In high school, I had been passed up for a few leadership positions, so when I got to college I was dying to get into a position where I could show my skills as a leader. I applied year after year for a position as a resident advisor and for a position as an orientation leader. Year after year, I was denied the opportunity. Because of this I created my own spirit club after a club at school called the Bleacher Creatures. They were a group of people painting up for football games and having fun. Bleacher Creatures was ran by the resident director of the freshman men’s hall who was also the student affairs professional in charge of student activities. He left after my freshman or sophomore year, but during my sophomore year I took over
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However, I was once again passed up for a resident advisor and orientation leader job. Therefore, I kept working hard in my other leadership positions in the hopes that one day I would get a resident advisor or orientation leader position. This is when I started to create a mentorship relationship with a student affairs professional at my school. Mike Brown, a brother in Phi Tau from a different chapter, was in charge or orientation and student accountability. I frequently talked to Mike about not getting some of these positions. Time and time again he told me that my fit may have just not been what they were looking for at the time, but told me to keep trying. He also helped me with turning around Phi Tau while I was also doing stuff for …show more content…
I was also a little upset he had never mentioned anything about it until I had brought it up. However, I had finally found a career I would enjoy as much as my leadership positions and would allow me to do a little rafting as well. I had finally found the identity I wanted to have. I have also realized it was my relationships, leadership positions, and involvement that got me through my undergraduate experience and is what I wanted to continue to do. They helped me to persevere through the challenge of trying and failing to reinvent myself, and taught me to embrace who I was and allowed me to grow into a leader in my own
However, I was once again passed up for a resident advisor and orientation leader job. Therefore, I kept working hard in my other leadership positions in the hopes that one day I would get a resident advisor or orientation leader position. This is when I started to create a mentorship relationship with a student affairs professional at my school. Mike Brown, a brother in Phi Tau from a different chapter, was in charge or orientation and student accountability. I frequently talked to Mike about not getting some of these positions. Time and time again he told me that my fit may have just not been what they were looking for at the time, but told me to keep trying. He also helped me with turning around Phi Tau while I was also doing stuff for …show more content…
I was also a little upset he had never mentioned anything about it until I had brought it up. However, I had finally found a career I would enjoy as much as my leadership positions and would allow me to do a little rafting as well. I had finally found the identity I wanted to have. I have also realized it was my relationships, leadership positions, and involvement that got me through my undergraduate experience and is what I wanted to continue to do. They helped me to persevere through the challenge of trying and failing to reinvent myself, and taught me to embrace who I was and allowed me to grow into a leader in my own