Marching to the polls with other HBCU students during an important midterm election gave me hope for my community. I also voted for the second time, which I believe is important in the current climate.
My time as a Career Ambassador was exceptionally rewarding and enjoyable. Unlike last semester, I spent most of my time in the office atending the front desk, creating flyers, and helping students refine their resumes. I'm excited to continue volunteering in the office and pantry next semester.
Today's volunteering shift was simple and easy. I was assigned the task of counting off each student, staff, or faculty that comes in and out of the library. I was able to get lots of work done while volunteering.
I had a great time volunteering at the library. My job was pretty simple: taking tallies of students, staff, faculty, or visitors who come in the library. I was allowed to do my work when it wasn't busy. As a first time volunteer I had no difficulty with navigating any part of the shift.
My experience at the writing center has been well-rounded and pretty positive! My hours were consistent, reliable, and flexible to my schedule. During my time at the writing center I helped a few students with essays, summaries, and rough drafts. It was nice helping other students perfect their writing style. Most of my sessions took 15-30 minutes (depending on the need) with only a few lasting around an hour. If I continue to work as a peer tutor, I would like to first brush up on my own skills such as citation formatting and clarity.
I loved spending my time working at the SC State ticket office for their home game! My main job consisted of taking phone calls at the front desk and helping the director print out tickets or retrieve wristbands. The best part of my job was meeting so many different people who needed help with acessing their online tickets or purchasing tickets in advance. Through learning, I was able to help them. We were compensated with lots of foods and allowed to watch the game from the building. I would definitely love to work in the ticket office again.
My first time as a career ambassador was very fulfilling. For this semester my hours and duties were restricted to our pantry or office. My favorite part about being an ambassador was the ability to get a first look and feel for the opportunities that the career development center has to offer. One of my most memorable events was the job fair during the week long career fair. I made many connections through my position as ambassador. I loved to help set up each event. I'm excited for everything that next semester has in store!
