Dear team,
You know, I love starting letters that way because I love what we manage to do as a team, and I’m well aware that it takes all of us to do great things. I was thinking about this today because I had been contemplating a LinkedIn posting from Robert Inouye, Senior Disaster Program Manager at the Nebraska/Iowa American Red Cross:
A team is not just people who work at the same time in the same place. A real team is a group of very different individuals who enjoy working together and who share a commitment to working cohesively to help their organization achieve its common goals and to fulfill its purpose. Most likely, they are not all equal in experience, talent, or education, but they are similar in one vitally important way: their commitment to the good of the organization. (Leadership First)
So let’s talk about our commitment and what we, as a team, can do.
We have two critical recruiting and retention opportunities on the immediate horizon, and we are all being asked to help. One is Bengal Visit Day, being offered again in person on Saturday, April 23, and the other is our New Student Orientation sessions, taking place in person June through August. You can read all of the details and volunteer below, but I want to take a moment and talk about why it’s so important for us to make these occasions a priority.
These events are some of the earliest and most critical opportunities for prospective and new students to figure out who we are as a university and whether they want to pursue their education with us. Yes, we have staff members designated to provide these services, but think how much greater an impact we can have as a university if every one of these experiences is filled with our SA presence and friendly faces. What a message to new and prospective students that would be! No matter what our day-to-day responsibilities and job titles say we “do,” recruitment and retention is all of our jobs, and students remember someone who made their experience a positive one in some small way.
Let’s team up! Consider how fun it can be to take a break from your regular routine and spend some time making a student’s first impression of ISU a wonderful one. Supervisors, consider whether you can share some of your team members’ time at one or more of these events. As of the date of this mailing, Admissions already has over a thousand student and family member RSVPs for the April 23 BVD event. Our first year with summer NSO events showed us what kind of impact we can have in terms of ensuring that students are registered and ready for the fall semester. Could they use our help in person this year? Absolutely! See the RSVP links and more information about the events below, and let’s show our colleagues and community what the Student Affairs team can do to make a difference.
Warmly,
Lyn Redington
Vice President for Student Affairs
and Enrollment Management
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SA Team Opportunities to Make a Difference in Recruitment & Retention |
Call for Student Affairs Volunteers at April 23 Bengal Visit Day
Bengal Visit Day, one of our largest recruitment events, is coming up Saturday, April 23, and it will be held IN PERSON. We have not had a large in-person recruitment event since 2019!
BVD is an open-house style event, where prospective students have the opportunity to roam campus and interact with faculty, staff, and current students, and this year will be epic!
We are thrilled to be hosting hundreds of prospective students and their families on our campus and showcase our ROAR, but we cannot do this without you, and we would love for Student Affairs to be the most represented group of volunteers on campus. As of today, we have 1089 students and guests registered, and we have sent out only the first round of invitations. Our goal is to hit at least 1,500 prospective students and guests, so we need all of the staff volunteers we can get.
We start with check-in and breakfast at 8:00, with a Welcome at 8:30. From 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., we offer an open house, breakout sessions, and a street fair. Lunch is held at 12:30, followed by the football game at 1:00. You can volunteer for one part of the schedule or hang out with us for the day.
If you’re interested in a fun-filled day of excitement interacting with prospective students and families, please sign up here. You’ll have a great time. You’ll get a great t-shirt. And the best part? You’ll get to spend the day with the coolest people around!
If you have any questions, you can reach out to Nicole Joseph at 208-282-3004 or rosenico@isu.edu. We appreciate your support of our recruiting events and cannot thank you enough. Roar, Student Affairs Team, Roar!
Office of Academic Advising Seeks SA Volunteer Support for NSO
Summer NSO In-Person Dates: June 10 and 27. July 8 and 25. August 1 and 18.
As you may know, our incoming first-year students register for their fall classes at New Student Orientation. At 2:00 p.m. at each in-person NSO session, students connect with their college advisors to learn their curriculum, design a class schedule, and register for their class schedules. Academic Advisors benefit from having extra minds and hands in these group sessions. If you are interested in supporting the advising and registration process from 2:00-4:00 p.m. for any or all of the 6 summer sessions, please sign up HERE. Volunteer training will take place in May and June. Direct questions to Aaron Todd at aarontodd@isu.edu, and THANK YOU Student Affairs team for your support!
