What’s it like organising some of the biggest events for CSESoc like First Year Camp 🏕️, Pub Crawl 🍻, and Peer Mentoring 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦? How does one teach first years React and JavaScript in a week ⏰ to make a CS Electives review website?

Come join Caleb and Fiona as they chat (and casually banter) with the Socials and Student Experience Directors of 2021 … 🥁✨ Lachlan, Evan & Giuliana ✨

Some juicy content 🧃 include:

Organising the biggest events like camp 🏕️, peer mentoring 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, and weekly BBQs 🍖♨️🔥🥩🥓
Working as a team 🤝 to make visions 💭 come to life 🔮✨
Balancing ⚖️ work 💻, uni 🎓 & a social life 🎉
The story behind Jebediah Dumptruck & how Lachlan is literally dating a 🔥 HOT 🔥 grill
And so many more SPICY TAKES!!! 🌶️🌶️🌶️

Timestamps:

(0:00) Intro
(2:12) What does your portfolio do?
(5:51) Organising the CSESoc Peer Mentoring Program
(10:45) Behind the Scenes of CSESoc 1st yr camp
(18:30) Biggest challenges in organising large-scale events
(21:13) CSESoc Pub Crawl post-reflections
(25:39) Potential All Years camp?!?!?! 👀👀👀
(30:32) “Which CSESoc exec are you” Personality Quiz
(48:44) The actual reason why StuNet was rebranded as Studex
(52:05) Giuliana’s role as the SecSoc president
(55:39) Who would you save: CSESoc or SecSoc?
(57:43) Studex’s vision & its outreach to international students
(1:00:09) Training subcom to make CSElectives
(1:03:53) Working with the subcom
(1:09:10) Working with each other
(1:13:02) How does introversion/extraversion affect the way events are run?
(1:15:47) Lachlan: What it’s like studying at 7 different high schools over 4 different countries
(1:19:05) Evan’s take on balancing uni, work & a social life
(1:23:05) Hosting sponsored BBQ’s
(1:24:38) Running the T2 Welcome Back BBQ Event was CHAOS
(1:32:30) The story of Jebediah Dumptruck
(1:34:35) Jebediah Dumptruck x Lachlan’s #1 hottest love affair
(1:37:16) Challenging & rewarding aspects of being a director
(1:45:44) Advices to your first year selves
(1:49:38) Final comments & outro