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Welcome and Introductions
Our Arts Experience Leaders were two very buoyant and friendly third-year students named Sammie and Clark. We all
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introduced ourselves and played the ‘Name Game’ in order to familiarize ourselves with each other. Any lingering worries about getting along with fellow students were quickly erased. It’s almost impossible to be shy when everyone is so welcoming and genuinely excited to get to know you!
Faculty Tour
This part of SL 101 was extremely informative and helpful. The tour was designed to cater to arts students and, especially, Accounting and Financial Management students, because the majority of our group comprised of AFM students.
We went inside a lecture hall in Hagey Hall, in which, as our Leaders explained, AFM students would be attending many of their classes. The lecture hall was quite big and I, as well as many of my future classmates, worried about whether or not we would be able to develop any sort of connection with the professor. Fortunately, Clark and Sammie assured us that “Office Hours” exist – these are a resource open to students who wish to get some extra help or clarification from a professor, outside of class. We learned that some professors even go out of their way to try to remember all of our names quickly! It’s great to know that we won’t feel so lost in the sea of students and feel so distant from the professor!
We were also told about AFSA, which is a Student Association specific to the School of Accounting and Finance. Gavin, a 3A AFM student, who shadowed us during our tour and offered his advice and knowledge, told us about the largeness of AFSA and how easy it is to get involved in this organization. He explained to us how important it is to get involved and not to just stay in a room and study.
Another neat thing we toured was the interconnecting tunnels! Our Experience Leaders took us through tunnels in order to get from one building to another and told us how lucky we were that most of the buildings would be connected in our first year at Waterloo. Now I can kiss freezing to death goodbye!
Clark and Sammie took us to some “secret” study areas that students don’t normally visit. (They won’t be as quiet if I divulge their locations.) They also took us to some popular studying areas, like the lounge on the third floor of Hagey Hall. This is good to know for people like me, who fall asleep studying when there is a bed in close proximity.
Last, but not least, we visited Porcellino, the Arts mascot! This bronze boar can be found in the Arts quad, sitting outside the Modern Languages building. He’ll come in handy if I need some extra luck on a test or exam – I just need to rub his nose!
BBQ Lunch
All the students gathered in the REV lobby for the BBQ lunch, which allowed us to see all the students from every faculty attending our SL 101 session. It was great to see all the colours of the faculties on everyone’s T-shirt. (I always liked the idea of a colour representing each faculty and the Waterloo logo having many different colours.)
Annabelle and I met with Lynn Graham and sat down at a table with Annabelle’s parents. The atmosphere was lively and we talked about the events of the day so far and our first year at Waterloo. Lynn talked about Co-op with us and addressed any concerns we had. Annabelle and I are both in AFM-FM, so we learned about the differences in co-op between FM and PA.
A little while after, Patty Mah joined us and the conversation went in the direction of her days as a uWaterloo student and her dragon boat racing team. Her story taught us how easy it is to start a new club or organization if you have the passion, commitment, and leadership to make it happen. It encouraged me to perhaps start a club of my own!
Overall, the BBQ lunch was fun, enlightening, and tasty!
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