Just one person's experience: When I was in grad school, I was an officer in the local equivalent of the SBDC, for two years. The work I did on my dissertation? That stuff I hardly ever use. The skills I learned as an officer in a student organization? I use that every single day in my work. In real life, soft skills -- knowing how to work effectively with others, how to lead, etc -- are worth far more than hard skills. In fact, I can fairly say that, though I didn't realize it at the time, being an officer in a student organization was the single most important thing I did in college. Plus, if you do a great job, Horst and I are in a good position to write you terrific letters of recommendation for jobs, further study, etc. That actually helped one of our former presidents get into medical school. Henry >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 05:55:39 +0000 >From: "Vijay, Vividh" <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: SBDC: Officer Openings > >HELLO, > >I am Vividh Vijay, President of Sooner Ballroom Dance >Club (SBDC). As you all know, SBDC is one of the >biggest and one of the most active associations in OU >when it comes to dancing. We would love you to be a >part of our big family! Hence, I am writing to you to >inform you of the positions opening up in SBDC. > >The following positions are Elected Officers: > >1. President >2. Vice President >3. Treasurer >4. Secretary >5. Historian > >The duties allotted to the above positions are attached >in this email. > >I'd like to add that even if there seem to be a lot of >responsibilities under each position, the person >holding that position will not be expected to carry out >each and every duty that is mentioned here. We are a >team and we share our job evenly. So remember, YOU ARE >NOT ALONE! All of us are going to help each other and >hence, work towards achieving our goal. > >Procedure to apply: > >1. Choose the position(s) that interest you best. >2. Fill out the attached application. >3. And email it to [log in to unmask] > >Note : In order to apply for any post you must be a >student with University of Oklahoma. > >You can send your application on or before 11:59 pm , >Wednesday April 30th. > >All the very best to all of you and we are eagerly >looking forward to having you with us! > >Thankfully, >Vividh Vijay Lean/Six Sigma - Green Belt >Graduate Student >School of Industrial & Systems Engineering >President/Treasurer - SBDC >University of Oklahoma >[log in to unmask] -------------------------------------------------------------------- You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to SBDC-L. To unsubscribe, please send an email to [log in to unmask] with UNSUBSCRIBE SBDC-L in the body of the message. If you have problems or questions, please send email to [log in to unmask] Please visit the SBDC web pages at http://www.ou.edu/student/sbdc/ and our Facebook Fan and Group pages at https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Sooner-Ballroom-Dance-Club/151149885031040 https://www.facebook.com/groups/2201144653/ --------------------------------------------------------------------