Alexandra: JSU Office of Student Life Week 2

Activities

·         Helped create Athletic Compliance skit for student-athletes

·         Attended “Witnessing Wednesday” program for Summer Developmental Program

·         Analyzed past judicial cases and their outcomes

Reflection

This week was an eventful week at Jackson State University! I started off with judicial services and was able to go through past and current cases. Since I previously attended a dissertation defense on student conduct and sanctions, it was great to be able to compare the research done in that study to how professionals actually work. There has been turnover in judicial services at JSU within the past year so I was able to see how more than one person handled cases and if their sanctions seemed alike or completely different. It made me really think about conduct and how we use it to better our students. Going into my own judicial cases at State this next year within Housing I know that I will definitely use what I learned to help me.

One of the programs I was really interested in working with is the Summer Developmental Program because it is the student population I am most interested working with. Students that do not have the requirements to get into college and must take certain classes during the summer and pass to be admitted fully are the students in this program. When I went to the program they had a speaker there who had actually attended JSU and was heavily involved. She talked to them about how she made it through college, started her own business, and used both her ups and downs to help her succeed. I thought it was amazing! It was easy to see the student were extremely interested and she made sure to keep them a part of the talk by asking them questions about their future. Their program goes on to graduate many students and it definitely made me think about a future of my own working with a summer development program.

Since I was a former athlete in college I hold a particular interest when it comes to working with student-athletes. I had the opportunity to work with compliance to create skits for the students about the many rules they have when becoming an athlete in college. It was crazy to see many of these rules that I did not even know of when I played. JSU is doing an amazing job by making the rules, which are tedious and sometimes confusing, displayed in a entertaining way that will allow the students to better understand.

I am so thankful for my supervisor for being absolutely amazing! Throughout this whole process he has been involved and very resourceful. I am definitely looking forward to this next week and what experiences it holds!!