The participation and contribution of students are important parts of Evaluation 2006. A number of student-oriented services and activities will be offered in conjunction with the Portland meeting.  PLEASE NOTE, we can no longer accept any more volunteer requests.

 

VOLUNTEERING OVERVIEW:  Volunteering at the conference is a great way to meet other student-colleagues as well as a range of conference attendees! By volunteering, you will be eligible to receive a free conference registration.  Volunteers are full-time students who assist in some way for approximately four hours at the conference. We cannot run our conference without volunteers and we are thankful to all of those who step forward. Volunteer slots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. We encourage you to sign up at your earliest convenience.

 
How do we say 'thank you' to Evaluation 2006 student volunteers? 

1. You may receive a waived conference registration
 

OR

                                                                     

2. FILLED/NO LONGER AVAILABLE... You may receive a discounted hotel room rate of $75.00US for a single/double room at the Hilton Portland (Main Building) - the conference headquarters hotel. This is a significant discount off of the $149.00US conference rate for the hotel (Space is limited, the rate will be applied when you check-out).  

How do you sign up to volunteer?

 PLEASE NOTE, we can no longer accept any more volunteer requests.

1. Scroll down on this page to the descriptions of the types of volunteers and get an idea as to which are of most interest to you, as well as the expectations for each.

2. Scroll down on this page to the volunteer schedule and choose your first and second choice slots for volunteering - write down the day, time, and position. Click here to access the volunteer schedule.

3. Send an email (indicate "volunteer" in subject line) to Heidi Nye in the AEA office at Heidi@eval.org  which MUST include:

A. At what college/university are you enrolled full-time?

B. Which you prefer... a "waived conference registration" OR a "discounted hotel room rate".

C. What are your first and second choice slots for volunteering (indicate the day, time, and position)?

D. What is your preferred orientation session if you are volunteering for a Tuesday through Saturday slot?  All students volunteering at any time or in any position Tuesday-Saturday MUST an orientation session prior to their slot.

General Orientation options (NO Photographers):

G1. Tuesday, October 31, 7:00 am to 7:20 am

G2. Wednesday, November 1 from 6:30 am to 6:50 am

G3. Thursday, November 2, from 7:00 am to 7:20 am

G4.  Friday, November 3, from 7:00 am to 7:20 am

 

Photographers Orientation (Photographers ONLY)

P1. Tuesday, October 31, 6:00 pm to 6:45 pm

P2. Thursday, November 2, from 6:55 am to 7:40 am

4. Within two business days, Heidi will confirm your volunteer slot and provide you with information on how to register for free or secure your discounted hotel room. 

 

IMPORTANT: If you are requesting a "waived registration", Heidi will send you information about how to register for workshops, purchase tickets, etc. - Do NOT register and pay for conference registration itself. If you are requesting a "discounted room", Heidi will send you information about how to make your reservation through the hotel.

TYPES OF VOLUNTEERS: There are many ways to volunteer at Evaluation 2006. Please read the descriptions below to choose an opportunity that is a good match for your skills and interests.

Career Center: Volunteers at the career center welcome career center users, assist users with connecting to job seekers/employers, maintain the public materials, and oversee signup and participation in the career fair. 

 

Evaluation Assistants: Evaluation Assistants organize evaluation packets, distribute evaluation packets to workshops, pick up evaluation packets, organize evaluation forms, and/or collect data such as counts of roundtable attendees.

 

Event Assistants: Volunteer event assistants work with event coordinators to setup, coordinate, and breakdown key events during the conference.


Heathman Hotel Support: Volunteers will be stationed at the hotel lobby to provided assistance to conference attendees that need directions to sessions.

 

PowerPoint Specialist: This volunteer is an experienced developer of PowerPoint presentations including importing pictures and adding text. You will be asked to develop a PowerPoint presentation from pictures taken throughout the conference for presentation during Friday Night's silent auction.

 

Photographers: Photographers work in pairs during their shift - with one taking pictures and one recording names and getting permissions. One of each pair should have his/her own digital camera and appropriate storage media for use during the shift. Photographers should be comfortable enough with their cameras to obtain presentation-ready pictures of conference participants. 

 

Registration Desk: Volunteers at the registration desk welcome attendees, distribute nametags and packets, provide directions, and answer questions (orientation will provide you with what you need to know). Registration desk volunteers may also be asked to assist on the conference floor between sessions to provide directions and assistance to attendees.

 

Room Checkers: These volunteers assist with room checks on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday morning. Students will be provided with a list of the expected setup and Audio Visual in each room and will be asked to confirm those setups as well as to act as an information source for attendees during their shift. These volunteers work two short shifts from 6:30 am to 8:00 am on two consecutive days.

 

Setup: This group will be responsible for packet stuffing, nametag preparation, setup of the registration area, and last minute preparation for the conference as needed. Dress is casual and we all pitch in to get the work done and hopefully get out early!

