Tuesday's Tips (09/28/15)

TUESDAY'S TIPS (09/28/15)

“Our services serves us as well as others. That which uses us strengthens us. Over time, fixing and helping are draining, depleting. Over time we burn out. Service is renewing. When we serve, our work itself will sustain us.” 

Rachel Naomi Remen, In the Service of Life.

GET ENGAGED AT MAC

Navigating communities through service is an impactful way to grow as an individual and a community member. As you grow into the Macalester, Mac-Groveland, Twin Cities, and larger communities around you, consider how you interact, and how you could serve them. Information is often a vital beginning for service and engagement.

At Macalester, if you are interested in joining student organizations, Macalester College Student Government (MCSG), you should attend organization meetings to get a feel for them, speak to org leaders, and ask your friends in what orgs they engage. If you go to the second floor of the Campus Center, you can find org guides with lists of all the student orgs you could join. Or you could use OrgSync (use your Macalester log in information): https://orgsync.com/login/macalester-college/. Feel free to contact your MCSG Class Representatives for help finding resources: http://www.macalester.edu/mcsg/members/.

Have you considered leadership positions for the next year?

Did you do Ametrica, or are you an international student? If so, consider if you are interested in becoming a mentor: http://www.macalester.edu/isp/. 

What about being an Orientation Leader for the Class of 2020 next year? Contact Suresh Mudragada for more information: http://www.macalester.edu/campusactivities/staff/sureshmudragada 

Are you interested in being an RA? Contact your Residence Hall Director or RA with more questions!

Do you want to be a SEXY peer educator? Contact the Laurie Hamre Center for Health and Wellness for more information.

What about mentoring or working with programs within the Department of Multicultural Life? Look up their Emerging Scholars Program, among others: http://www.macalester.edu/multiculturallife/emergingscholars/

Are you interested in engaging in self-exploration and tight-knit communities? Have you considered the CEC’s Embody the Change Circles (ETC Circles)? http://www.macalester.edu/cec/reflectionandvocation/etc/