[Vcsa-announcements] Bear Facts Orientation Counselor - Recommendations

Wed Jan 14 10:55:30 PST 2009

UCR Staff and Faculty,

Please take a moment of your time today to think of any current UCR students
that you feel would make an excellent Bear Facts Orientation Counselor this
summer. We are currently accepting applications online (links are provided
within the email below) for students to be a counselor for the 2009 Bear
Facts Highlander Student Orientation Program. As you may know, this program
is a premiere leadership opportunity (that happens to be an exciting and fun
summer job as well :-) ) for students that want to help new incoming
students and their families transition into college life, UCR and join the
Highlander Family. We think that a personal email from you to any/all
students that you think would be great Orientation Counselors will encourage
them to apply, and a great way to recognize students you work with for their
ability to make a difference and latent leadership potential.

Feel free to email me back if you have any questions. Please remove this
section of the email when you forward it on, and feel free to include a
personalized message to the student stating why you think they should apply.

Thank you!

Scott C. Silverman, Ed.D.

UCR Alum: '01 and '04

Coordinator, Orientation Programs

Student Life, University of California, Riverside

P: (951) 827-3469

F: (951) 827-2439

scotts at ucr.edu

"Life is full of teachable moments,

it is up to us to learn from them."

P Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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Hey Highlanders!

*         Do you remember what it was like when you first got to UCR as a
new student? A big transition to UCR.lots of new things to do and places to
go, lots of friendly people, beautiful citrus trees, a great campus, and
even better than you could have ever dreamed it would be. You can help
provide a great first experience at UCR to all of the 2009 new first-year
students. Are you glad you attended UCR's Bear Facts Highlander Student
Orientation Program? Did you think that the staff were awesome, and you
wanted to be a part of the team?

The person forwarding you this email thinks that you could make a great
Orientation Counselor.so, how would you like to be a part of the team this
year?

That's right, we're talking about YOU, serving as an Orientation Counselor
for 2009!!!

*         Did you LOVE your time at Bear Facts Orientation, and want to help
our next set of new incoming students transition into UCR over summer 2009?

*         Do you think that you have what it takes to make a difference in
the lives of new UCR students?

*         Do you want to work with a great team, composed of tons of fellow
Bear Facts Orientation Counselors, student leadership staff and professional
staff?\

*         Do you LOVE being at UCR? Being a Highlander? Wearing Blue and
Gold, Spirit Tattoos or Facepaint? Taking pictures with Scotty, watching
Scotty dance or winning the Spirit Stick? 

*         Do you want to make a difference for over 4,000 new incoming
first-year students this summer?

*         Do you want to have an amazingly intense experience, getting to
know a bunch of your peers really well while contributing to the "personal
touch" that UCR is proud of?

*         Do you want to have the best summer job and life-changing
experience all rolled into one?

If your answer to any of these questions is YES, then you NEED to apply to
be a Bear Facts Orientation Counselor. Here's what you need to do:

1.	Join our official Counselor Recruitment Facebook group, so we can
communicate any updates to you: I Want To
<http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=33157047777>  Be a 2009 Bear Facts
Counselor!
2.	Visit http://orientation.ucr.edu/employment.html 
3.	Review the job description, and details about the employment and
timeframe for the job
4.	Click the link towards the bottom of that webpage to fill out the
Counselor application online
5.	Sign in with your UCR NetID and password (like you do for your
email)
6.	Fill out the application and click submit.

a.	Applications are due by Friday, January 23rd at 5 pm
b.	You will be contacted after applications have been screened. If
selected for an interview, you will need to be on campus for the entire day
on Saturday, February 21st for the Bear Facts Orientation Counselor
Interview process.
c.	If you are hired as a Bear Facts Orientation Counselor, you will be
required to attend all components of training, including a weekly class held
in Spring quarter, from 5-8:30 pm on Thursdays.

Here's what some of our previous counselors have said about the experience:

*         "So much ENERGY..grrrr..its great" - Andrea, 4th year Psychology
major

*         "Bear Facts changed my life.  I wouldn't be the leader I am today
if it wasn't for the intensive training and experience I gained from my Bear
Facts friends." - Ryan, 4th year Philosophy and English double major

And if that's not enough, just think, you can be in next year's awesome
Scotty video. Watch the 2008 one here: I am Scotty
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_cXHfdSX_c> , and the 2007 one here: Brave
Scotty <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfCRzCyLD-E> 

The application takes just a few minutes.and the experience will change your
life! 

If you have any questions, please email me back at scotts at ucr.edu

Apply NOW, and tell a friend!!!

Scott C. Silverman, Ed.D.

UCR Alum: '01 and '04

Coordinator, Orientation Programs

Student Life, University of California, Riverside

P: (951) 827-3469

F: (951) 827-2439

scotts at ucr.edu

"Life is full of teachable moments,

it is up to us to learn from them."

P Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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