Kit Guides

We are looking for a few motivated Bluffton students who:

  • Appreciate meeting new people
  • Enjoy leading activities and serving as a mentor
  • Demonstrate a positive attitude
  • LOVE Bluffton University!

Kit Guides are Bluffton's orientation leaders: enthusiastic, fun, friendly, caring & knowledgeable students who introduce incoming students and family members to the Bluffton community during the summer orientation program!

As a Kit Guide you may assist new students in the registration process, lead small group activities, answer questions from students and family members, give students a tour of their room & residence hall, perform skits or tell new students what's great about college life and Bluffton University!

It's a great chance to show new students what you love about Bluffton! But don't take our word for it! Here's what a few past students have said about the program.

"I really enjoyed being a kit guide. My favorite part was leading the parent Q&A groups with another faculty member, it was an opportunity to help calm parents’ worries about how their student will do at Bluffton. Then, you get to meet the new students before many other members of campus, and can perhaps make the impression that assures them they made the right decision to come attend Bluffton University.”Johnny Erevia, Kit Guide 2010-11

“Being a Kit Guide means that I get to meet new students coming to Bluffton and to help them feel welcome. I enjoy getting to know them and their families and it helps them have a friendly face to remember when they come back in the fall. A Kit Guide is meant to help students and parents feel comfortable about being on campus and to answer any of their questions that they might have. I wanted to be a Kit Guide because I remember being very nervous about coming to Bluffton, but my Kit Guide helped me fell excited and welcome to my next step in life.” Kayla Geiger, Kit Guide 2010-11

 

For more information contact:

 

Mark Bourassa
Director of Marbeck Center
Orientation Coordinator
(419) 358-3217
bourassam@bluffton.edu