Berkeley or Bust: WACUUUUUUUUHO! Part Deux

"Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in purity." - 1 Timothy 4:12

Its day 3 of the WACUHO Conference, and I couldn't be more excited. I went to two incredible interest sessions. The first was a best practice session on RA training, and how to better utilize returning staff members. I found all of the information to be quite helpful, considering I was never an RA and have never been a part of an RA training. Although the information was geared towards ResLife, I am excited to use some aspects in my training for Greek Officers back at Duke. For instance, they talked about creating online policy quizzes that must be passed before events can take place...this would eliminate the really dull components of some of our training programs.

The second program I attended involved implementing a series of programming called "Geek Week." It was a really fascinating presentation. One of the programs centered around the feminist perspective of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the show, not the movie). The presenter also threw some student development theory in there...yay Chickering! (You prob won't get that unless you're in higher ed). I don't really have anyway of implementing this on any of my campuses considering the functional areas I work in; however, in my future job as an RD somewhere, I will definitely keep this in mind.

The night ended with the "Grand Banquet," which was a suit/tie event where awards and recognitions are given. Guess what?! My team and I won FIRST/GOLD place in the New Professionals Case Study Competition! I cannot begin to tell you how excited we were. I was shaking so bad, I couldn't hold my cup of tea afterward. What really made this special, is that we were the only grad students to participate, as our competition were new professionals with 1-3 years of full-time work experience. Our win is the reason I used the above quote for this post.