Sign-Up Night
Wednesday, September 3rd
5:30-8:30 p.m.
AMU Ballrooms

Sign-Up Night Helpful Hints:
Sign-up Night can be a busy, and hectic night with over 800
students signing up for Service Learning. Here are some pointers that
will help you to negotiate the crowd:
- Browse the website before hand to get some general knowledge
about the service agencies and options for your class. Attend the Agency
Fair so you have an idea of where you want to do your
service.
- Have 2nd and 3rd choices as SOME agencies fill up quickly.
There is usually a line outside the ballrooms to get into Sign-Up
Night that begins way before sign-ups start. However, most sites
will take at least 3-5 people, and we NEVER run out of placements.
There are some favorite sites every year that do fill up, but we
never know which ones those will be from semester to semester. We
work with over 120 agencies in the Milwaukee area. So if you are
flexible with what agencies you want to serve at, there is NO NEED
TO STAND IN LINE!!
- Sign Up Night takes place from 5:30-8:30. It tends to be very
busy for the first hour and a half, but then slows down. This is a
good time to come to avoid the initial rush and chaos. If you
cannot make it to Sign-Up Night you can come into the Service
Learning Office and sign-up the rest of the week.
- Know what sites are listed as options for the course you are
enrolled in.
- Hand in the green sheet that you receive upon entering to the
Student Coordinator at the table where you signed up for your
site.
- Make sure you have filled out a green sign up sheet and have a
blue timesheet, a contract, and a quick guide sheet for your site
before you leave.
- Bring your date book so you can make sure what you sign up for
will work with your schedule. Put the site orientation and
Beginner Training dates into your planner immediately.
- Site orientations are mandatory, unless otherwise noted, so if
you cannot make it on the scheduled date it is better to choose
another site where you can make the orientation.
- If you don't know, ASK! The entire Service Learning staff is
at Sign-up Night, so please feel free to ask questions, get
recommendations on sites, and express your concerns. We are there
to help!
- Many Service Learners send someone to sign up for them. This
is NOT a good idea. For one, your friend will not know all the
information we ask for, and will be unable to register you
completely. Nor will your friend know your schedule inside and out
if your original plan falls through. Thirdly, you will not get to
meet your Student Coordinator with whom you will be working with
all semester, who will have some important information for you.
Finally, many times we ask that you fill out volunteer
applications, before you leave as requested by the community
agencies. Sometimes these include mini-essays, home addresses, or
questions about your shot records - information that your friend
will not know for sure! If you cannot make it, don't worry! There
will be something left for you if you come into the office the
next day to sign-up!
- Signing-up early: We are sorry, but there are absolutely NO
early sign-ups. It just would not be fair to do it that way. While
Sign-Up Night is three hours, we understand that not everyone will
be able to make it. But the Service Learning office is open for
late sign-ups the rest of the week. Please see the Contact
Us section for office hours.