Moravian hosted three Accepted Students Day events across February, March, and April, and each was so much fun to work. As a new 26-Point Ambassador, I’m biased, but it’s fun for everybody.
I was able to attend the March and April events. As someone with very little experience, it was easy to get used to the routine of greeting prospective students and their families, and engaging with everyone in various activities, such as bingo and information sessions throughout the day.
I got hired in February as a 26-Point Ambassador, and I was terrified of the events. I had little experience, and I was only able to do a single shadow tour, and then came the big day. I didn’t get much sleep the night before, and I had a 5-hour energy on standby for the inevitable energy crash. I already knew what to do, as I had a buddy who was a trained ambassador to help me along the way.
The biggest concern I had was execution, actually greeting people and engaging with them throughout the day. I felt that I was generally pretty good with customer service, but the bad sleep, coupled with being outside in the cold, and the general fear of the unknown, I was worried about how I might mess something up, or paint Moravian in a bad image, but soon enough, that fear was gone, and I felt comfortable with the job.
For quite some time, I stood outside greeting people over and over again. It felt mind-numbing, but I remember what someone told me before we got started: “It may be your 10,000th ‘good morning,’ but for all of those prospective students, and their families, it’s their very first.”
Something about that made the job easier. I felt more confident, more social, and had a sense of belonging, like I was truly a 26-Point Ambassador, and not another trainee.
After getting inside, getting some breakfast, and listening to President Grigsby give a nice speech, I went with my “buddy” to an academic information session on psychology. She was a psychology major, and while I knew absolutely nothing about that field, being a Sociology/Criminal Justice major, I still found places where I could learn something, or give some information on something I felt could benefit our prospective students. The welcoming atmosphere, the loads of fun activities, and my amazing fellow ambassadors made my first Accepted Students Day the best it could be.
I felt even more comfortable at the April 5th Accepted Students Day. Meeting my trainer, watching committed students pop their balloons at Pop n’ Shop, going around and chatting with possibly some of my future classmates.
Events like Accepted Students Day also give us the opportunity to show why Moravian is such a good higher education institution.
At this event, there were even more changes. I went to a different academic information session, this one on education. I still learned some stuff, but knew even less at that session than the previous one with psychology.
After that session, the most fun portion of the day was chatting with students while they played Bingo with MAC. I didn’t shy away from any of the opportunities at this event to build a connection with our next class, showing the best that Moravian has to offer, and proving that every day is a great day to be a Hound!
After those two events, I remembered why I enjoyed Accepted Students Day so much, and how it was one of my deciding factors to commit to Moravian. I also remembered that with these incredibly organized events, with even more incredible people running and working said events, and with all the prospective students attending with parent’s, siblings, or anyone else, that Accepted Students Day is an event that defines Moravian by showing that as the revolutionary 6th oldest college in America, there is a place for you to develop as a scholar, and as a person. I love Accepted Students Day!
