November 18, 2017 RIC Admissions Open House 1pm-4pm
"So what is youth development?" This was the question of the day at the RIC Admissions Open House. Each major had a table set up with faculty and students and brochures to go into detail about each major. When people had come up to our table, the students lead conversations with the young person while the faculty conversed with the parents/guardians. As a youth development team, we took turns practicing our elevator speeches and helped each other out when one would get stuck or lost for words. When discussing youth development, words like care, leading with, and purposeful play were thrown in there which was taken from our YDEV Anchor assignment. Going to this event was a great way to get word out about youth development and I also think it really gave us a better understanding of what we do and why we do it. I think it helped a lot of us to hear ourselves say "I'm a youth development major and here's what I do and what classes I take, etc."
In addition to students discussing the major, we also had brochures and other papers that people could look at to get a better understanding of the major. Lastly, we had a sign up sheet that people could sign with their name and email if they were interested in becoming a youth development. In just the one hour that i was there we got a good amount of signatures. Overall, this was a great networking event and gave us all practice on talking about youth development as a whole and what career paths can come from a bachelor's degree in youth development.
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