The information tables placed at different locations around campus greet students arriving on campus every semester. The Bakersfield College Student Government Association prepares these tables.
SGA has been putting these information tables up every semester for over two years, according to vice president Brian Rathfelder.
“It’s just something we’ve been doing,” said Rathfelder. “And we want to continue to help the new and enrolling students find everything they need.”
The volunteers maintaining the stations range from members of the SGA, BC club members, along with faculty and administration members. Other volunteers come from a mass of emails and fliers posted and sent out campus-wide, according to Rathfelder.
SGA sets up these tables personally every day during “Welcome Week” from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Each table has one or two volunteers offering cookies, hot chocolate, coffee, BC planners as well as campus maps. Faculty members work the booths in 30-minute increments and students worked in hour increments.
“We bring info to new students arriving on campus,” Rathfelder said. “And show what programs are available to them such as disabled and single parent programs.
“Our main goal is to provide an overall better college experience to future students.”
Rathfelder explained that SGA is creating a welcoming atmosphere for any first-time students attending BC.