April 2010 - Campus Activities Network Blog

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  • Confessions of a Campus Activities Professional-my mistakes and what I have learned..Part 1

    I have to admit to a bit of uneasiness in agreeing to write this column initially once Chris requested it. I think it is human nature that we all want to try and move past mistakes once we have fixed/gotten over, etc. whatever the appropriate word is here and when I first agreed to do this my first reaction was good gosh I have to relive ALL of this? But you see I dated someone once who told me she had “never changed and was the same person she was in high school” and, on more than one occasion, I called her a boldfaced liar. Whether we admit it or not we are all a product of our experiences...

  • "You CAN do it all!": Balancing Academics & Campus Activities

    It's the epic battle: "How do you balance campus activities AND academics?" It's something that any member of a programming board faces on a daily basis. You want to make sure you get all your responsibilities with your board done, yet you have to remember that you're a student first and you can't forget about that major term paper that's due at the end of the week. Solution? Pull an all nighter the night before the paper is done. Yeah...not so much! Trust me - been there, done that, got the t-shirt and regretted it after. But have no fear, there is a way you CAN do...

  • Campus Involvement: Just count to ten!

    Ok, if getting students involved was this easy we would have all of this mastered by now! The quest to get students involved on campus seems like a project that we will never “finish,” so the thrill of the process has been where I have spent a good amount of time and thought. The process of fostering student involvement can always benefit from some examination, so let’s focus on ten things your department can do today to maximize student involvement on your campus! 1. Understand How much do you know about the level of involvement on your campus to date? Citing numbers of student...
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