If you are a new student on the St. George Campus, here’s encouragement from fellow students, faculty and staff to just “ASKme” for assistance, directions or just a friendly “Hello”. ASKme is a program encouraging those within the community to use their knowledge, experience and general friendliness to help create a supportive environment for new students. Look for those ASKme buttons and don’t hesitate to make contact!
If you are a returning student, become an ASKme ambassador! ASKme organizers make available materials –name badges, information sheets and a website — to those interested in being ambassadors. The name badges help make ambassadors easily identifiable, while the tip sheets and website provide a full spectrum of information new students often need to know but wouldn’t necessarily find in their registration materials. We hope that the program will help new students to feel more welcome, and to meet new people on campus while also providing formal acknowledgement of the support that ambassadors are likely already offering in an informal way.
ASKme runs from September 6 to 16, 2011 and students are welcome as ambassadors – no specialized training or time commitments are necessary. Ambassadors simply need to be willing to review the information found on the ASKme website (http://uoft.me/ASKme), be prepared to meet new people and provide assistance when asked.