I have been getting more comfortable around the office here and Utah and I am really enjoying the recruitment field. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday we continued to have presentations from different departments from around campus. I have been introduced to several vice presidents and have learned a great deal about the structure of Utah.
I have also been able to begin leading and assisting more in with the campus tours and the information sessions. I have gotten lucky over the past few days and been able to interact with some nontraditional students and students from different backgrounds. Thursday there was a group of Chinese students who visited campus. The group was on a two week trip from China and were visiting several different college campuses across the country. This was a very interesting group because they spoke very little English and were also somewhat not interested in being here. I also worked with a parent last week who’s daughter was graduating high school and will be classified as a junior coming into college. The mother was very demanding and did not really understand the college process, which caused some communication problems. She was also very “involved” in her daughters academic career so much to the point where she spoke of “our” ACT score and when “we” applied. The student was also not with the mother at the time.
I have really enjoyed working with these different students and learning from the different experiences. It has also been really interesting hearing about the different opportunities and experiences Utah offers to their students. I have also enjoyed learning how they are ahead of Southeastern schools in some aspects but also behind the curve in other areas but it is all based off of the population they are serving.
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