Heavener 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 path
• An 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):

• Saturday, February 14 – Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on UF Campus
• Friday, February 27 – Citigroup in Tampa

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

Captain applications close April 7th.

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.

Eligibility:

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

Director applications now open – applications close March 5th.

Executive Director

Being an executive director requires significant dedication and commitment. You should exemplify and cultivate an authentic, welcoming and highly-motivated 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 7 directors, 30-40 captains, and about 250 students in program operations
• Support and enhance 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 throughout the fall and spring semesters
• 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

The Director of Recruitment drives the growth and visibility of the Heavener Second-Year Experience (HSYE) by recruiting high-potential first- and second-year business students as participants and third- and fourth-year students to serve as captains. This role blends recruitment strategy with high-energy campus engagement, ensuring outreach is both impactful and authentic to HSYE’s mission. 

The Director of Recruitment leads campus-facing initiatives, including events, tabling, and partnerships while also strengthening internal selection to uphold the caliber of HSYE leadership. This position directly shapes the next cohort of driven and genuine student professionals.

You will:

• Plan and execute 2-4 recruitment events per semester, including outreach strategy, logistics, and follow-up
• Partner with the Directors of Marketing to create outreach initiatives that expand reach and increase applicant quality 
• Optimize the captain and director application and interview process, ensuring consistency, fairness, and high standards 
• Manage year-round communication, responding to applicant inquiries with professionalism and clarity 
• Plan, prepare for, and represent HSYE at Fall and Spring Business Bash 
• Coordinate HSYE participation in Warrington Welcome panels and represent the program year-round through brief class presentations, student organization outreach, and tabling
• Oversee and develop a Recruitment Committee of HSYE captains, facilitating meetings and empowering strategy and execution 
• Attend weekly Director meetings and contribute to program-wide strategic planning
• Attend and facilitate HSYE retreats, contributing to planning and program execution

Time commitment: 6 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 and retreats
• Provide directors and captains with engaging materials for outreach
• Lead merchandising creation and distribution

Time commitment: 6 to 8 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, data-driven, and participant-focused approach
• Lead and design pre-retreat workshops, retreat activities, and post-retreat workshops with the Program Advisor
• Discern and address vital professional and training needs
• Support the Director of Member Development in formulating enriching training activities/speakers
• Uphold meticulous records for comprehensive professional growth
• Source and convey external professional development prospects
• Conduct outreach to alumni and facilitate alumni panels
• Establish, lead, and facilitate bi-weekly committee meetings
• Attend weekly director meetings and retreats

Time Commitment: 6 to 10 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 Heavener Second-Year Experience processes.

You will: 

• Host and develop curriculum, with the Program Advisor, for the retreat to train and prepare the incoming captain cohort
• Organize semi-semesterly check-ins between captains and directors 
• 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 and retreats
• Establish, lead, and facilitate bi-weekly meetings with committee to set and achieve goals

Time Commitment: 4 to 10 hours per week

Director of Engagement

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

You will:

• Develop and execute engaging events for participants and captains during retreats, pre-retreat workshops, and travel
• Craft and oversee engaging events for captains and directors through gathering schedules and planning events
• Establish, lead, and facilitate bi-weekly meetings with the engagement committee to set and achieve goals
• Organize End-of-Year Banquet, including the venue, catering, itinerary, materials, and work with Marketing to ensure completion of EOY Video
• Attend weekly director meetings, collaborate with them on their needs, and have them contribute to activities you wish to execute
• Act as liaison for Gator Ready and represent HSYE at other organizations GBMs for recruitment purposes

Time commitment 4 to 6 hours per week

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