I met with my EMPOWER mentee Jordan in the Union and we worked on her reflection paper for her class together. I helped her make sure she properly answered each question that was asked in the rubric. We almost finished the whole thing and we parted ways after an hour and decided we will stay in touch and hang out sometime in the fall.
I helped my EMPOWER mentee Jordan with her curriculum project. I offered tips on how she could improve the paper and helped her brainstorm some ideas of what else to add to the paper. As usual, we talked about our weekends a little bit and there were moments we laughed together which was really nice.
My EMPOWER mentee Jordan had a big philosophy paper due tonight so we spent our time together working on that. Throughout working on this paper, we chatted about what we did for Easter and our weekend plans. We made a lot of progress on the paper and I enjoyed getting to help Jordan.
When I met with my EMPOWER mentee Jordan, we met in the Union so I could help her with her homework. This ended up taking two hours and then after that we ate together for an hour. While we ate we talked about our weekends, our majors, and our families. I enjoy having Jordan as a mentee. She is sweet and overall this was a great experience.
I didn't get the chance to snap a photo of us because it slipped my mind in the moment but I met with my EMPOWER mentor Jordan in the Union. At the beginning of our meeting, we talked a little bit about ourselves and then for the rest of our time together I helped Jordan work on her article critique for one of her classes. At the end of our meeting I walked with Jordan to Peabody Hall so she could meet with one of her professors for office hours. Next week we plan on eating lunch together and meeting for the rest of our time together in the Student Success Center since she has never been in there before.
For this meeting with my language partner, we ate lunch together and afterwards talked until she had to leave for class. We mostly talked about her recent trip to Chicago, what we both did during the weekend and during the snow days, our plans for today, and her experiences here in Arkansas since she is leaving to go back to Argentina on Wednesday. She gave me four Argentinian desserts before we parted ways and we plan on staying in touch.
I met with Sabrina for lunch this week before our classes started. We mainly talked about her transition from Argentina to the United States and how the semester is going for us. She told me differences she observed here compared to in her country. For example, she said Argentines are really social, love giving hugs during greetings and goodbyes, but here there are people that do not like to be hugged and are not as social/ affectionate during greetings and goodbyes as much as she is used to. Sabrina brought me some desserts from her country to try (as seen in the picture), specifically Tabeleta de dulce de leche and a Jorgito and they were delicious!
My service learning agency is the Language Partner Program. This was my first meeting with my partner Sabrina and she is from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Since this was our first meeting, we mainly spent this time getting to know each other by asking each other questions about ourselves such as our hobbies, campus involvement, and our favorite things. We found out we both have some things in common such as our love for Grey's anatomy and food. We originally planned on meeting for an hour but we got carried away and ended up talking for two hours! She is really kind and I enjoyed our time together!
I enjoyed volunteering for two hours as a Homecoming parade volunteer because I was given the opportunity to help block off streets and control traffic. It was very rewarding to me to be able to contribute to ensuring that the Homecoming parade ran smoothly without traffic interfering with the parade, and helping traffic know which way to go. I interacted with a lot of people while volunteering, so from this experience I got to hone my communication skills. I love interacting with people so I am glad I got to do that while volunteering as a Homecoming parade volunteer.