 

 EVALUATION 2006: VOLUNTEER SCHEDULE

*PLEASE NOTE...filled slot are indicated in red 

 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006 (no orientation session needed)

1.  12:00 pm to 4:00 pm / Materials Prep -- Libby McCulley

2.  12:00 pm to 4:00 pm / Materials Prep --

3.  4:00 pm to 8:00 pm / Setup --- Shelley La Barre

4.  4:00 pm to 8:00 pm / Setup --- Gina Magharious

5.  4:00 pm to 8:00 pm / Setup --- Sook May Ivy Chia

6.  4:00 pm to 8:00 pm / Setup --- 

7.  4:00 pm to 8:00 pm / Setup --- 

8.  4:00 pm to 8:00 pm / Setup --- Krystin Martens

9.  4:00 pm to 8:00 pm / Setup ---  Nancy Siegel

10.  4:00 pm to 8:00 pm / Setup --- 

11.  4:00 pm to 8:00 pm / Setup ---

12. 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm / Setup --- Ulan Shabynov

MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 (no orientation session needed)

1.  7:45 am to 11:45 am / Registration --- Michelle M Chandrasekhar

2.  7:45 am to 11:45 am / Registration --- Margaret F Braun

3.  1:45 pm to 5:45 pm / Registration --- Jessica Velcoff

4.  1:45 pm to 5:45 pm / Registration --- 

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2006

1.  7:50 am to 11:20 am / Registration ---  Erin Peacock

2.  7:50 am to 11:20 am / Registration --- Angela Farnsworth

3.  11:15 am to 2:45 pm / Registration --- 

4.  11:15 am to 2:45 pm / Registration ---

5.  1:45 pm to 5:00 pm / Evaluation Assistant --- James Edwin

6.  1:45 pm to 5:00 pm / Evaluation Assistant --- Lauren Denneson

7.  4:00 pm to 7:15 pm / Registration --- Cheryl Poth

8.  4:00 pm to 7:15 pm / Registration --- Michelle Searle

9.  4:00 pm to 7:15 pm / Registration --- Julien B Kouame

10.  4:00 pm to 7:15 pm / Registration --- Fatma Ayyad

11. 4:00 pm to 7:15 pm /  Registration ---

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 01, 2006

1. 6:30 am to 8:00 am / Room Checker---

2. 6:45 am to 10:00 am /Registration --- Tysza M Gandha

3. 6:45 am to 10:00 am / Registration --- Mary McEathron

4. 6:45 am to 10:00 am / Registration --- Elena Polush

5. 6:45 am to 10:00 am / Registration --- Marcia Bastian

6. 6:45 am to 10:00 am /Registration --- Valandra German

7. 6:45 am to 10:00 am / Registration --- Nynikka Palmer

8. 9:45 am to 1:00 pm / Registration --- Jing Zhu

9. 9:45 am to 1:00 pm / Registration --- Melissa Page

10. 9:45 am to 1:00 pm / Registration--- Jennifer Sattem

11. 10:45 am to 2:15 pm / Evaluation Assistant --- Payal Srazdan

12. 12:45 pm to 4:00 pm / Registration--- Stephanie  Fuentes

13. 12:45 pm to 4:00 pm / Registration--- Rachael Tan

14. 12:45 pm to 4:00 pm / Registration --- Daniel Lennen

15 .12:45 pm to 4:00 pm / Photographer --- Bianca Montrosse

16. 2:45 pm to 6:15 pm / Evaluation Assistant --- Cyndi Barnet

17. 2:45 pm to 6:15 pm / Evaluation Assistant ---

18. 3:00 pm to 6:30 pm / Heathman Hotel Support --- Tania Rempert

19. 3:30 pm to 6:45 pm / Event Assistant --- Shannon Myrick

20. 3:30 pm to 6:45 pm / Event Assistant --- Gwen Willems

21. 3:45 pm to 7:15 pm / Registration --- Max Freund

22. 3:45 pm to 7:15 pm / Registration --- Judy Cryer

23. 3:45 pm to 7:15 pm /Registration --- Shannon Kobes

24. 5:30 pm to 8:45 pm / Event Assistant ---

25. 6:00 pm to 9:15 pm / Event Assistant --- Andrea Lewis

26. 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm / Photographer---

27. 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm / Photographer--- 

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 02, 2006

1. 6:30 am to 8:00 am / Room Checker --- Anne Betzner

2. 6:45 am to 10:00 am /Registration ---  Randi Nelson

3. 6:45 am to 10:00 am /Registration --- Amy Gullickson

4. 6:45 am to 10:00 am /Registration --- Emily Kidd-Borenitsch

5. 6:45 am to 10:00 am /Registration --- Anneke Jansen

6. 6:45 am to 10:00 am /Photographer --- Karen Koski

7. 6:45 am to 10:00 am /Photographer --- Adriana Cimetta

8. 6:45 am to 10:00 am /Career Center --- Michelle Baron

