Be the Navigator of the first-year experience by serving as an ambassador for the Office of First Year Experience! Navigators will conduct outreach calls to first-year students, represent FYE at various marketing functions, host weekly walk-in hours for first-year students, and support the office with communication efforts and monthly programs. Use your college experience to help navigate incoming students through their first year!
Expectations and Position Responsibilities
- Navigators must be willing to share their experience and be passionate about supporting new students.
- Navigators must have completed at least one semester at UA.
- Navigators must be enrolled at UA as an undergraduate student for the 2024-2025 academic year.
- Navigators will host 4 office hours per week at a set schedule. These hours will serve as walk-in Compass Talk times for a student to visit the office without an appointment and be able to meet with a student.
- Navigators will support and attend a minimum of 3 FYE associated events per semester such as Get on Board Day, Class Presentations, FYE Fridays, and other promotional opportunities.
- Navigators will host Welcome Week Information Stations in the first week of fall and spring classes.
- Navigators will attend a monthly team meeting for professional development, discussion of experiences, and support brainstorming of new initiatives for the office.
- Navigators will remain in constant communication with the Office of First Year Experience.
Timeline and Commitment
- Application Due: April 10, 2024 at Noon
- Interviews: April 15 – 19, 2024
- Notification of Selection: April 22, 2024
- Mandatory Welcome Event: April 26, 2024 at 3 p.m. (If unable to attend, please note during Interview Process)
- Mandatory Navigator Retreat: August 20, 2024 from 9 a.m. – Noon
- Monthly Meetings: Schedule determined when Navigators are selected
- Weekly Office Hours: 4 hours per week on a set schedule for fall 2024 and spring 2025 at Russell Hall
- An hourly stipend will be provided for weekly office hours.
Application
Applications are closed following the deadline of Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at Noon.
