Activities
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Became familiarized with the
specific services offered by the Student Support Services office to qualified
students.
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Worked with staff in Student
Support Services to plan the transition of the ACCESS program into larger
facilities.
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Participated in leading academic
advising during orientation.
Experience
I will be doing my practicum with the office of
Student Support Services at Mississippi State University this summer. I am
anxious and excited to be getting this new experience in the student affairs
field. I definitely jumped right in from the first moment. I will be working
directly under the Associate Director, Micah White. After meeting the staff in
the Student Support Services office, they brought me up to speed on the various
projects for the summer.
I will assist Student Support Services in transition
of the ACCESS program into a larger classroom in Montgomery Hall, where the
program is housed. I will also be helping out with academic advising throughout
the freshmen summer orientations. On Friday I get to do my first academic
advising for undeclared majors. It was a great experience, since I have not
gotten to do that here at Mississippi State. I was not nearly as nervous as I
thought I was going to be when I got in there, and I knew a lot more about
academic advising than I initially perceived. I was thrilled to see the
familiar faces of Whitney and Chelsey there as well. It was comforting to know
that I had classmates in the same new circumstances as myself. The experience I
get during this practicum will surely help to shape my competency in my career.
I feel as though I have made a great decision
on where to fulfill my practicum experience. I know that I will get a diverse array
of experiences here. Through the experiences I get during this practicum, I
will surely help to shape my competency in my career.
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