Become a Journey Leader

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Journey leaders are students in New Student & Family Programs (NSFP) that help welcome our newest class of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Buffs to campus. Journey leaders help facilitate all NSFP events, ensuring events run smoothly and assisting new students and their families in their adjustment to ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥. As a journey leader, you will gain valuable leadership experience while meeting new people and getting involved on campus.Ìý

Responsibilities ÌýÌý

  • Help new students and families feel welcome at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ by sharing stories, answering questions and directing them to resources.
  • Manage and lead a group of up to 30 incoming students during NSFP events
  • Facilitate small group discussions and provide pertinent information to incoming students about all things ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥, including policies, procedures, involvement opportunities, campus resources and more.
  • Set up for events including decorating event spaces, putting up directional signs, lifting items, arranging furniture and more.Ìý
  • Use problem-solving skills to work through challenges and correctly answer questions from students and families.
  • Represent ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder in a positive way at all times and uphold campus policies and expectations.
  • Participate in training events.
  • Facilitate New Student Orientation events (overnight summer orientation).Ìý

Reasons to apply ÌýÌý

  • Build leadership skills while gaining interpersonal and intrapersonal competence.
  • Learn and practice group facilitation and teamwork strategies.
  • Refine customer service and conflict resolution skills.
  • Gain experience running events.
  • Contribute to the success of new ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder students and families.
  • Interact with a diverse group of individuals and make new friends.
  • Enjoy complementary apparel and swag.
  • Earn $16 an hour during August training, Fall Welcome and Family Weekend.Ìý

Requirements ÌýÌý

  • Must be a current ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder student in good academic and judicial standing.
  • Demonstrate the ability to be reliable, responsible, confident, flexible and willing to help new students and their families find resources and support at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder.
  • Exhibit the ability to work and communicate effectively with a diverse group of team members, students, parents, faculty and staff.
  • Continually learn more about ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder and convey institutional pride.
  • Participate in and earn credit for an 8-week leadership course in the spring semester prior to serving as a journey leader.
  • The class meets once a week for two hours per meeting.
  • For spring 2025, dates will be Tuesdays at 3:30-5:20 p.m. or Wednesdays at 3:45-5:35 p.m.Ìý
  • Take part in Journey Leader Field Day training on April 12, 2025, and June Journey Leader Training on June 4-6, 2025.
  • Plan to work New Student Orientation dates during June 2025. You should expect to reserve the full month, as we may still have slight changes to the schedule.
    • June 9-10, June 11-12, June 16-17, June 17-18, June 22-23, June 23-24, June 25-26, June 29-30, June 30-July 1, and July 2-3Ìý
  • Participate in Fall Journey Leader training on Aug. 15, 2025.
  • Work during Fall Welcome 2025 (Aug. 16-24).
  • Journey leaders have the option to work Family Weekend 2025 (October – dates TBD) and to support Journey Leader Recruitment (November 2025).
  • Journey Leaders are prohibited from taking summer classes in the following Summer Sessions: Maymester, Session A, Session C, Session D and Augmester. Journey Leaders may take Summer Session B classes.

NSFP reserves the right to change the event schedule or schedule journey leaders for only some events. Journey leaders cannot log hours on their timesheets due to reserving them; journey leaders will be paid for actual hours worked.Ìý

I love being a Journey Leader because...

  • "I love being a journey leader because, aside from making my dearest friends, I found a supportive and joyful community of people who wanted to see me succeed and lifted me up!" – Casey B.
  • "Getting to help new students feel welcome is so rewarding! Additionally, the people you meet in this program are so incredible and come from a variety of backgrounds, identities and academic disciplines, which makes it a really fun environment to be a part of." – Sally M.
  • "I love being a journey leader because you can help incoming students and yourself at the same time! It's a good feeling all around. You get to be someone who can make a difference (whether you know it or not) to a new student or family member as they enter a new stage of life, and you also meet people and build a community of fellow journey leaders!" – Amy K.
  • "Journey leaders gave me somewhere I felt I belonged. I met people who were just like me and even made some of my best friends through this program."Ìý – Callie G.
  • "We're family, and I really can't say anything better to capture the community and support I have found with some of the most energetic, kind and dedicated people I have the honor of working alongside. I walked into it hoping to foster a community for incoming students and families, and I was lucky enough that I got to do that while finding a community for myself. I can confidently say it's the single most worthwhile opportunity I've ever decided to take, and I am so thankful these are the people I get to call my peers." – Kaitlyn P.
  • "Being a journey leader is more than guiding others through the university; it's about kindling the flame of exploration within their hearts, illuminating the path to self-discovery and witnessing the transformation that happens when we step outside our comfort zones together." – Manasa K.Ìý