My second artifact is about the new people I have been able to meet this new semester. An old friend from high school reached out and asked me about rushing his fraternity this year. In the beginning I was very skeptical since I never really wanted to be in a fraternity, but with meeting all the new guys when I went to one of the events I was really surprised by how they all acted. They all were so nice and accepting of all the people that were there and I was able to have some really good conversation with a few of them and my opinion of the stereo typical frat guy has really changed. I wanted to include this experience because it is a big part of my goal this semester to be more involved. My other goal this year is to be more committed to my academics and even the people there were offering to have me come study with them and give me tips on improving in the classroom. Overall my perspective really changed and I am excited to work hard and stay active this semester.

This artifact is a picture of the second service project that I’ve helped put together as a member of the service committee. So far through watching the second years I’ve learned a lot of how to schedule and operate service events and the time it takes to organize all the small details. Service has always been really important to me in my life and being part of service committee feels really rewarding, both by being mentored by the second years and with helping these organizations.