Big big BIG shoutout to our dodgeball committee for putting on FLP’s Dodgeballin for Babies. This dodgeball competition raised over $400 for the March of Dimes foundation! Way to achieve our goal committee, over ten teams registered! Such a huge success, from finding over $400 worth of sponsorship to running logistics to finding an after-social venue and everything in between. We’d like to recognize each and everyone of you:

Christina Chan-Pong
John N. Nguyen
Peter Kim
Jenn Vergara
Ada Jutba
Mary Vuong
Margaret 周家宜 Chou
Bac Cheng Huang
Emily Tran
Jade Chan-Pong
Lisa Zeng
Danielle Victoria
Brandon King
Elizabeth Wang
Victoria Shew
Lisa Leung
April Rutherford
Meghan Pryce
Malissa Kiki Alinor

Congrats to the winning team:

The Basics of Becoming a Boss
1. Swag–Dressing appropriately for interviews/presentations
2. Step–Body language
3. Sayin’s–Professional correspondence, Public speaking
4. Starts–Career Resource Center, Pre-Career Organizations
5. Soul–Balance involvement, friends, & academia

Networking & Personal Branding
Make yourself stick out by having a “30 second elevator speech” readily practiced and memorized!

1. Name–With confidence, no mumbling
2. What You Do–Major, Student Involvement Activities, Interests, Passions
3. HOOKUPS–Your market: who are you looking for, Your own network: who do you already know
4. Credibility–Past positions/achievements>>Personal stories work best!

This application is due by November 1st at 11:59PM!

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to e-mail us at aasuflp@gmail.com. Thanks for your interest!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dDlnQWQ3ZVlscXFSakc4bTV5eHYzenc6MQ#gid=0

It is highly encouraged that you do attend because this is a pivotal event in which you will not only get to meet your fellow class but bond with them as well. It’s a great way to relieve stress from all of you exams, that’s for sure!

On Saturday, registration will begin at 9:30 AM and the Retreat will proceed until 5:00 PM. Lunch will be provided for a very small fee of $3 cash.

***Please fill out a sign up form through
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGpmdGhaeXVhRlJzMEI1V1p4emJJQWc6MQ before noon this Friday! You will receive a confirmation email Friday evening as to where you should meet us up Saturday morning.

***UPDATE: We are meeting in Reitz 361-363 for Registration.

We’d like for you to join us for our Mentor Mentee, aka M&M, Week from October 11-13th. During these 3 days, we have lined up for you engaging activities so that you can get to know your mentor or mentee better.

M&M Week 2011:
Tues, Oct 11 (6:30 PM)–Cupcake Wars, Reitz Colonnade
Showcase your cupcake decorating skills, while you bond with your mentors/mentees! The theme for the cupcake decorating contest is “This is My Mentor, This is My Mentee,” in which you will decorate your cupcake according to what your mentor or mentee is like. 10 finalists will be chosen by the FLP Directors, and then everyone will vote on the first place winner.
***Please bring 2 baked undecorated cupcakes (for yourself and your mentor/mentee), as well as decorating supplies (i.e.–sprinkles, icing, and etc). We shall be providing a limited amount of decorating supplies, so do please remember to bring your own as well.

Wed, Oct 12 (11:30 AM- 1:30 PM)–Krishna Lunch on the Plazas of the Americas
Enjoy the nice weather with your newly acquainted M&M as we lunch on Krishna. A vegetarian but oh-so filling buffet awaits us all for only $4/person! Also, we would highly encourage both you and your mentor/mentee to attend the Asian Kaleidoscope Month’s (AKM) Opening Ceremony presenting guest speaker Rex Lee from the highly acclaimed Entourage! This will take place the same day in the Phillips Center from 7-10 PM (https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=192444770827480)

Thurs, Oct 13 (6:30)–Scavenger Hunt, meet at the Reitz Collonade
FLP is proud to be working with the Florida Cicerones Tradition Keeper Committee to have you riled up to explore UF through a campus-wide Scavenger Hunt! This is just yet another exciting opportunity for you all to release some test anxiety with some fresh air and fun There will be prizes for the winner as well, so get ready to whip out them maps!

It’s Peanut Butter Jelly Time!! (Where you at?!)

Don’t miss your chance to mingle with FLP and FSA while making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the homeless living at St. Francis House on Saturday, October 8th at 11:30 AM in CSE E119.

FRESHIES and JUNIORS bring *Peanut Butter*
SOPHOMORES and SENIORS bring *Jelly*

Please BYOB (Bring Your Own BREAD) ……hehe what were you thinking?!?
because the more bread you bring, the more sandwiches we’ll be able to make for those less fortunate, so do the deed & BYOBread.

By the end of the afternoon, we’ll have you jammin to the Peanut Butter Jelly theme song with your Ate/Kuya/Ading/Mentor/Mentee!!
–See what we did there…come out & volunteer for more clever puns

Questions? Contact:
aasuflp@gmail.com
uffsa.gkservice@gmail.com

The M&M, aka Mentor-Mentee, REVEAL is finally here!!! Get ready for some wild excitement as you discover who will be that shhhweet sensation acting as a guiding light throughout your UF career and beyond. It’s the most hyped meeting of the year, so you DO NOT want to miss out!

***For those of you who signed up to be a mentee, you should have received a confirmation email. If you did not, email the directors at aasuflp@gmail.com. Also, email us ASAP if you will not be able to attend the Reveal.

**Mentors, you will receive an email in the near future with additional instructions in regards to this meeting.

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M&Ms will be thrown around, aka we’ll be revealing mentor-mentee pairs, on Monday, October 3rd; doors open at 6:30 PM and we’ll promptly start at 7 PM in Little Hall 109.
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