Winter 2018 Schedule
Schedule!!!
WEEK Below Zero
- ISO Training – January 3 – 10 AM to 4 PM
- This initial training sets you up for ISO and the initial connections you will make with incoming international students.
- Peer Mentors confirmed to volunteer: Shan, Cheng, Remi, Dai, Jude
- ISO – January 4-5
- ISO leaders – During ISO, peer mentors will serve as leaders who help students navigate the week-long orientation to the University of Oregon. Peer mentors will wear different colored shirts to set them apart and will be responsible for large pieces of the orientation.
- Peer Mentor Tour Around Eugene – January 4th from around 12 – 3:30 PM
- You’ll grab lunch with the new mentees/students at the EMU (at no cost to you – you’ll have a $10 card to use).
WEEK ONE (January 8-12)
- Peer Mentor Winter Training Meeting #1 – Monday, January 8, 2018 from 6:00-8:30 PM in Education 117
- Agenda
- Food
- Speaker: Silvina Sousa-Ransford, Associate Director for Residence Life will come to talk to us about housing!
- How housing is working to be inclusive for international students.
- Any changes to programming or involvement with the new live-on requirement.
- The theory behind the live-on requirement – research showing success and completion improves!
- Ways the peer mentors can support or participate in any first-year programming initiatives in housing that impact international students.
- Who to refer mentees to when they are struggling with their housing situation.
- Games
- Agenda
- Welcome Party – January 11, 2018 from 6:00-9:00 PM in the Mills International Center
- Welcome your new mentees with this Welcome Party! Play games, eat food, make friends! Enjoy!
- Social Media Star (Will post live videos or photos to Facebook and Instagram throughout the event): Not assigned.
- Event Photographer (Will be responsible for taking pictures on a phone or with a personal camera throughout the event for future use): Michaela, Sun
- Games to Play: Musical Chairs
- Welcome your new mentees with this Welcome Party! Play games, eat food, make friends! Enjoy!
WEEK TWO (January 15-19)
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day – January 15
- AEIS Classroom Visits!
WEEK THREE (January 22-26)
- Peer Mentor Winter Training Meeting #2 – Monday, January 22, 2018 from 6:00-8:30 PM in Education 117
- Agenda
- 6 PM – Tour of Yamada Learning Center
- Meet in the Business School Lobby. We will walk over to visit the Yamada Learning Center and listen to Jeff Magoto speak about what they have to offer.
- Pizza for Dinner
- Meet back in Education 117.
- Five of Anything!
- PM Debrief
- Who has met with mentees?
- What have you done?
- How have the AEIS class visits been going?
- Event Planning
- Group One: IPMP Bday Party – You can change the theme! Write up a list of food desired (pizza is an option, if wanted). Write out a schedule. Assign who will do what! (Photos, MC, activities or games, etc.)
- Group Two: Registration Party – Pick a date. Pick a location. Pick a time. Pick food/beverages for event.
- Group Three: Other academic related workshops! – Brainstorm themes or topics. Select one idea. Select a time to do it (either winter or spring term).
- 6 PM – Tour of Yamada Learning Center
- Agenda
- AEIS Classroom Visits!
WEEK FOUR (January 29-February 2)
- AEIS Classroom Visits!
WEEK FIVE (February 5-9)
- Peer Mentor Winter Training Meeting #3 – Monday, February 5, 2018 from 6:00-8:30 PM in Education 117
- Agenda
- Food: Papa John’s Pizza
- Speaker: Matt Chambers from the Teaching & Learning Center – Works with international students on writing
- Name Game
- Debrief peer mentoring in small groups!
- Answer the questions on the cards.
- Event Planning Part II
- Group One: IPMP February Event
- Pato, Ray, Jude, Cheng, Remi, Sylvia, Jeremiah, Rita, Sun
- “Post-Valentine’s Party”
- Photo Booth
- Karaoke
- “Speed dating”
- Menu: pizza, chips, soft drink, fruits, chocolate
- February 28, 2018 from 6-8 PM
- Assign roles for who would do what!
- Choose a location!
- Group Two: Registration Party
- Linshu, Michaela, Xinpei, Xixi, Dai, Shan, Jane, Max
- Location: Library (?) Actual space… ? – What about the EMU?
- Food: Snacks & Drinks
- Time and Date: 6-8 PM on February 22nd
- Assign roles including who will pick up the food before OIA closes at 5 PM.
- Group One: IPMP February Event
- Agenda
- AEIS Classroom Visits!
WEEK SIX (February 12-16)
WEEK SEVEN (February 19-23)
- Peer Mentor Winter Training Meeting #4 – Monday, February 19, 2018 from 6:00-8:30 PM in Education 117
- Agenda
- Guest Speakers:
- Illona Givens, Director of the ASUO Student Legal Services Program
- Hilary Berkman, Director of the Office of Student Advocacy
- International Student Orientation Team
- How to improve ISO with IPMP! 🙂
- PM Debrief
- Graduate Appreciations!
- Sun Shin
- Winter Term Event Check-In & Planning
- Registration Event
- What you will actually do: Meet and welcome the Peer Advisors. Make sure your mentees attend!
- Thursday, February 22, 2018 from 6-8 PM in EMU 104
- Jane – Take care of attendance sheets!
- Jude – Pick up food wagon from OIA & store in the Mills kitchen area after event! 🙂 (Make sure to put the sign on it!)
- Food in the Wagon: Capri Sun, chips, fruit snacks, trail mix, fruit roll-ups.
- If wanted, go with ExplOregon to the basketball game.
- Speed-friending event:
- Date:
- Location:
- Photo book
- Who does what?
- Food wanted: Tea or cocoa & cookies!
- Registration Event
- Spring Term Event Planning
- Welcome Party
- Determine location, date, and time
- Who will do what?!
- Welcome Party
- March 5, 2018 Meeting
- Who will be responsible for envelope and receipt for pizza?
- Make sure you take that back to OIA on the 6th of March!!! 🙂
- Who will be responsible for envelope and receipt for pizza?
- Guest Speakers:
- Agenda
- AEIS Classroom Visits!
- Registration Event with Peer Advisors in the EMU 104
- What you’re doing:
- Bringing mentees to event
- Networking with peer advisors
- Helping students register
- Building community
- Jane – Responsible for attendance envelope and EMU reservation and catering waiver paperwork. We will draw winners from this attendance sheet for gift cards.
- Jude – Responsible for the wagon of food and drinks. Should plan to bring it back to OIA later the next day.
- What you’re doing:
WEEK EIGHT (February 26-March 2)
- Speed-Friending Event at the Mills International Center from 6-8 PM
- Roles:
- Attendance – Jane
- Greeter – Xinpei
- Speed-friending Organizer – Michaela
- Music – Sun
- Minglers – Rita, Shan
- Catering should be set up at 6 PM. Catering will clean up after 8 PM. 🙂 Make sure you leave when catering starts to tear down.
- Roles:
WEEK NINE (March 5-9)
- Peer Mentor Winter Training Meeting #5 – Monday, March 5, 2018 – CANCELLED
WEEK TEN (March 12-16)
FINALS WEEK (March 19-23)