- Finalize the Back to School Bash event and flyer
- Continue to work on the FERPA guidelines project
- Worked the final JourneyEAST Orientation session
Reflection:
This past Friday, I worked the final JourneyEAST Orientation and it went well. I felt that the this session went a lot smoother than the first because we grew accustom to the challenges from the first session. I was in charge of pictures since the camera guy was out for the day. Each group had to stop and take a group picture with their Compass Leader before dismissing, which is a great idea. All the pictures were uploaded to the EMCC Facebook page so that students could tag themselves in the picture. This is one area that I think Mississippi State could benefit from. Social media is such a great opportunity for an institution to grow and I think MSU would greatly benefit from having professional pictures done of each groups at their Orientation. I know at MSU, the OLs had their own Instagram account but their was not an official university photographer taking pictures of each group. I think EMCC's Orientation next year will be even better because they are moving towards making Orientation "mandatory" by having registration at Orientation. In other words, if you want to create a schedule, you have to come to Orientation. I feel as this will help the program grow in the future if registration is at Orientation.
Besides Orientation work, I am working on a FERPA project for my supervisor. While I am preparing for COMPS by working on this project and often find myself confused. There seems to be a lot of "how one interprets FERPA" situations I run into while doing my research. I am slowly realizing that universities work completely different than community college in regards to FERPA. Hopefully, I will be able to clear up any confusion with the FERPA expert we will be having a phone conference call with next week.
Check out this picture of the awesome Compass Leaders!
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