What is this blog?

The RutgersZone is a revolutionary new space located in the Livingston Student Center on the Livingston Campus of Rutgers University. The space includes games like Skee-Ball and Pool, an array of HD Satellite televisions and a full-service ice cream/soda shop.

In addition to creating a unique experience on campus for Rutgers students, the RutgersZone also aims to develop life and leadership skills of the staff members working in the space.

This blog, the RutgersZone Experiment, is a chronicle of this ground-breaking experience being shared by seven undergraduate student managers and one professional staff general manager. These students are being tasked with working as a team to create an unmatched on-campus experience for our guests, learning to become effective managers and constantly "pushing the envelope" for what is expected on a college campus. As a part of their employment experience, each student manager is asked to blog at least once per week about the processes associated with opening this space or developing as a manger.

Welcome to the RutgersZone Experiment!





Monday, August 30, 2010

RZ Managers Invade New Student Convocation

As we know Convocation is the first and only time the entire first-year class will be together. Because of the volume of students attending this event, the Student Life staff has their work cut out for them in terms of preparation and ensuring the event runs smoothly, and can use all the help they can get. As a part of the Student Life Department, we assisted in setting up the field, ensuring each residence hall was present, directing student traffic and making sure the students stayed through the entire ceremont. Once the event was over, we quickly got to work assisting with the breakdown of the field. We worked very hard to pack up all the sound equipment and cables as well as putting away the flags and pop-up tents.

To be honest Convocation isn't the most exciting day and I was not looking forward to it, however once everything was said and done, I felt that it turned out to be a good team-building event for all of us. We had to break into two groups and work together to communicate and make sure the information was passed on to the right people to make the event run smoothly. In addition, we all had to work together to break down and pack up the audio equipment, which took a lot of effort. At the end of the day I was very tired, yet felt accomplished and proud to be part of the RutgersZone management team and a part of Rutgers University Student Life.

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--Joelle

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