Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Tip #9: Join a Club

Yesterday SPIN (the Student Political Involvement Network, which I happen to be the president of) hosted a fantastic Lunch and Lecture on the Prorogation of Parliament. Essentially, a Lunch and Lecture is a free lunch while listening to a special talk on a political issue. In the past, we've had lectures on Electoral Reform, Super Tuesday, The Canadian Election, Health Care Politics, and our VP Matt's voyage to Ghana (co-hosted with the CIC - Canadian International Council). They are super fun and do attract a lot of students.


Anyway, the point being that clubs at Nipissing are really great in terms of meeting new people, feeling involved in your school community and getting free food (semi-sarcasm on the last one). So, I would suggest that any new student join a club or two. At the beginning of the year, there is usually "Club Dayz" where you can go around to different booths and give your email address to all the different clubs you may be interested in. My advice is to sign up for anything that sounds neat and then take a look at the emails they are sending out or attend the first meeting. From there you can decide if it's something you might like to do.

If you really don't know where to start, I would suggest considering joining the Nipissing University History Club, the Student Political Involvement Network or the Nipissing Young Liberals (all of which I happen to be a part of). You could also visit this link from the Mentorship Program's website with a list of clubs (although it may be a little bit old by now): www.nipissingu.ca/mentor/involvement.asp

1 comment:

  1. Or you could join the mentorship program itself :)

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