Volunteer with House Calls!
The purpose of the House Calls Program is to welcome first-year residence hall students to the UNCG campus community and provide them with an opportunity to interact with faculty members and administrators on a personal level. Research indicates that developing a relationship with a faculty or a staff member can have a significant impact on students and increase retention.
House Calls will take place on Monday, August 27, 2012, from 6pm-8pm. If you volunteer for this program, you will be working with a UNCG colleague(s) visiting first-year students in one of the residence halls on campus. As a volunteer you will have an opportunity to do the following:
- Interact with 20-30 students in a residence hall setting. You will visit students in their residence hall room and have a conversation with them about their first week of school. You will answer a lot of general questions about the University.
- Provide students with "items of success" to assist with their transition to the university.
- Have dinner with other volunteers. A salad and baked potato bar will be served from 6:00PM – 6:30PM in the Elliott University Center (EUC), Cone Ballroom. Volunteer Check-in will begin at 5:45PM.
- Participate in a brief orientation. During dinner, you will receive the necessary information and materials to prepare you for the House Calls experience.
Deadline for volunteer sign-up is Monday, August 13, 2012. For more information, contact HRL at 336-334-5636.
JOIN US! Housing and Residence Life thanks you for your time.
Feedback from past volunteers:
"It was great when students felt comfortable opening up to me."
"I enjoyed watching the Provost as he greated all the students on Mendenhall First Floor."
"Two of the students on my list to visit were registered to take my section of BUS 105 the next day."
"It was just great fun to meet all of the students and hear a bit of their stories."
