Know of Any Students Wanting to be a Student Orientation Undergraduate Leader (SOUL)?
The 2025 Student Orientation Undergraduate Leader (SOUL) Recruitment Process is underway! We are excited to grow our student orientation team and want to connect with incredible student leaders like YOU. Here is some pertinent information about our SOUL recruitment process. Here is a link to the full SOUL position description.
What is a SOUL? 📣
SOULs are dedicated to ensuring all incoming first-year and transfer students feel welcome as they transition to life at Appalachian State University. This group of passionate App State students are excited to help New Mountaineers by assisting with course registration, navigating our campus community, sharing institution and community resources, and fostering connections to peers, faculty, and staff. Here is an overview of the responsibilities of a SOUL:
- Educate new students on all things Appalachian, including Student Life, Campus Culture, Academic Requirements, Communal Expectations, and Being a Mountaineer.
- Facilitate and lead icebreakers, group cohesion, and team-building activities.
- Serve as a mentor, guide, and resource for all New Mountaineers and their families.
- Assist with extended Orientation Programs, ensuring new students are acclimated to campus and helping foster a sense of belonging for new students.
Benefit$ and Compen$ation! 💸
- Competitive pay starts at $12.00 an hour for 35-40 hours a week (Mid May - Mid July).
- On-campus housing and on-campus parking passes are provided during Orientation Sessions.
- Paid Spring Training Sessions throughout the Spring Semester to ensure students are prepared for Orientation Sessions.
- Professional development through communication, teamwork and shared leadership, small group facilitation, peer advising, crisis management, problem-solving, and leading groups of peers.
- Lasting friendships and memories with fellow SOULs and incoming students.
- Networking opportunities with Appalachian staff, faculty, and administrative leaders.
- Exclusive Nike SOUL Uniform.
- An unforgettable summer experience in Boone!
Excited to Apply? 📝
Great news: the 2025 SOUL Application is now open! You can learn more about our application process at orientation.appstate.edu/workfororientation/soul. Don’t delay; completed applications are due Monday, September 30th, by midnight. A complete application requires two letters of recommendation via our online Reference Google Form and personal reflection to four open-ended questions. Ready to apply? Excellent; here is the link to our 2025 SOUL Application.
We are excited to look over your application and get to know you through this recruitment process. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to myself (Sarah Garrow) or Abby Silvers, the NMFE Graduate Assistant, at ([email protected]).
