Alec Hembree, a senior in the Architecture school, spent Saturdays of his Spring semester as a chaperon for SU Recreation Services and Outdoor Education. During his volunteer work, Alec oversaw the Lake Placid day drip SU offered for students, and chaperoned the Ski and Snowboard program on campus. He was responsible for keeping track of the transportation of students to and from the event activity site and monitoring the safety of the students attending the trip. Before becoming a chaperon for these events, Alec actually attended these events as a student. Having this insight as both an attendee and a chaperon, Alec said that “I have a greater understanding of the amount of work required to organize a mass of students for activities and of the necessity of responsibility in the case of injury during the event. There is a lot of hard work put into the events that I had so much fun at.” Alec says that he is still a chaperon for SU Recreation Services and hopes to further develop his leadership skills and sense of responsibility.
Contributing Blogger Samantha DeTore, ’15 Arts and Sciences