Here is a run down of my Welcome Week Diary
Saturday: Was out and about at all the halls of residence making sure that everything was running smoothly and that the mentors and the RA's were all happy people.
Sunday: Again on duty at all the halls of residence. Ended up serving behind the bar in joes until the early hours of monday morning after bar one of the vale had to close, interesting to see it from the other side of the bar!
Monday: Welcome week begins properly, 11,000 students rock up through our doors, the free pizza in the commerical fair went down a treat as usual, I was also lending a hand on our welcome stalls and giving lecture presentations about the Guild to lots of freshers in their induction lectures. I also spent my evening at the Guild UV rave party welcoming the Freshers and giving them an all singing all dancing welcome to the Guild and the officer team.
Tuesday: this was myself and Katie's Wellbeing Zone, away from the hustle and bustle of the main fair's this was the opportunity to reflect on your personal well being, from nutrition to a full body pit stop, sexual health to drug and alcohol awareness. With over 500 people through the doors I beleive it was a real sucess! I spent my third night in a row in the Guild, again welcoming freshers to the second night of the UV rave.Wednesday: This was my day to be day champion *fanfare plays in the background* this means that I was wired up to a walkie talkie and was offical problem solver for the day, mainly escorting pesky promoters from the grounds who hadn't paid nor been approved to be there.
Thursday: We kicked Thursday off with the Socieities and Volunteering Fair, with over 6000 people coming through the doors again the officers were manning there Guild stall, this promoted everytrhing from the SHAC to support services, Nightbus to Guild Council. We also had the opportunity to talk to students who came to our deomcracy talks in the Guild Council Chambers. This was follwed up by a night out at Gatecrasher, I donned the chill out bear costume to show some love to the Freshers in the GC queue and got masses of love (perhaps too much) back in return.
Friday: This day saw the return of the National Blood Service to campus, in what can only be described as a huge sucess, with all appointments filled before Friday there was unfortunately no slots free to donate on the day but it just shows how popular the service is. They will be back and bigger than before in the very near future. Friday night I got all dressed up and yes came back to the Guild for the Freshers ball...big thumbs up to the silent disco!
I then spent the weekend sleeping....this is the end of my welcome week diary!
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