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Happening Today! Salute to Service, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Cadet Field |
The Veteran Student Services Center has issued an invitation to our entire campus and community to join them for a celebratory event today, Wednesday, April 6, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., on Cadet Field located between the Rendezvous building and Reed Gym on the Pocatello campus. The VSSC is hosting a variety of activities and displays for our ISU students, staff, faculty, friends, and family to come and enjoy. There will be military branch representatives and medical field recruiters on hand for those interested in exploring these options, but the fair is open to all. Come and enjoy the activities and show your support for our veterans and military connected students and services!
Featured at the Event:
- Army rock band
- Field hospital (mobile evac)
- Helicopter (black hawk) air evac/medical
- Stem truck/drones
- Taco truck from National Guard
- Music
- Military branch reps
- Humvee ambulance
- Army gaming truck
- Navy & Marines in attendance
- Army recruiters for medical fields
- National guard bringing rock wall + human bowling
- SVA/VSSC table handing out t-shirts for free
- Tables hosted by sponsors, recruiters, veterans services
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Black/Women’s History Month |
The Diversity Center cordially invites students to benefit from our Black/Women's History Month coat drive. Already thinking of the winters ahead, they have been collecting winter coats for students who cannot afford them. The event will take place April 6 and 7 in the Heritage room in the Pond Student Union Building, Pocatello Campus, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Students may drop by and pick up a coat. Questions may be directed to the Diversity Resource Center at drc@isu.edu (208) 282-3142.
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JCPenney Suit-Up Event Coming Up - April 7, 2022 |
ISU Career Center is partnering with JC Penney for the JC Penney Suit-up event on Thursday, April 7, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the JC Penney store in Pine Ridge Mall (4201 Yellowstone Ave). Join us to receive a coupon for an extra 30% off of select business attire, some of which will already be discounted for up to 60% of the normal price. Everyone who signs in will be entered into a raffle for merchandise, which will be raffled throughout the evening. You can also participate in this event online by texting 1901 to 67292 to get your coupon. |
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Virtual Workshop - CP3 Community Awareness and Terrorism Prevention |
Educate Your Community on Preventing Targeted Violence and Terrorism
Friday, April 15, 1:00-3:00 p.m. on Zoom
The Idaho State University, Department of Sociology, Social Work and Criminology invites you to join them on Zoom for this virtual workshop. The Community Awareness Briefing (CAB) introduces communities to the foundational knowledge needed to successfully understand and prevent targeted violence and terrorism. This workshop also teaches participants to identify ways communities can protect themselves and their loved ones through effective prevention and intervention strategies. Family, friends, and colleagues are often the first ones to see behavioral changes in individuals. Knowing what to look for and how to reach out for help is critical to preventing targeted violence and terrorism.
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Celebrating our Students’ Success |
Idaho State Student, Conner Coutts has been selected for the Barnes & Noble Bestseller Management Development Program, a highly selective management trainee program that is open to exceptional student booksellers showing promising retail, operations and management skills.
Over the next 12-18 months, Conner will be shadowing the store director and assistant store director to learn all aspects of the bookstore business. He will be learning communication skills with faculty and staff, better business practices, inventory control, manager functions, general merchandise (merchandising, inventory control, ordering) and staffing practices.
Upon completion of the program, Conner’s credentials, interests and geographic preferences will be added to Barnes & Noble College’s Talent Tracker, its internal talent development platform, making him searchable by all hiring managers who may be looking to fill a specific management position in one of Barnes & Noble College’s campus stores across the country. Conner will be able to step into a position that includes, but not limited to store management, assistant store management, department manager, or textbook manager at any Barnes & Noble College locations in the U.S.
Conner is a senior, majoring in Global Studies, minoring in Communications, History, and Social Change, and looking forward to graduation in 2022. Conner has lived in Pocatello, Idaho, for the past 14 years and has been involved as a leader in many local chapters of organizations, including The Boy Scouts of America, National Speech and Debate Association and Pi Kappa Delta. He has also worked at many local businesses, including McDonalds and Holiday Inn Express, however, the bookstore is his favorite so far, according to Conner. He believes that the people are what makes a place special, and his co-workers make the bookstore such a great place to work by bringing not only their A-game, but also positive attitudes.
Conner, you make us proud!
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Share the Good Stuff Goin’ On |
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Let the SA Communications & Marketing team help you share the good things you do every day. Send us your announcements of new hires, word about programs or events you’d like to share, requests for support...anything you’d like the rest of the division, our students and families, or our campus partners to know, and we’ll help you get out the word. |
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