Long time, no see!
Well, you wanted the UIS Real Deal didn't you? So now you've gotten it. Almost three weeks since I've last posted! That's the real deal here at UIS. There's never a dull moment and seldom is there downtime. Especially when you're an active participant on this campus. And that I am.
Let's see:
1. I'm the president of Sankofa. Sankofa is sort of like UIS's Black Student Union. We're a service and social organization that loves to have fun, and loves to help and educate others. And guess what? Our annual Friday Fish Fry is coming up in a couple of weeks! Look out for my Vlog on that.
2. Graduate Senator of the Student Government Association. This is one of my newer activities. But it does still keep me quite busy at times. My duty is to be the voice for all the graduate students here at UIS. And that's A LOT of students!
3. Student Member of the Graduate Council. The Graduate Council's duty is to look out for the grad students. Make sure our curriculum is competetive, that we are getting access to the things we need, and that we're going to be able to graduate one day!
4. Ambassador for the Brothers and Sisters United Against HIV/AIDS. This is a statewide initiative set up by Gov. Rod Blagojevich to help the fight against HIV/AIDS in the African-American community in Illinois. This job entails helping to set up activities on campus and in Springfield.
5. Student Affairs Advisory Group. This group basically is a way for students to give feedback and suggestions to our admissions department.
6. Center For First Year Programs Advisor. CFYP is a new department at UIS that basically seeks to help all of our first year students. Whether they're the traditional high school grads, a first year graduate student, or a transfer student. I'm an Advisor, so my job is to help out my advisee.
7. Student representative at the Community Volunteer Center Advisory Board. I just accepted this position and my first meeting is in November. Yay!
8. Various other activities. I participate on student panels at Preview Days and try to attend various meetings of various boards on this campus.
9. Student! That’s right. The most important of all these things is that I’m a graduate student! I’m a Whitney Young Fellow, so that means I have to keep a minimum G.P.A. of 3.0 and do community service.
Whew. I think that's it! But you get the point. UIS is a great place for people who are natural-born leaders! Of course, you can be lazy here too, but I wouldn't recommend it. It's a lot more fun if you're involved.
I promise my next post won't be as long coming to you as this one has. As I said, Sankofa is having our Fish Fry on November 10th and I'm going to tape it, so that everyone can see just how much fun you can have at UIS! Talk to ya later!
