2008 Woodie Awards
Board celebrates 50 years of orientation
By: Taylor Moore
Issue date: 3/13/07 Section: News
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The students involved in the Executive Board have a tremendous time commitment; training Team WOW; the group that prepares the WOW Leaders; scheduling and coordinating the WOW events; acting as liaisons between the orientation program, the campus and community; and overseeing the week while it takes place.
"It is a really intense process but it is very rewarding at the end," said Catherine Dickstein, WOW Board member and history senior.
The most difficult part about being on the WOW Board is the time commitment, Dickstein said. The student volunteers participate as board members for a full year, from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30.
During this period, the board meets weekly with WOW staff, and the students also meet with on-campus administration, the community and attend several on- and off-campus events.
"The students are really dedicated and are talented at balancing their school and their work," said Lisa Bruce, the assistant director of Orientation Services. "They meet upwards of 150 hours each quarter."
The board's main connection with the university is through Student Life and Leadership's Orientation Programs staff. Bruce, along with Andrene Kaiwi-Lenting, director of Orientation Programs, helps the Board with their coordinating and planning.
"Our goal as staff members is to be part of the process," Bruce said.
Kaiwi-Lenting added, "I advise the students through the leadership process. I am the university link through the planning."
In order to be eligible for the WOW Executive Board, applicants must have participated as WOW Leaders and members of the WOW Team.
WOW Leaders are the group of roughly 500 student volunteers that are the direct leaders to incoming students during the orientation week. The WOW Team is composed of approximately 50 students who have the job of training the WOW Leaders.
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