1) What is the main idea of the blog topic?
I have created a blog to talk about my Association of College and University Housing Officers - International (ACUHO-I) Summer Internship experience. This will help those student leaders interested in gaining Student Affairs related experiences, and more specifically within university housing. I have worked within housing since my freshman year, and I am currently a senior as well as a third year Resident Assistant (RA) on Florida Atlantic University Boca Campus (FAU).
2) What types of information can be added to this blog each week?
I want to talk about all aspects of the process including the application process, interviewing and tips, acceptance information, traveling, and other things that I learn during this experience. I will also include what I get to work on each week so that people interested in the program can understand what my roles and responsibilities are here at Valdosta State University (VSU). In addition, I can share my personal journey about how I got to where I am today through getting involved on campus and within the Housing and Residential Life at FAU.
3) Why will this blog be interesting?
I searched for information about the ACUHO-I Internship when I was interested in applying, and I honestly didn't find anything that helped me understand more about the program. Hopefully this blog can help future potential student leaders understand what this program as all about.
4) Which other blogs and websites are similar to yours?
5) Are there similar types of information that all these sites give amongst themselves? What information is missing?
I like that all of these blogs share personal information about their experience, and each one is different because they are at completely different university completing various roles within their host universities housing department. However, I feel like there wasn't much information about the application and interviewing process, which is why I wanted to make a blog like this.
6) What can you do to your blog that would make a person want to visit your site instead of these competitors? What value would you give your readers? What would you make your competitive advantage?
I can give a more holistic perspective to my entire Internship experience. Start from the beginning to learning about the program, and then I can blog about my experiences at VSU. My competitive advantage would be that I'm currently in the program and I can use this blog to not only earn credit for this class, but also document and record my experiences for my personal use, but share it with others that might be interested in this type of summer internship!
7) What are some of the things or features of these other sites and blogs that they can provide that you probably won't be able to?
I think once I explain the application and searching process, I will only be able to describe my experiences as a Marketing and Publications intern. Other individuals who are accepted elsewhere may be supervising an RA staff or working with summer conferences, but I can only share my experiences from my experiences at VSU.
This is due by 6/01/2014 at Midnight
Please repost your class introduction below so I can remember who you are:
Hello everyone, I'm Kaley Van Zile. I'm originally from Tampa, but I work and live on campus as a Resident Assistant where I ensure that the students are complying with policies and maintain security within the residence halls. I'm a senior Management Information Systems major with a minor in Criminology and Digital Marketing. After graduation, I will be attending grate school for Higher Education Administration to work within Student Affairs, more specifically within the residence halls as a Hall Director.
I really love Tumblr and use it as my main form of creative blogging, since I'm an RA I tend to blog about unique programs and decorations that I find so that I can get ideas for the future. Maybe creating a blogging database for all RAs.
On another hand, I am currently moving this week to Valdosta, for an internship at Valdosta State University, and I could write about my experiences as a housing intern, creating a public form for others interested interested in applying for an ACUHO-i Summer Internship. I can begin with the application, and interviewing process giving tips I found to be helpful in the process, and move to packing tips, updating to a professional wardrobe and what I learned during this internship. The last thing that I could blog about is my experiences as an student at FAU and sharing my story on how I am graduating from college debt free with an offer to go to graduate school free of charge with housing and meals included.