Volunteers Needed for FirstGen Shadow Day 4/11

Posted by Admin On 11:05:00 AM

Each semester, Georgia Tech's FirstGen student organization (www.firstgen.gtorg.gatech.edu) hosts Shadow Day. For this event, FirstGen invites at-risk high-school students to campus and provides them a glimpse into the typical day of a college student by pairing them up with Georgia Tech students to "shadow" for the day. Tech volunteers act as mentors whom the high school students can call upon to answer questions about applying to college or attending college. Continued contact with each other, beyond Shadow Day is encouraged, but by no means required. The goal is to provide these students with the encouragement and support they need to see beyond graduation, and hopefully on to college. 
article written about last year's event in the GT News Center Click here to read the article.

This year’s event is on Friday, April 11th and FirstGen will be hosting 60 students for Shadow Day. Please volunteer!

We are looking for STUDENT volunteers to:
participate on a student panel (to answer general questions from the participants, 11am-noon)
be a Shadow Day ambassador and "be shadowed" by a student from 1-3pm; an agenda of items to cover will be provided. Consists of showing the student around campus, taking them to a class (don't worry if you don't have a class), talking to them about your daily experience as a college student and answering any questions they might have regarding the college application process

FACULTY and STAFF volunteers:
to mingle with the students during lunch (lunch will be provided, noon-1pm)

If you are interested in volunteering, sign up here: application

You may direct any questions to Alice Lee, clee401@gatech.edu or Bre'Ana Deen, firstgen.president@gmail.com

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