Student Ambassadors anyone?

     What a weekend! I can't begin to tell you how happy I am to be sitting down! It was a wonderfully successful last two days to say the least so I really can't complain, however, I am EXHAUSTED! This weekend was a combination of Admissions events and a lacrosse game which are two of my favorite things to do at Queens!

     I have to start by telling you a little about Connection Queens that started early Saturday morning. This was one of the many amazing programs that the Admissions Dept. helps put on in order to make the transition from HS to college that much easier. Connection Queens,however, is different because it is a two day event that is designed for students who have made their deposit and are planning to attend Queens in the Fall. This is a chance for them to see the school again, meet a good bit of their class, take placement tests that everyone is required to do during orientation AND do their advising for classes. Its a wonderful chance to get a lot of questions answered, meet other parents and get two steps ahead of the rest of your class. For those of you who are considering Queens and have the chance to do Connection Queens, I highly recommend it!

     This was a unique Connection Queens because this was the first year that we introduced doing the placement tests and advising this early! Now, I can't finish this post without giving Michele Kelly a much needed thanks because that whole part of this weekend was all her! She did SO much behind the scenes to make this possible and none of this would be possible without her!

     OK, now that I have all that out of the way I can tell a little about the weekend. I need to start by saying that I met a mother who said she read my web blog and I can't say HOW GOOD IT FEELS! I always wonder if these things ever get read and it was so nice to hear in person that she did! It was especially special because she is the mother of a young lady who will be attending Queens in the fall and currently attends my rival High School back home in Florida. I know it doesn't seem like much, but its always nice to see a little piece of home come to Queens! Outside of that experience I had a BLAST getting to sit down and talk with so many new students and see how excited they were to get to Queens. It's a huge step going to college so seeing these students talk to each other and meet new friends all in a day or two just speaks volumes to the kind of class we have recruited! It was a great success! The Ambassadors and Admissions Dept. did a fantastic job of making sure everything went smoothly and everyone knew where to go. I know we were all over the place and I hope I didn't make anyone "Tyler-ed out"! We do our best to meet as many students as possible and sometimes it can be information overload which I want to apologize for. So if at any time I was bothering you with how much I love Queens, I'M SORRY! I just can't help how much this place means to me! In the end we all had a great time and although it was a LONG day for EVERYBODY it was by all means worth it!

     After an exhausting day of Ambassadors which started at 7am I had to change my polo into our travel Polo's for lacrosse and grab my pads then hop on bus to Catawba College for a night game. Needless to say I was running on empty at this point and took a short nap on the bus trip there. We played and unfortunately came home with a loss but it was a great game. The final was 12-10 and I certainly feel like we outplayed them so it is hard to see why we lost. I was pleased, however, to see one of the Admissions Dept. staff members and her husband come to the game along with one of the students for next year who spent the whole day at Connection Queens. Always feels good to see that kind of support :) The bus trip home and eating out took a few more hours and we didn't pull up to school until midnight! Now, all day of Ambassadors and then a lacrosse game will wipe you out! I SLEPT LIKE A BABY!

     Finally this morning I woke up and was back in the Ambassador outfit and headed to the biggest college fair in Charlotte! It is a national college fair and was a wonderful experience, but lasted from about 10:45 when we left till about 4:15 when we got back. About 90% of that time was spent on my feet introducing Queens to the lives of local high school students. I had a BLAST doing it and it was so awesome because there were hundreds of other universities represented there! Another Ambassador along with our Director of Admissions and one of the other Admissions counselors were present at the table and it was so fun getting to spend the day with them. I actually learned a lot about Queens in the process!

     Upon returning home, I had a meeting about the Mortar Board National Senior Honor Society that I was recently accepted to. It is a respected honor society so I am so pleased to have been chosen for and can't wait to start. Our initiation is Sunday so I can't wait! After that I came home and had lasagna with the house which was DELICIOUS :) Now its time for some homework and getting ready for another long week. Tomorrow is promising with lifting at 8, tutoring at 10, meeting with a professor at 11, class 12-4 and practice 4-6:30. I don't expect to have much energy for the rest of the semester but it is all worth it!

     Before I go, I know these web blogs might talk a lot about what is going in my life and some of the stuff I talk about might interest you or make you kind of curious. If you ever need anything answered please feel free to contact me and I will do my absolute best to help! My e-mail is tyler.rauch@qmail.queens.edu ! I hope you all have a great next week and GREAT rest of the semester! P.S. I am going to upload some photos from this weekend as soon as I get a hold of them!    

Comments

[Jane Landis]

Hey,
I was just surfing through the Queens site because I'm extremely bored, and I knew I recognized you from Connection Queens! I read your little blog about CQ and thought, "yeah, I've definitely met him." So, hi, i guess!
-Jane