Winter 2013 Newsletter Extended: RPTA Club
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RPTA CLUB: SHOWING LOVE AND MENTORSHIP IN WINTER QUARTER
By Laurel Thomson (RPTA '15), Staff Writer
Winter quarter was a busy one for the RPTA Club, as club members furthered their mentor program and helped Cal Poly students celebrate Valentine's Day.
The main focus of the quarter was building the mentor program, one in which upperclassmen are paired with lower classmen. This program gives the younger RPTA students an opportunity to make a friend, ask questions about classes, teachers, books, and just college life in general. The RPTA club officers planned a bowling party at Mustang Lanes so the mentors and mentees could bond over strikes, spares, and even a gutter ball or two. In order to prepare for the career fair on March 8th, mentors and mentees had the opportunity to go to Resume Building Workshops on campus together. This offer was open to all RPTA club members and every attendant was entered in a raffle to win an awesome prize!
RPTA club also put on an event called Rec-O-Love on Valentine’s Day, where anyone could come by their booth on Dexter Lawn and make valentines, eat candy, and share some love. As always, there was great food and raffle prizes at all the RPTA club meetings; but this past quarter some new guest speakers also made appearances. Collective Efforts, an events company that focuses on bringing communities together through music, had a representative drop by one of the first meetings to share their experience with events and marketing, possible internships, and even upcoming concerts that the RPTA club could get deals for. Other organizations, such as Green Alliance, Miracle Mile for Kids, and even some student-run clubs, came by the meetings to offer volunteer opportunities to the members of the RPTA club. Stay tuned next quarter to hear about new opportunities that the RPTA Club has to offer.
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