Shanna's Beloit Life

This year I got to be an OL. Basically, an OL (Orientation Leader) is a returning Beloit student who comes to help out with New Student Days (the week that the new class of freshman/transfer students are here before everyone else gets back). It was tons of fun!

As OLs, we had to get here the Wednesday before new student days for training. When I tried to move back into my room, there was a slight glitch. There a big hole in one wall because they were fixing something, so I had to room with one of my other friends who was also an OL for a few days. Training was interesting. I learned so much about the campus I had never known before, especially about the registration process and other aspects of the administration pertaining to students.

and then the Freshman got here...and they were great.

Each freshman gets to choose a seminar class (called an FYI) before arriving. each seminar class has at least one OL for the week. I worked with Paul Stanley, a physics professor here who just happened to be my FYI professor when I was a freshman. I also got to meet a bunch of first years and hang out with them for the week. We did some ice breakers and other get-to-know-campus activities, some classy things like a poster presentation on Michael Pollens "the Omnivores Dilemma", and some fun stuff, like a canoe trip.

It was a busy week, both physically and mentally taxing. But I will definitely do it again next year!