New Cal State Fullerton college students had the prospect to wrap up their first week of college by cultivating neighborhood on the Fullerton Arboretum’s “Plant Your Roots” occasion on Friday, cohosted by New Titan Orientation.
After Welcome Week, devoted to introducing new Titans to CSUF life, the New Titan Orientation helped college students discover a brand new space on campus and get accustomed to the CSUF setting.
“I think Welcome Week is just a really fun way to be like, ‘We’re here, we didn’t forget about you, we’re orientation leaders, so we’re gonna be there… even when school starts,’” stated Naomi Aguila, an orientation chief and second-year pre-business main.
It was a much-needed aid to listen to for a lot of who could have been dealing with blended feelings these days, particularly these entering into an unfamiliar setting this week.
However, college students may encounter the upside of freedom which the house grants for them to embark on a private progress journey and have interaction in self-discovery.
As typically as this suggestion is reiterated to college students, it gives the best reward: connecting with people who find themselves additionally searching for out an inclusive neighborhood.
The intimate setting, hosted in an elusive house throughout the Arboretum, inspired college students to strike up conversations with these round them. The carefully positioned rows of tables seated college students coming from completely different excessive colleges and neighborhood schools collectively as they added coloration to their clay pots and received their fingers soiled, arranging soil for his or her new potted crops to take residence.
To guarantee everybody felt welcomed into the Titan household, New Titan Orientation leaders like Bianca Tapia, a second-year psychology main, unfold out across the occasion to speak with all new college students.
“We just want to make sure everyone’s included in the event,” Tapia stated. “We’re here to talk to them and just get to know them a little bit better, try to talk about what they’re interested in creating with their pots today.”
The small interactions opened up larger conversations that led to speaking about hobbies, pursuits and even upcoming live performance ticket gross sales at completely different tables.
The memorable desk conversations additionally had the prospect to be included in college students’ future self letters, one other exercise set ahead by the orientation group.
“I thought that was a good idea,” stated Tamara Goldstein, a third-year enterprise main. “They’re gonna actually mail it to us, I think in a year.”
Loren Lara, an orientation chief and third-year legal justice main, stated the purpose of the letters was for college students to “write about any goals or aspirations [they] might want.”
While adorning and writing, college students couldn’t assist however let their eyes wander and stare in awe on the breathtaking surroundings unique to CSUF.
The collaborative occasion was a notable success in connecting college students with each other and introducing them to the great thing about certainly one of CSUF’s brightest gems, the Arboretum.
“Some of our students actually recently asked about how to get involved [with the Arboretum],” Tapia stated. “We actually checked that out for them and we let them know how they could volunteer here.”