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.