Thursday, December 4, 1997
The University Daily Kansan
Section A • Page 5
Applications for assistants to new students due this month
By Gwen Olson golson@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Each year, prospective students visit the University of Kansas with questions about their first year of college.
The office of New Student Orientation now is accepting applications for orientation assistants to help those students and their parents learn more about the University and its community.
Applications are due in the New Student Orientation office by Dec. 19. Fifteen orientation assistants will be hired for the 1998-99 school year.
Students interested in becoming an orientation assistant must have completed 12 credit hours and must have a cumulative grade point average of 2.25 or higher.
The top applicants' names will be posted Jan. 12. Those applicants will go through a second- and third-round selection process, which consists of group sessions and giving a speech.
Lisa Pinamonti, Pittsburg graduate assistant for New Student Orientation, said students who were accepted into the second round must participate in a group-process session, a speech session and a final interview. The final list of assistants will be posted Feb. 20.
Those students must be able to work from May 18 to July 31 to train and help with summer-orientation sessions.
"For the first few weeks, we have training," Pinamonti said. "And then orientation sessions are held Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturday."
Pinamonti said orientation assistants also must attend one of three preparation sessions each week during the summer.
Kevin Yoder, Hutchinson senior and orientation assistant for the 1997-98 school year, said he thought the experience was rewarding.
"It's a good way to learn a lot about the University and to develop my own interpersonal skills," he said. "I think that orientation offers an important service for new students and gives them solid footing for their first semester."
Orientation Assistants
Applications are available at the Office of New Student Orientation, 45 Strong Hall, the office of Minority Affairs, 145 Strong Hall and the Student Organizations and Leadership Development Center, 400 Kansas Union.
- Applications are due Friday, Dec. 19, to the Office of New Student Orientation.
Top applicants' names will be posted at the Office of New Student Orientation Jan. 12.
Final selection for orientation assistants will be posted Feb. 20.
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