9. 6:45 am to 10:00 am /Career Center --- Annalisa Lewis Raymer

10. 8:30 am to 12:00 pm / Heathman Hotel Support --- Maria Jimenez

11. 9:00 am to  12:30 pm / Evaluation Assistant --- Liangyue Lu

12. 9:45 am to 1:00 pm / Registration --- Meltem Alemdar

13. 9:45 am to 1:00 pm / Registration --- Elise Ahn

14. 9:45 am to 1:00 pm / Career Center --- Hamida Jinnah

15. 9:45 am to 1:00 pm / Career Center --- Deborah Kwon

16. 11:45 am to 3:15 pm / Heathman Hotel Support --- Nicole Tomasello

17. 12:45 pm to 4:00 pm / Registration --- Julie Cohen

18. 12:45 pm to 4:00 pm / Registration --- Melba Schneider

19. 12:45 pm to 4:00 pm / Career Center* --- Patrick Serumola

20. 12:45 pm to 4:00 pm / Photographer --- Mei-kuang Chen

21. 12:45 pm to 4:00 pm / Photographer --- Margot Ackermann

22. 1:45 pm to 5:15 pm / Evaluation Assistant --- Kyoung jin Kim

23. 3:00 pm to 6:30 pm / Heathman Hotel Support --- Mijung Yoon

24. 3:45 pm to 7:00 pm / Registration --- Trinidad Molina Villegas

25. 3:45 pm to 7:00 pm / Career Center* ---  Laurel Jacobs

* It would be preferable if those working the starred shifts in the Career Center had volunteered in the job bank at AEA in a previous year, as the volunteer will be working alone for part of each of these shifts

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 03, 2006

1. 6:30 am to 8:00 am / Room Checker--- Willis H Thomas

2. 6:45 am to 10:00 am / Registration --- Heather Chapman

3. 6:45 am to 10:00 am / Photographer --- Marti Frank

4. 6:45 am to 10:00 am /Photographer --- Lija Greenseid

5. 6:45 am to 10:00 am /Career Center --- Maurice Samuels

6. 6:45 am to 10:00 am /Career Center --- Yiyan Wu

7. 8:30 am to 12:00 pm / Heathman Hotel Support --- Aisha Tucker-Brown

8. 8:30 am to  12:00 pm / Evaluation Assistant --- Julia Appt

9.  9:45 am to 1:00 pm / Career Center --- Dymaneke Mitchell

10.  9:45 am to 1:00 pm / Career Center --- Danhui Zhang

11. 10:40 am to 1:50 pm / Registration --- Don Glass

12. 11:45 am to 3:15 pm / Heathman Hotel Support --- Jacquelyn Hansen

13. 12:45 pm to 4:00 pm / Career Center --- Chun-Ping Wu

14. 12:45 pm to 4:00 pm / Career Center --- Hubert Paulmer

15. 12:45 pm to 4:00 pm / Photographer --- Kari Mullenmaster

16. 12:45 pm to 4:00 pm / Photographer --- Natalie Ryan

17. 11:30 pm to 3:30 pm / PowerPoint Specialist --- Rae Clementz

18. 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm / Evaluation Assistant --- Katrin Blamey

19. 3:00 pm to 6:30 pm / Heathman Hotel Support --- Zazar Moton

20. 3:45 pm to 7:00 pm / Career Center --- Jeremiah Johnson

21. 3:45 pm to 7:00 pm / Career Center --- Jie Zhang

22. 3:45 pm to 7:00 pm / Event Assistant *--- Cady Berkel

23. 3:45 pm to 7:00 pm /Event Assistant* --- Thomaz Chianca

24. 6:15 pm to 9:30 pm / Photographer--- Wes Martz

25. 6:15 pm to 9:30 pm / Photographer--- Otto Gustafson

* The event assistants for Friday will help to set up for the silent auction and reception that provides travel assistance for international attendees. It would be preferred if those volunteering for these slots had an interest in working with the auction in future years. They may be asked to speak with the coordinator in advance of the auction and to assist with break down after the event as well.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 04, 2006

1. 6:30 am to 8:00 am / Room Checker--- John LaVelle

2. 6:45 am to 10:00 am /Photographer --- Dominica McBride

3. 6:45 am to 10:00 am /Photographer --- Gerald Blankson

4. 6:45 am to 10:00 am /Career Center --- Maxine Gilling

5. 6:45 am to 10:00 am /Career Center --- Yuanjing Xue

6. 9:45 am to 1:00 pm / Career Center --- Elizabeth Poloskov

7. 9:45 am to 1:00 pm / Career Center ---

8. 2:30 pm to 5:45 pm / Registration---

 

QUESTIONS: If you have questions, please do not hesitate to email Heidi Nye in the AEA office at heidi@eval.org or call her at 1-888-232-2275 from the US or Canada or 1-508-748-3326 from locations outside of North America.