{"id":143,"date":"2013-02-07T10:59:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T15:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/orientation-ambassadors\/2013\/02\/07\/so-you-wanna-be-awesome\/"},"modified":"2013-02-07T10:59:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T15:59:00","slug":"so-you-wanna-be-awesome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/orientation-ambassadors\/2013\/02\/07\/so-you-wanna-be-awesome\/","title":{"rendered":"SO you wanna be AWESOME?!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good choice. Being awesome is pretty awesome. I would know, because I am awesome.<\/span>
A wise man once said,<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span>You know when you read a word too many times and it starts to look weird? That’s happening with the word awesome to me right now. I guess I’ll just have to use a different word to describe awesomeness..like……<\/span>

<\/span>STUDENT LEADER.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Now, don’t go clickin’ off back to your facespaces and mybooks and whatnot ’cause I said “STUDENT LEADER.<\/span><\/b>” and that might not sound like the most exciting thing in the world to you. But let me assure you. It is the most exciting thing in the world to me, and I would like to share my excitement with you.<\/span>

<\/span>BUT TRUDY, HOW DO I BECOME A STUDENT LEADER.<\/span><\/b>?<\/span>

<\/span>Well, conveniently placed anonymous question, I will tell you! There are TONS of opportunities for STUDENT LEADER.<\/span><\/b>ship around campus.<\/span>

<\/span>CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS.<\/b><\/span>
You can lead a club or organization! There are over ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY (150+) CLUBS&ORGS ON CAMPUS. Everyone has beaten into your heads how important it is to get involved and blah blah blah so I won’t get into that. But if you’re in a club and you’re passionate about it, you can try to get on the executive board! Eboards consist of at least a President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer, and maybe some more club-specific positions like Marketing Chair or Technical Officer or Designated Hat Person. It’s a bit of a time commitment to be an eboard member, but it’s super rewarding in that you get to steer the club in a direction you might want to see, and it’s a great resume builder!<\/span>

<\/span>RESIDENCE LIFE.<\/b><\/span>
Resident Advisors are kind of badly represented on TV and movies and funny YouTube videos and whatnot. Everyone thinks we’re OUT TO GET YOU IN TROUBLE or BREAKIN’ UP PARTIES LEFT AND RIGHT or SNIFFING EVERY DOOR IN A HALLWAY TRYING TO BUST EVERYONE. But! While conduct and conflict are part of the Residence Life Staff’s job, that’s not all we do! Here’s a nice list format to break up this wall o’ text:<\/span><\/p>\n