One of the requirements of a Viterbi cub president is to attend the Viterbi Presidents Council retreat to meet other club eboard members, learn leadership skills, understand how to run a club, and learn about the resources your club can utilize throughout the year. [/cs_text][x_image type=”none” src=”https://viterbivoices.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/VPC-Retreat-3.jpg” alt=”” link=”false” href=”#” title=”” target=”” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” info_content=””][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center” style=”color: red;”]Viterbi Club Presidents[/cs_text][cs_text]To be honest, I was kinda of hesitant that the retreat was gonna be a bore, but I ended up making new friends and having an awesome time!
The retreat began of Saturday morning with our bus to the facility being over an hour late. Once the bus arrived, we all loaded up and headed to this quaint retreat center in Santa Monica. The house had a Victorian fee and had many shared bedrooms and bathrooms. We had lunch right away and were off to go to some leadership activities.
The first activities were teambuilding and got us warmed up. Bethany and I struggled to untaggle ourselves from being connected and waited for other to figure it out. [/cs_text][x_image type=”none” src=”https://viterbivoices.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/VPC-Retreat-1.jpg” alt=”” link=”false” href=”#” title=”” target=”” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” info_content=””][cs_text]We then all went through a series of rope courses to test our limits, get over fears, and learn more about ourselves. For the first major course you had to jump of a 40 foot (ish I don’t really know) tree ledge. I tried to be really confident and cocky and boyyyyy was I a nervous wreck when I got up there. I was terrified jumping off the ledge and my stomach turned during the decent. The next ropes course wasnt much better as me and a partner had to go across a tight rope which is an uncomfortable height off the ground. As a leader I stepped back and noticed that the person I was with was much more equipped to lead us. While I was shaking, scared to death, she lead us to the other side in record time. [/cs_text][x_slider animation=”slide” slide_time=”7000″ slide_speed=”1000″ slideshow=”false” random=”false” control_nav=”true” prev_next_nav=”false” no_container=”true” ][x_slide][x_image type=”none” float=”none” src=”https://viterbivoices.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/VPC-Retreat-4.jpg” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover”][/x_slide][x_slide][x_image type=”none” float=”none” src=”https://viterbivoices.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/VPC-Retreat-5.jpg” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover”][/x_slide][/x_slider][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center” style=”color: red;”]People who are not me doing the courses that I also did[/cs_text][cs_text]These activities helped me learn a lot of about myself and allowed me to make some new friends. Some who I have had class with for 4 years and didn’t even know their name!
The rest of the retreat was filled with free food and snacks and presentations that allowed the presidents to understand their roles and resources. I found it super informative and helpful. Even the icebreakers and energizers were fun and things that I could definitely use for my Freshman Academy Class.
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