{"id":774,"date":"2019-08-28T15:03:11","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T15:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/?p=774"},"modified":"2019-08-28T16:03:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T16:03:21","slug":"finding-your-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/2019\/08\/28\/finding-your-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Your Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being involved on campus has so many benefits! You can make new friends, try new experiences and build a community you&#8217;ll have for a lifetime. It may seem scary at first, but put yourself out there! You&#8217;re bound to find people with similar interests. Not sure where to start? Go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.syracuse.edu\/events\/2019-sep-04\/student-involvement-fair\/\">Student Involvement Fair<\/a>! Representatives across different student organizations including sport clubs, a cappella groups, dance troupes and service organizations, will be on the Quad to help spark your interest and answer questions. Find out more on <a href=\"https:\/\/syracuse.campuslabs.com\/engage\/\">&#8216;Cuse Activities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Still unsure? Here&#8217;s some more tips on getting started:<\/p>\n<h2>Do your research.<\/h2>\n<p>With over 300 student organizations on campus, there&#8217;s a ton of options to choose from. It&#8217;s helpful to know what kinds of groups are on campus and how to find them. The <a href=\"http:\/\/studentactivities.syr.edu\/\">Office of Student Activities<\/a> is a great place to start looking.<\/p>\n<h2>Try something unexpected.<\/h2>\n<p>College is a great time to explore your interests. Not sure if you&#8217;ll like a certain org? Try it anyways! You might be surprised and enjoy something you&#8217;ve never thought of before.<\/p>\n<h2>Explore a passion.<\/h2>\n<p>Have you always had an unfulfilled passion you&#8217;ve been waiting to take on? Now&#8217;s the perfect time! Getting involved in a student org can help you take that passion to new heights. You&#8217;ll develop leadership skills, hone in on your talents and build new strengths.<\/p>\n<h2>Keep searching till it clicks.<\/h2>\n<p>It may take time, but you&#8217;ll get there. It&#8217;s OK to move from group to group until you find what fits.<\/p>\n<h2>Remember that it&#8217;s never too late.<\/h2>\n<p>Whether it&#8217;s your first year or your senior year, it&#8217;s never too late to get involved. You still have time to make connections and build friendships. No one wants to finish their college experience with regrets and &#8220;what-ifs.&#8221; So if you&#8217;re looking for permission, here it is!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being involved on campus has so many benefits! You can make new friends, try new experiences and build a community you&#8217;ll have for a lifetime. It may seem scary at first, but put yourself out there! You&#8217;re bound to find people with similar interests. Not sure where to start? Go to the Student Involvement Fair!&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":319,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/319"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":776,"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions\/776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}