(Okay, not yet. I am not officially wearing the hat of First Year Counselor, but maybe half of that hat. A visor, if you will.)

However, I am psyched for Res Life training, as it means the freshmen will arrive! At the end of the month, I will be moving into the same first year hall where I lived last year, except this time in a single at the polar opposite end. See, when I came to campus on move-in day, I had no clue what an FYC was. Maybe my tour guide mentioned it, but I was too interested in where the occupant of the room stored her skis to have caught the explanation. Either way, when I received an email from a mysterious ~Joey~ last summer, I was a bit confused, but rolled with it. So earlier this week when I got that long-awaited email with the list of who will be living on my hall, I was elated. I sent an email to all 16 first years explaining who I was, what I’ve been up to, and telling them about what their dorm would be like. Unbeknownst to me, some of the emails on the list I received were incorrect, and I made the mistake of not double checking that the emails matched up with names. Yikes.

Regardless, I’m still incredibly excited to be an FYC this year. Not only do I still get to live in the same building as many of my sophomore friends (hi Colin), but I can be a resource for new students who are adjusting to their first year at college. As part of the Res Life staff, I’ll have closer ties with my dean, the new Atwater commons faculty head, our new CRA, and the other Res Life team members, which hopefully means running activities and new events for the commons. My favorite part of having an FYC last year was that his room was always on an open-door policy, so it was kind of like a lounge space for our hall. He always had snacks, coffee, music, and open ears whenever we wanted to complain, vent, or seek advice (which was frequently). MiddView is notoriously one of the best weeks of the year, and I truly can’t wait for my new role in it next month.