So with today being Saturday, that means that tomorrow, Sunday, August 19th will officially be our first day of WC New Staff Orientation! Don't panic, it's not an all-day Sunday thing, but Orientation will indeed begin tomorrow evening at 8:00pm with a Movie Night in the WC.
Manderson put together a schedule for the Orientation, which will mostly take place on Monday and Tuesday, August 20th and 21st. For those of you who like to think/plan ahead or are just curious what might be happening on those days, here's the schedule!
WC New Staff Orientation Schedule of Events/Logistics:
Sunday, August 19th
-8:00pm (Movie Night in the WC)
Monday, August 20th
-5:00pm (Meet in the WC for informal socializing)
-5:30pm (Introduce Orientation Helpers...When all/most WC folks are present, head over to Xavier's for pizza.)
-6:00pm-7:30pm (Pizza at Xavier's)
-8:00pm-10:00pm (Informal socializing and games (Catch Phrase!) in the WC)
Tuesday, August 21st
-8:30am (Beginning of WC Orientation Day Two (BREAKFAST!))
-9:15am (Introductions Activity/Mixer for new consultants)
-9:30am (Pictionary)
-10:15am (WC Rotations...1. Coffee (and hot drink rules) + Kitchen (dishes, usage, etc.)-led by Courtney Marti, Connor Roth, and Kelci DeHaas; 2. Publication + Committees-led by Hailley Fargo, Ariana Uding, and Peter Hegland; 3. Desk, Phone, Logbook, Timesheets-led by Ryan Rey, Sam Orvis, and Patrick Johnson; 4. Beaver, Frog, Sloth, misc. rules of the WC-led by Kobe Spencer, Ashley Collum, and Spencer Roth
-11:30am (Lunch Break)
-12:15pm (Rock, Paper, Scissors Tourney-find a partner, best 2 of 3, loser becomes cheerleader for victor, continue)
-12:30pm (First Draft: Worst First Sentence of a Book-see http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/2012win.html for inspiration)
-12:45pm (Share worst first sentences, choose the "best")
-1:00pm (First round of conferences: Making the sentence worse-one older staff member works with two younger staff members)
-1:30pm (Share new, worse sentences)
-1:45pm (Second round of conferences: combine and revise your group's two sentences to make the worst first two sentences of a book)
-2:15pm (Share sentences and choose best)
-2:30pm (Catch Phrase match with everyone outside-explain how it's like consulting...finding the right words to get the person to make the connection, have to try different approaches sometimes)
-3:30pm (Dr. Bob Introduction)
-4:30pm (Unscheduled socialization/break time-frisbee, Catch Phrase, more Pictionary)
-6:00pm (Dinner!)
So there you have it, our couple days o' fun for the WC New Staff Orientation! Sounds like a blast...might I add that the Catch Phrase activity was all my idea...you're welcome. ;) I think I can speak for all WC consultants when I say that we're incredibly excited to get to know this year's new staff! Personally, I'll have CAP training the 20th and 21st, but will try to make any of the Orientation activities my schedule will allow. And who's pumped for the WC Staff Retreat?! Camping! Yay! I can't wait to stay in a cabin...if only it was at the Boundary Waters as well. :) Maybe next year?...hint, hint. ;) Which makes me also think of you lucky ducks who attended the Orientation in the Wilderness to begin your first year at Coe. Great decision! I went on the Orientation myself and loved every, single minute of it! That was probably the best decision I made my first year at Coe. Can't wait to have all you wilderness junkies back as well!
Have a blast this official, last day of summer before Orientations begin...you won't know what to do with yourself, you'll be having so much fun and staying busy beyond belief!
- Heidi Heaton
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