continuously gets celebrities to come to our annual Comedy Night and to other programs, but most importantly, cares about the students and wants to make sure that their time at Hillel is priceless. Nomi has made it clear that if I ever have a problem or any sort of doubts, I can come to her! Sarah - Sarah is Hillel's Office Manager. The office runs efficiently and is impeccably organized because of Sarah. While she takes messages and sorts mail, she also works with us to make sure programs are running smoothly, and details are secured. It's a ton of fun to work and talk with Sarah! |
| Engagement As a fellow, your number one job is to "engage" students. This doesn't necessarily mean to get them to come to Hillel, though it's wonderful when that happens. Hopefully they'll like you and the programs so much, they'll come to Hillel. At Pierce & Valley Hillel, plenty of new and transfer students enroll each semester, therefore, you always have new students to work with, making your job primarily "engagement," as opposed to "empowerment". Empowerment While most students stay 1-2 years and then move on, you'll find some students stick around longer, making them older, and still wanting to come to Hillel. For the most part, these "regulars" are friendly and willing to help out. It'd be nice to see them taking an active role in planning some of the programs they want to see happen. Note: This year I wanted to start a group for students 25-30, as there are a lot of them. Some of them are too mature for the regular crowd and want to meet people their age, while others like to hang out at regular Hillel events, though the staff feels they should move on. This young-adult group would solve both problems... I simply didn't plan enough time to start this group, as I concentrated mostly on engagement. See me (Lisa) for names of possible older students to start this group (only if you have time and you only if you want). |
| TOP 10 RESPONSIBILITIES (In no specific order) 1. Engagement 2. Meet with Rick for "supervision" once a week 3. Attend weekly staff meeting once a week 4. Get down with Jewish learning once a week 5. Monthly & CCI reports, other paperwork (possibly some of the easiest "reports" ever written) 6. Monthly luncheons, I mean meetings with Team 8, composed of the other LA Fellows 7. Promoting your events on campus, in classrooms, via phone & E-mail, and by schmoozing 8. Develop a life for yourself outside of Hillel - may be tough at 1st, but LA is a great city once you get to know it! 9. Make sure your JCSC mobile, I mean your car, is always full of just enough stuff to put out on campus, but always empty enough to take a few students home if needed. 10. Have fun!!! |
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