Live Orange, Even this Summer

You have the opportunity to become an Orientation Leader for Oklahoma State University.  Orientation Leaders (OLs) are undergraduate students who serve incoming freshmen, transfer students and families throughout orientation and enrollment programs. OLs welcome students and families while serving as role models and engaging participants to create a positive orientation experience. OLs support OSU’s academic mission, understand the system of academic colleges, work well with others, and provide extreme customer service and leadership.  Application materials are due by 5:00 pm., Tuesday, November 23, 2010.

For more information check out this video:  Life as an Orientation Leader

For the application click here:  Orientation Leader Application

Get paid! Intern at Camp War Eagle!

Do you want the opportunity to enhance and enrich the lives of approximately 4,000 students this summer? Camp War Eagle is looking for exactly those type of people to serve on their staff during summer 2011...and get paid for it!

Read below for information on Camp War Eagle from Darrick Seaton, Associate Director at Camp War Eagle:

Camp War Eagle is a Christian Summer Camp for Underserved and at Risk kids ages 7-17 in NW Arkansas. We are looking for college students that Love God, Love Kids, Love the outdoors, and Love making a difference in the lives of others!!!  Most of our kids come from pretty hard homes and really need a positive role model in their lives and that role model could be you.  About 80% of our 4,000 kids get a $2000 experience at no cost.  Pretty amazing!!! This internship is especially for any major dealing with kids, social services, ministry, recreation, nature/ecology, or sports.

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 Table Locations on campus:  (Oct 25-28^th)

Mon-Thurs morning/afternoon:  North of Classroom Building Outside from 9 am to 1pm—by the temporary Food Court!  (If weather is bad, we plan to be at the Colvin instead from 1 pm to 5 pm)

Monday night:  Colvin 6-9 pm

Wed. Afternoon:  Colvin 1-5 pm

 CWE Video Show: (Attendance recommended)

CWE Video Show that highlights your summer experience and answers a ton of questions:  Thurs. Oct. 28^th @ 7:00 pm—CLB 212

CWE Interviews: 

Interviews will be all day on Friday Oct 29^th from 8:30 am to 6:00 pm in the Willard Living Room (1^st Floor College of Ed) To sign up for an interview, visit our table or come to the Video Show on Thurs. night.  If that is not possible, please call Leslie Seaton at 479-466-8317 to set one up.  It is required to be hired, but does not commit you.

Giving Back

Incoming freshmen of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources have the opportunity to participate in a service project during their orientation class during the fall semester. This is an addition to the class to allow students to actively use their strengths, identified by Clifton's StrengthsFinder, to promote community service to the campus and the city of Stillwater and beyond.

One specific small group used their strengths to help sell, distribute, and support the efforts from Red Shirt, Orange Friday. Emily Frey, an agricultural communications freshmen from Idabel, Okla., was one of the freshmen who got to experience firsthand this unique opportunity to new students in our college.

"The purpose of this project was to raise money for care packages that will be sent overseas to our troops at war," Frey said. "Over a thousand shirts were sold at $10 a piece.

Students were asked to identify one strength they will use to complete this project. Frey used her strength of communication to complete the project.

Frey said she "personally attended the meeting discussing the organization and plan for the week and worked out a schedule, so that our group would know when, where, and what day they individually had to work."

Over 400 students and their Student Academic Mentor (SAM) took part in this event. Service projects like the one Frey took part in allowed each student to feel proud and accomplished. It was also a great way to establish links to give back to the community.

Interested in giving back? Check out the OSU Service-Learning Volunteer Center to see how you can make an impact where you are!

Job Seeking: Work Smarter Not Harder

In the times of Google, Yahoo, Bing and Wikipedia, students often believe they have all the information accessible at their fingertips, especially when it comes to researching a potential employer. Yes, it is true, online communications have made researching potential employers easier, but the transition from personal to digital communications can also pose some challenges.

Consider the more than 30 questions one should research before interviewing or accepting a job with a potential employer. Digging for the ALL these answers online can be extremely time consuming. In other instances, searching for specific information on privately owned companies can be impossible--CEOs seek to keep the details of their businesses private in order to protect their information from lurking competitors.

Time and impossible--not exactly the most favorite words in the undergraduate polls. However, a more likeable phrase found among the student population is: "Work smarter, not harder." The adage applies to job seeking as well. Good companies are eager to recruit talented students from excellent universities, like Oklahoma State. In fact, company recruiters visit campus regularly to host information sessions.

Information sessions provide a great opportunity for students to make personal contact with company representatives and ask questions. Most of these sessions are held on campus during a convenient time. In a short hour, students have the opportunity to get a good feel for the company's culture, organizational structure and growth potential. Discovering the same things online could take weeks.

Within the next month, three companies will be visiting Ag Hall:

Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)
Farm Credit
Weyerhaeuser

Don't miss your opportunity to mingle with these great employers.

If you have any questions about preparing for information session, please contact a CASNR Career Liaison.

Not Your Typical B.S.

No, not this B.S....

We are talking about the B.S. that all of us are interested in. 

The Bachelor's of Science.  THE Degree.

 

The Student Success Center Beat is designed to keep you informed of upcoming events in the college, as well as scholarship deadlines and career information.  We realize how important being in the know is, especially when it comes to scholarship money and that ever important graduation check.  Look to this blog to keep you up on your toes, and to lessen the "B.S." that fills your email inbox while striving for your B.S.!  Thanks, and have a great weekend! Go Pokes!

Time to Get Involved!

Oklahoma State University College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, more commonly referred to as CASNR, maintains a high respect for academics and research. BUT, we also invite students to take part in college events and student organizations. Involvement with CASNR means professional development, social interactions, conferences, and free food (and what college student passes on free food?), just to name a few! With over 35 student organizations in CASNR alone, we hope you can find one that fits your interests. Click here to learn more about CASNR student organizations.

One of the opportunities for you to get involved is through Homecoming 2010: Cowboy Nation. CASNR has a rich tradition in celebrating the best and being the best. For the last several years, CASNR has taken home the award of Most Spirited College. The cause may come down to the infamous window paintings all throughout Ag Hall during Homecoming Week or it could be the many students who come together and participate in various Homecoming activities. Nevertheless, we invite you to take part in this once a year event! Don't know what to expect? Catch a glimpse of the mania here.

Still want information on events you see here, or don't see? Send us a Tweet, @OSUCASNR, or send us an e-mail at casnr@okstate.edu, or visit us in 103 Ag Hall. In the CASNR Student Success Center, we are here for you! So put your boots on, grab college by the reins and get involved!

Congratulations Sophomores!

The College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources and the Student Success Center would like to extend congratulations to the following CASNR students for being named Top 20 Freshman Men and Women (Italicized names indicate Top 10 Freshman Awards)

·         Tara Burchfield, Fairview – Agricultural Communications

·         Clairissa Craige, Bokchito – Animal Science

·         Mackenzie Jochim, Broken Arrow – Entomology

·         Shannon Watson, Blairstown, MO – Agricultural Communications/Agricultural Economics

·         Clark Bixler, Waynoka – Agricultural Economics

·         Robby Branscum, Fort Gibson – Animal Science/Agricultural Education

·         Trindle Brueggen, Okarche – Agribusiness

·         Collin Craige, Bokchito – Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering

·         Paul Cunningham, Lawton – Animal Science

·         Josh Goff, Mooreland – Animal Science

·         Flint Holbrook, Clover, SC – Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering

·         Brennan Lewis, Whitefield – Animal Science

·         Robbie Maples, Okemah – Agribusiness

·         Mark Sims, Elgin – Animal Science

·         Jonathan Wedel, Stillwater – Animal Science