It’s over!
Pan Hellenic Recruitment is done! …
…. Right?
Sunday marks the last day of my designated “shadowing”, an attempt to see what goes on behind the scenes with Pan Hellenic Recruitment. The surge of emotions and logistics created a fulfilling experience, and most of the time I wished I had a more active role. I want to be that person who has the right answers. I want to be able to make sure student leaders are confident in their decisions and development. Seeing my peers bond and grow closer through this ordeal of managing a recruiting event for over 200 students was absolutely amazing.
Sunday held many moments of down time, where reflection and discussion were definitely a big part of the very much social atmosphere among the Staff and Student Leaders. While the content of the discussions were in question “not for me”, I definitely saw it as ways for the Student Leaders to disengage from the stress and pressures of this experience.
I do understand that it is very difficult to disaffiliate from an organization that you have bonded and developed with, only to be part of the group that ensures that everyone (including your organization) gets time to develop in their own ways in order to bring in new members. It’s painful, and I understand that.
On the other hand, building relationships should be what this experience is about, because these are the initial ways that lifelong partnerships and networks are created, right? And in a sense, this is what was fully realized by the end of the night as I sat with the Staff while they ate dinner. Being able to bond and have something to talk about creates a stronger union between people, and if it benefits them as leaders who must work together, helps the oragnization in the long run.
I feel I have learned quite a bit from these women, just by being in their vicinity. I know that if I were to be put in their place with the initial experience I had, I wouldn’t have lasted.
… Or would I have?
… No, I’ll have to answer when it happens.
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