Hello everyone! Hope you had a great summer and are looking forward to starting a new year of school. 🙂
We are launching a CSE Big/Littles program and are looking for volunteers to act as mentors for our fall 2018 admits!
Why be a big?
As our program begins to expand, the amount of students who are new to our program (and, in some cases, to UW) is increasing drastically. We want to make sure that CSE continues to be a supportive environment for all students despite this growth in student numbers. Being a big is a great way to connect with new CSE students. As a big you will have the opportunity to change the experience of being a new admit into our amazing CSE community! Additionally, you will get access to a community of fellow bigs. Students who have volunteered to act as bigs will be invited to a Slack channel that will allow bigs to ask questions that they may not be best equipped to answer, allow for easier communication throughout the events and big meet ups, and keep bigs accountable.
Big Details:
If you are an upper class CSE major (Sophomore, Junior, Senior) who is excited to meet and guide new CSE majors, this is the perfect role for you! You will have a group of 1 – 5 littles (this number may change based on the number of volunteers).
- Your littles will meet you for the first time during a mandatory one hour session on the second week of school (@ 4:30, on a single day between the 8th – 11th of Oct). More details to come!
- After the initial meeting, you will be responsible for scheduling short meeting sessions once every 2 weeks to follow up with your littles and see how they are doing.
The total commitment is about one hour/two weeks for three quarters plus the one hour session (@ 4:30, on a single day between the 8th – 11th of Oct) by the end of the second week of school. We are hoping to get as many volunteers as possible to allow for smaller groups which would help build more personal relationships.
To volunteer, please submit this volunteer form by Wednesday, Sept 26th at 11:59PM.
Thanks for all your help!
ACM