[civsa] Youth and Middle School Group Visits (Amy Flavin)

Wed Mar 2 15:45:22 CST 2016

We provide visits for all of those age groups as well.  We developed a scavenger hunt tour about 4 years ago and is the same structure that Allison mentioned in her reply.  We also developed a Photo Tour this fall.  We use this for middle school as well as early high school aged groups.  Our tour guide provides a simplified version of the campus tour, and while they are on tour the students are encouraged to capture as many of the photo challenges as possible, in a creative way (i.e. - having a study session in the library, working out the in fitness center, or a picture with a faculty member).  All of our guests get VIP badges (that we re-use from group to group) with the clues on them.  They upload them to twitter and during the Admissions presentation with one of our staff members, we view the photos and award prizes for most creative group. 

We also are working on setting up a page on our website that lays out the expectations and criteria for group visits, along with an online request form.  We found clear expectations are necessary when working with a high volume of groups!  

Amy

Amy Flavin | Coordinator of Campus Visit Experience
Concordia University Wisconsin | www.cuw.edu 
12800 N. Lake Shore Drive, Mequon, WI 53097
Phone: 262.243.4560 | Toll Free: 1.888.628.9472| Fax: 262.243.4545
Schedule a Visit!

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Hello CIVSA folks!
  Our office was recently assigned the task of planning and facilitating all Youth (K-5th) and Middle School (6th- 8th) on campus visits. We are now in the process of building a Youth/ Middle School group visits program and researching best practices for what is and is not offered to visitors in these age categories, at different institutions.
I was wondering if any of you currently cover Youth/ Middle School campus visits and if so, what sorts of activates/ tours do you offer to groups in these age ranges?  Also, do you have different criteria or expectation contracts for younger groups?

Any help would be much appreciate!
Thank you,

Danae Nagle

Danae Nagle '14   |  Campus Visit Program Manager, Office of Admissions
University of Idaho   |   709 Deakin Ave.   |   Moscow,  Idaho  83844-4253
*: 208.885.6163   |   7: 208.885.4477

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Good Afternoon from Oklahoma!

We have several groups that come from middle schools and we have created a scavenger. Each packet has 11 clues, an answer key and a map of campus. All the groups go to the same places around campus, but in a different order. We allow 10-12 students in a group and for risk management purposes the group has to bring one sponsor per 10 kids.

This isn't a race or a game, but a fun way for them to explore campus and engage with their classmates. We have scavenger hunt for elementary/middle school and one for HS students because sometimes we are too busy to accommodate freshman/sophomore groups.

When the group gets here one of our Campus Tours staff members greets them, gives a welcome speech and then explains the scavenger hunt.

Hope this helps!

Allison Fannon
Coordinator, Campus Tours & Events
Phone: 405.974.5331
www.uco.edu<http://www.uco.edu/>

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Subject: [civsa] Youth and Middle School Group Visits

Hello CIVSA folks!
  Our office was recently assigned the task of planning and facilitating all Youth (K-5th) and Middle School (6th- 8th) on campus visits. We are now in the process of building a Youth/ Middle School group visits program and researching best practices for what is and is not offered to visitors in these age categories, at different institutions.
I was wondering if any of you currently cover Youth/ Middle School campus visits and if so, what sorts of activates/ tours do you offer to groups in these age ranges?  Also, do you have different criteria or expectation contracts for younger groups?

Any help would be much appreciate!
Thank you,

Danae Nagle

Danae Nagle '14   |  Campus Visit Program Manager, Office of Admissions
University of Idaho   |   709 Deakin Ave.   |   Moscow,  Idaho  83844-4253
*: 208.885.6163   |   7: 208.885.4477

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Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2016 21:35:59 +0000
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Allison,

Could you share with us a copy of the scavenger hunt?

Tarrick

From: listserv [mailto:listserv-bounces at civsa.org] On Behalf Of Allison Fannon
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Good Afternoon from Oklahoma!

We have several groups that come from middle schools and we have created a scavenger. Each packet has 11 clues, an answer key and a map of campus. All the groups go to the same places around campus, but in a different order. We allow 10-12 students in a group and for risk management purposes the group has to bring one sponsor per 10 kids.

This isn't a race or a game, but a fun way for them to explore campus and engage with their classmates. We have scavenger hunt for elementary/middle school and one for HS students because sometimes we are too busy to accommodate freshman/sophomore groups.

When the group gets here one of our Campus Tours staff members greets them, gives a welcome speech and then explains the scavenger hunt.

Hope this helps!

Allison Fannon
Coordinator, Campus Tours & Events
Phone: 405.974.5331
www.uco.edu<http://www.uco.edu/>

From: listserv [mailto:listserv-bounces at civsa.org] On Behalf Of Nagle, Danae (dnagle at uidaho.edu<mailto:dnagle at uidaho.edu>)
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2016 1:16 PM
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Subject: [civsa] Youth and Middle School Group Visits

Hello CIVSA folks!
  Our office was recently assigned the task of planning and facilitating all Youth (K-5th) and Middle School (6th- 8th) on campus visits. We are now in the process of building a Youth/ Middle School group visits program and researching best practices for what is and is not offered to visitors in these age categories, at different institutions.
I was wondering if any of you currently cover Youth/ Middle School campus visits and if so, what sorts of activates/ tours do you offer to groups in these age ranges?  Also, do you have different criteria or expectation contracts for younger groups?

Any help would be much appreciate!
Thank you,

Danae Nagle

Danae Nagle '14   |  Campus Visit Program Manager, Office of Admissions
University of Idaho   |   709 Deakin Ave.   |   Moscow,  Idaho  83844-4253
*: 208.885.6163   |   7: 208.885.4477

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