Involvement in student activities, clubs, organizations and leadership programs is important for forging a connection between academic and student life.
AUD's student life programs strengthen students' socialization skills and offers an opportunity for students to make new friends and share common interests with other students.
Students are encouraged to become actively involved in this aspect of university life.
AUD offers a number of leadership programs for students. These programs provide students with an array of key skills that will help them to develop as the leaders of tomorrow. Through AUD's leadership programs, students develop leadership, management, public speaking, and public relations skills.
Student Orientation Leaders
Student Orientation Leaders (OLs) assist in all new student orientation programs. Orientation Leaders welcome new students and their parents to AUD and facilitate the transition of new students into the academic, social, extracurricular, cultural, and career dimensions of the AUD experience. Orientation Leaders acts as group facilitators during orientation and acquaint new students with campus activities, facilities, rules, procedures, and policies.
Peer Advising Leaders (PALs) are trained Junior and Senior students who are available to first-year and other new students in order to answer general academic questions and address concerns. These student leaders will contribute to the academic and personal growth of new students by offering their insights and experiences into academic issues primarily affecting freshman and undeclared students.
- Understand the course sequences of their programs;
- Connect with campus resources;
- Evaluate different majors (if undecided);
- Make the most of the new student orientation and the first year experience; and
- Participate in study skills workshops.
Peer Tutors (PTs) provide academic support and encouragement for those students who are experiencing academic distress. Tutors assist students with content-related issues and questions and discuss and provide novel and creative approaches for difficult academic concepts and problem areas. All tutors must maintain a grade point average of 3.0 or above and have attained an "A" or "B" in the class in which they are providing assistance.
AUD Resident Assistants (RAs) provide an administrative link between housing residents and the Housing Office. RAs help dorm residents with personal problems, roommate conflicts and other dorm-related issues. RAs keep the Housing Office advised of dorm residents' concerns and issues. They play a major role in presenting dorm programs that provide residents with a variety of educational, cultural, recreational, and social activities.
*All students who fulfill the obligation of their student leadership contract are invited to attend the annual Student Leadership Luncheon held in the Spring Semester of each academic year.