Orientation 2008 has begun. These past two days, I have been leading a student group and helping the students learn more about what Northeastern has to offer!

The orientation team has moved over to Stetson West for the remainder of the summer. We welcomed the first group of students this past Sunday with early arrival students. The program continued through yesterday and today with many different activities and information sessions for students. It was great to meet new students and parents and see how excited they are about Northeastern!

I’m excited to tell you all that I was offered a position for the fall semester as a JetBlue CrewBlue Campus Ambassador. I will be one of a team of two CrewBlue Ambassadors for Northeastern. I will be around campus all semester long promoting JetBlue and giving out free flight vouchers at different programs!

I must run off to man the Information Center for the afternoon. As always, please leave any questions or comments!

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It’s been a good week and a half. Still living in Stetson East and getting ready for orientation sessions to begin!

I went to a few Red Sox games this past week. I went to one game this past week with Ed Klotzbier, the Vice President for Student Affairs at the university. Occasionally, Ed will take student leaders to Red Sox games as a thank you for their work on campus. Below is a picture of Nicole Johnson and I with Ed at the game!

Ed also has a blog on the Northeastern website. You all should check it out to learn about great events that happen on campus. I have included the link:

http://studentlife.typepad.com/ed/2008/03/index.html

Well, I’m off to Nantucket for the weekend with some friends from Northeastern! Should be a fun weekend in the sun!

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Orientation Training has begun! This is my second week living in Stetson East with all the 2008 Orientation Leaders. We have been training and planning every day for the arrival of the incoming class of 2013. The thirty of us have become very close over the past few weeks!

In our first week of training we took a trip to Ashland, MA to the Warren Conference Center, a facility owned by Northeastern University. This was a jam packed day full of ice breakers, bonding, and even a high ropes course. We did an activity called the flying squirrel. Basically, there is one person strapped into a harness threaded with a rope that goes up into a pulley about 75 feet off the ground. The rest of the team has the other end of the rope, and the person in the harness gets hoisted up very quickly! Below is a picture of me getting ready to take off…..

Some other good news…..

I haven’t written since my last week of co-op, but I’m excited to report that I was offered a full time position at Deloitte upon graduation! This is such a relief to know that once I graduate I will be able to join one of the Big Four Firms with some fellow Northeasterners.

That is all for now….off to the dining hall!

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