Second-Year Experience

As a second-year or transfer student to the Warrington College of Business, you’ll be you will be challenged to identify your own strengths, goals, and career opportunities. As a participant, you’ll gain:

• An inviting and collaborative community
• A stronger direction for your career pathAn understanding of your work style and personal strengths
• A network of peers and staff that support you and your journey
• Foundational career planning strategies and skills

Sign up to attend one of the retreats (no application required):

• Friday, October 10 – Emerson Alumni Hall on UF Campus
• Friday, November 7 – Universal Studios Orlando
• Spring – TBA

Being a captain is a year-long commitment. You’ll supervise five to ten student participants per required retreat, engaging in personal interactions prior to the official Heavener Second-Year Experience retreat. 

As an upper-level business student you’ll serve as retreat facilitators, community builders, and role models. Through formal training and hands-on experience, you’ll nurture vital skills in students including professionalism, public speaking, creativity, and adaptability, benefiting both you and your participants.

Requirements

• Must attend the captain retreat
• Must facilitate at least two retreats
• Must attend at least one captain and participant social
• Must attend and facilitate at least four pre-retreat workshops
• Must attend and facilitate at least two post-retreat workshops

Eligibility

• Third or fourth-year Warrington College of Business students
• Combination degree students are eligible
• Warrington College of Business students

Applications close September 5th.

Directors hold positions of leadership and support participants and the program. This includes training and supporting captains, cultivating alumni relations, and innovating the program for success.

Executive Director

Being an executive director requires significant dedication and commitment. You should exemplify and cultivate an authentic, welcoming and hospitable environment that encourages all directors, captains, and participants to embody a genuine professional ethos. By doing so, it inspires all members to make a lasting impact on both the Warrington community and the University of Florida.

You will: 

• Supervise seven directors, 30-40 captains, and about 250 students in program operations
• Support director initiatives
• Lead weekly director meetings to ideate and strategize plans to meet the purpose of the Heavener Second-Year Experience
• Conduct 1:1s with directors through the fall and spring semester
• Organize and facilitate director retreats with the program advisor each semester
• Collaborate on retreats with the program advisor and leadership team
• Delegate responsibilities to execute innovative and diverse programming beyond regular meetings
• Meet weekly with the program Advisor to strategize short-term and long-term objectives for supporting participants

Time commitment: 10 to 15 hours per week 

Director of Recruitment

You’ll promote the program to recruit freshman and sophomore business students as participants, as well as juniors and seniors as captains.. Your role involves achieving data-driven recruitment goals while cultivating a sense of energy, enthusiasm, and authenticity that aligns with the program’s purpose.

You will spearhead the program’s visibility by strategically planning, organizing, and executing recruitment events, tabling activities, and campus outreach initiatives. Additionally, your pivotal responsibility extends to upholding the caliber of captains. This impact is significant, as it shapes the upcoming generation of accomplished, genuine professionals. You will:

• Design and execute recruitment events – four per semester
• Enhance Heavener Second-Year Experience application, rubrics, and scoring processes
• Spark creativity and innovative initiatives with the marketing director for impactful outreach
• Optimize the captain and director interview process
• Manage a large volume of emails from interested parties across the year
• Plan, prepare, and attend fall and spring Business Bash
• Coordinate participation in Warrington Welcome involvement panels year-round.
• Establish, lead, and facilitate bi-weekly meetings with the Recruitment Committee
• Attend weekly director meetings
• Developing relations with Business College Council and student organizations

Time commitment: six to 10 hours per week

Director of Marketing

You’ll maintain brand integrity, bolstering all initiatives with comprehensive marketing efforts encompassing social media management, graphic design, website administration, and merchandising.

You will:

• Ignite excitement with innovative event promotion and media
• Lead Heavener Second-Year Experience social media management on Instagram and LinkedIn
• Manage and delegate event photography, ensuring captivating visuals
• Craft captivating slides for Heavener TV displays as needed
• Organize thorough event documentation through committee collaboration (i.e. photos, videos, etc.)
• Establish, lead, and facilitate bi-weekly meetings with the Marketing Committee
• Cultivate committee members’ skills in photography, design, and writing
• Attend weekly director meetings
• Provide directors and captains with engaging materials for outreach
• Lead merchandising creation and distribution

Time commitment: six to eight hours per week

Director of Professional Development and Training

You will coordinate and supervise all professional development activities, training sessions, and events tailored for  directors, captains, and participants.

You will:

• Enhance curriculum through a detailed and data-driven approach
• Discern and address vital professional and training needs
• Support the executive director in formulating enriching training activities/speakers
• Uphold meticulous records for comprehensive professional growth
• Source and convey external professional development prospects
• Establish, lead, and facilitate bi-weekly committee meetings
• Attend weekly director meetings

Time Commitment: six to eight hours per week

Director of Member Development

You’ll cultivate community through collaboration, events, and training. You’ll also leverage your personal perspective to propose and implement updates to Second-Year Experience processes. 

You will: 

• Host the retreat to train and prepare the incoming captain cohort
• Host monthly captain meetings designed to enhance global, cultural, and professional acumen
• Collaborate with the director of professional development and program advisor to create pre- and post-retreat workshop curriculum
• Collaborate with the program advisor, executive director, and director of professional development for retreat curriculum
• Attend weekly director meetings
• Attend bi-weekly meeting with advisor and executive director
• Establish, lead, and facilitate bi-weekly meetings with committee to set and achieve goals

Time Commitment: six to eight hours per week

Director of Engagement

Your focus will be on fostering unity among  directors, captains, and particpants. This is achieved through organizing interactive social events, facilitating seamless integration of new captains during retreats in fall and spring, and hosting engaging gatherings.

You will:

• Develop and execute engaging events for participants
• Craft and oversee engaging events for captains and directors
• Plan, budget, and host monthly events and socials
• Act as liaison for Gator Ready
• Establish, lead, and facilitate bi-weekly meetings with the engagement committee to set and achieve goals
• Attend weekly director meetings

Time commitment six to eight hours per week 

Eligibility:

• Third- or fourth-year students
• Combination degree students are eligible
• Warrington College of Business students