Golden Key September 7 2011 Welcome

Golden Key September 7, 2011

Welcome • • • Food Sign-In Sheet Member Survey Cards for Troops Overseas Care Package Collections

Officers • • President – Amanda Price Executive Vice President – Andrew Hart Communications & Planning – Elena Khoutorova Secretary – Karolina Ellard Treasurer – Mytrang Do Webmaster – Xinmei Guo Social Chair – Danielle Despanie

What is Golden Key? • Who are we? • Collegiate Honor Society • Non-profit • International • What do we promote? • Academics • Leadership • Service • Who can join? • Invitation only • Top 15% of upperclassmen

Last Year • Collected over 500 books for Better World Books • Donated over 200 books to East Baton Rouge Parish School Board for Every. Body Reads • Donated over 50 books to children at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital for Christmas • Donated dozens of canned goods for Canapoolza • Gave out over $300 in chapter scholarships • Heard from various speakers talk about service and careerbuilding opportunities

How Do I Get Involved? • • • Earn member points Attend meetings Apply for office Join a committee Help recruit new members Apply for scholarships Compete in our t-shirt design contest Participate in our book drive Participate in service events

Member Points Rewards • Active Member – 6 points • Invitation to End of Year Banquet • Free Golden Key T-shirt • Silver Member – 12 points • Invitation to End of Year Banquet • Free Golden Key T-shirt • Eligible for scholarship consideration • Discount on honor cords (50% off) • Gold Member – 18 points • Invitation to End of Year Banquet • Free Golden Key T-shirt • Framed Gold Member Certificate • Eligible for scholarship consideration • Free Honor Cords

Member Points Opportunities • 4 points • Participating on the book collection committee for an entire semester • 2 points • Attending a general meeting • 1 point Attending a social event Doing one hour of service through Golden Key Doing five hours of service outside Golden Key Bringing in five items for collection events such as can goods or care package items • Donating one textbook • Donating five non-textbooks • •

Upcoming Events • 2 nd General Meeting – Wednesday, September 21 • Getting into Graduate School • Game Night Social – Thursday, September 29 • E 134 Howe-Russell • 3 rd General Meeting – Wednesday, October 19 • Making Your Resume Stand Out • 4 th General Meeting – Wednesday, November 2 • TBA • 5 th General Meeting – Wednesday, November 16 • TBA All meetings will be held at 5: 30 PM in E 130 Howe-Russell unless further notice is given

Vacant Offices • Vice President of Membership • Responsible for membership drive • Responsible for alumni and honorary membership involvement • Historian • Responsible for taking pictures at event • Responsible for compiling scrapbook showcasing the year • Newsletter Editor • Responsible for writing articles for website • Responsible for compiling bi-semesterly newsletters for members • Public Relations Director • Responsible for publicizing the organization • Responsible for communications with guest speakers

How to apply • Go online to the Campus Life website at http: //www. lsu. edu/campuslife/ • Click “Find a Student Organization” • Click the student login link and login to PAWS • Click Registered Student Organizations • Search for Golden Key and click to continue to our page • Go to documents and download the application form • Email the completed form to goldenkeyatlsu@gmail. com by Wednesday, September 14 by noon

Committees • Chapter Development Committee • Book Collection Committee • Literacy Awareness Committee

Scholarships • $250 chapter scholarship will be given out at the end of the semester • Deadline to apply is November 16 th by noon • Scholarship application will be posted online • Over $600, 000 worth of scholarships available through head quarters

T-Shirt Design Contest • Design a chapter t-shirt • Winner will have their design put on t-shirts and sold for $5 per shirt • Winner will also receive a reward (either scholarship or gift card) • Deadline for submission is Friday, October 21 st by noon • Submit all design ideas to goldenkeyatlsu@gmail. com or bring to the Golden Key office in the Student Union during office hours

Better World Books • Semester long bookdrive • Profits • Chapter scholarships • Invisible Children • Getting Involved • Sign up for our book collection committee • Volunteer to help publicize book drive • Help package books when it is time for shipping

Service Opportunities • • • Reading Online Books Volunteers in Public Schools Greater Baton Rouge Literacy Coalition Every. Body Reads Every. Body Counts Big Buddy Teen Programs Louisiana Book Festival Hands on Baton Rouge Fall Fest Homecoming Volunteer LSU City Year

Reading Online Books • • Wegivebooks. org read children’s books online 10 books = 1 service point Ongoing

Adult Literacy Advocates • Tutor adult students who are working to improve reading, writing, English, and test-taking skills • Teach English as a Second Language (ESL) to non-native English speakers twice per week • Volunteers will attend training and then set schedule with the student • ongoing

Every. Body Reads • Read to a student twice a month throughout the school year at East Baton Rouge Parish School • 2 times per month throughout the school year

Every. Body Counts • Provide individualized math assistance to 2 nd and 3 rd graders throughout the school year at East Baton Rouge Parish School • 1 time per week throughout the school year

Big Buddy Teen Program • Tutor middle and high school students • $150 for a 2 -day/wk commitment and $300 for a 4 day/wk commitment, 1 hr/day for the 3 months of service. • Oct. -Dec. , Jan. -Mar. , 1 hr/day, 2 or 4 X/week

Light the Night Walk • • Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 7 pm LSU (Highland Rd & Stadium Dr) Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Shifts: 10 a-1 p, 3 p-7 p, 7 p-10 p

Louisiana Book Festival • • Saturday, October 29, 2011 9 a-5 p Escorting authors Guiding visitors Selling refreshments Working with children in the Young Readers Pavilion Assist with face painting children’s faces