Facilitator Corner: Isabella Ning

 

FIUTS Facilitators are student leaders from all over the world who welcome new international visitors, help to organize events, and lead activities for hundreds of students each quarter. Read on to find out more about the FIUTS facilitator experience from Isabella!

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Name: Isabella Kunru Ning
Country: China
Major: Pre-Molecular &Cell Biology
Class: 2018
FIUTS Facilitator Since: Feb.2015

Brief IntroductionHi everybody! My name is Isabella and I’m a freshman from Chengdu, China pre-majoring in Molecular and Cell Biology! I became a FIUTS facilitator 2 months ago and I now have facilitated for about 15 events! (Right! Around 2 events per week!) I really enjoy being a facilitator at FIUTS cause I always get the chance to know people from different countries, different backgrounds and different cultures! Isn’t that cool that you can experience the whole world by just participating in FIUTS?

I’m so happy that I get the chance to share my personal experience with FIUTS here and hopefully I’ll meet you in person in the future events!

What does it mean to be a FIUTS facilitator?
I received emails from FIUTS couple months ago before I arrived on campus. From reading the emails I got to know all the useful information for a freshman at my new arrival. After that I participated a lot of FIUTS events such as Opening day, Scavenger hunt, Cruise, and Gas work BBQ… they were all fun and left incredible memories in my mind. FIUTS facilitators were working effectively with high efficiency. I always want myself to be one of them to help more people.

FIUTS facilitators are the ones who represent the whole FIUTS to make everybody in the community feels welcome and be cared about.

Favorite FIUTS anecdote as a facilitator
My favorite FIUTS event is Wednesday lunch! I really like food and also during Wednesday lunches I can always meet new people, enjoy wonderful conversation and wonderful food with them. And also its very convenient, just come after your class and leave whenever you want. Wednesday lunches provide the opportunity for people to gather together and build up personal connections regularly. And the food there is incredibly good too!

Tips/comments for peer facilitators
-Don’t be shy! Everybody is nice and everybody is there willing to help so just go ask when you need it!

-FIUTS is a community so we want every student to feel welcome. Especially in the events, go talk to people you do not know instead of staying people you are already familiar with. Just practice!

-Be confident! FIUTS is awesome and so are you! - FIUTS facilitators are awesome too!

 
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