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Sophie Demjanjuk, Freshman Early Childhood Education Major
Kalen Fisher, Freshman Exercise Science Major
Casey Claflin, Sophomore Education Major
Maya Dixon, Junior Business Major
Allison Castle, Freshman Nursing Major
Kathryn Heitic, Freshman Pharmacy Major
Cory Catchpole, Freshman Biology/Pre-Med Major
opinionwww.buchtelite.comConnected to Campus
No matter the time of the semester, whether the begin-ning or
nearing the end, it is never too late to be even more connected to
campus than sim-ply being a student. Whether it is attending
recruitment for a Greek Life organization, con-sidering intramural
and club teams, joining a group of in-terest that relates to a
major, or simply creating your own. There is more to college
ex-perience than the classroom. According to US News, there are
five reasons for getting in-volved.
It allows students to be-come connected to their school:
The University of Akron is full of resources, but the
re-sponsibility is on the student to seek them out. Being in-volved
helps connect students to endless opportunities. Uti-lize OrgSync,
which is located on My Akron or ask your ad-visor for further
instruction on how to.
It helps students build com-munity:
Since students are leaving their family and sometimes
their friends behind back home, getting involved helps them
discover new friends with similar interests. It also makes the
university feel whole, everyone is somehow connected and being
involved becomes second nature.
It allows students to dis-cover their passions and
strengths:
These will follow students throughout life. It allows them to
discover what they dont like as well.
Its a resume builder: Freshman year is not too
soon to begin thinking about positioning yourself for future
employment. Overall, you are attending college to land some sort of
job position post gradu-ation.
Sometimes, busier students do better in all areas:
This will vary a lot by the student, of course, but more free
time does not always equal better grades. Being in-volved will
require some orga-nization and time management on the part of the
studentand thats a good thing.
In the long run, strengthen-ing these passions and creat-ing new
ones as a student will increase potential opportuni-ties and spark
interests you never knew existed. Many experiences will be
reward-ing and will teach students a thing or two about the
reali-ties of life post graduation. It does not hurt to pick up the
student newspaper, read the cork bulletins you may walk past in the
hallways, or stop at the organization booths in the Student Union
to learn more. Being connected leads to great things.
Brittany [email protected]
