A.      Coordinate Evergreen and EPC Selection Processes:  Coordinate the efforts of student and office staff in selecting a staff of 80-85 Evergreens and six Evergreen Program Coordinators (EPC).  Ensure that applications have been read and scored for each candidate, that candidate interviews have been scheduled, and that staff is available for each interview.  Finally, serve as one of the team members who helps to select the final members of each group. 

B.    Advise the EPCs individually and as a group to develop leadership skills and plan for Evergreen training and orientations.  Meet weekly with the EPCs to help them develop goals and plans for their portions of the orientation programming and training.  Encourage them to utilize leadership techniques and perspectives that are consistent with Jesuit ideologies. 

C.    Assist in designing and facilitating Evergreen training and development.  Graduate Assistant will be expected to help to train the Evergreens during their seven-week training in the spring semester (weekly meetings) and week-long intensive training just before fall orientations.  Training sessions in the fall are a significant time commitment, with responsibilities occurring beyond the normal business hours during the week, and during weekends in late August.

D.      Serve as a liaison for LNSP and the Evergreen staff to other University departments.  During the orientation programs and at certain points of the year, the graduate assistant is called upon to be involved in discussions and planning with other departments related to orientation.  This will include a role in scheduling staff members for a variety of sessions that take place in the summer and fall orientation sessions, and training. 

E.      Assist in the coordination and implementation of the four summer orientation sessions, fall orientation, and January transfer orientation.  The Graduate Assistant plays a very active role in many aspects of hosting parents and students for orientation.  Duties include – supervising the Evergreens through a variety of tasks, maintaining materials and handouts for participant folders, interacting with participants, problem-solving issues that arise, and monitoring participants and facilities throughout each of the two-day programs.  These orientation programs in the summer and fall are a significant time commitment with responsibilities occurring beyond the normal business hours during the week, and during weekends in late June/early July and late August.

F.      Compile and analyze the summer and fall orientation evaluations.  This is a combination of data entry and quantitative analysis of the orientation surveys and other evaluations.  Consideration of how the surveys help us to evaluate our learning outcomes is included.