activities for incoming freshmen?
Leah asked:
i’m a female sophomore in college. i’ll be living with a hall of 20 freshmen this fall, and it’s my job to welcome and mentor them. i’ll be doing this alongside my male counterpart (a good friend of mine).
i’m a female sophomore in college. i’ll be living with a hall of 20 freshmen this fall, and it’s my job to welcome and mentor them. i’ll be doing this alongside my male counterpart (a good friend of mine).
my responsibilities include the usual “in loco parentis” stuff and academic guidance. i also have to create fun activities and icebreakers for them to get to know each other and the school/surrounding area.
my friend and i have already come up with a couple of ideas (picnic on campus, water balloon fight, making hall decorations), but i was wondering if anyone else had any input. whether it’s a great ice-breaker game, a fun activity you do with your large group of friends, or a fun communal experience you had as a freshman, i wanna hear it!
Tags: Freshman, Good Friend, Job
February 14th, 2009 at 3:23 am
try and do a group trip to an amusement park if close enough…
challenge other dorms/halls to flag football, softball games…
movie night…either in dorms or town…
go as a group to a frat/house party or some other big event
concert
February 16th, 2009 at 3:15 am
The dorms I’ve stayed in did stuff like tye-dying on the front lawn, brick painting to hold open the doors of the rooms, we went to football games together, walked to the 7-11 to get slurpee’s together, our floor meetings were themed, we would make smoothies in the lobby lounge, played juice pong, carved pumpkins, made gingerbread houses and caramel apples, we went on field trips the the local diners and stuff like that.
Hope this helps!
February 17th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
In my sophomore year, my RAs decided to gather all of us together and play a silly game. Ice cream and embellishments were offered as a precursor, just to loosen everyone up. Then we went around the room and each of us stated our favorite quotation. Those who couldn’t come up with anything would just reference pop culture (”I’m lovin’ it” or “who let the dogs out?”). Once everyone had gone, we were told to then give the same quote but add “… in my pants” to the end. It produced some truly hilarious results. “Who let the dogs out in my pants?” “Just do it in my pants.”
I always had RAs that designed name tags for each resident’s or suite’s door. One year it was jungle animals, then superheroes, then hats, etc. Little things to pique their interest, if only momentarily, can be important.