{"id":20301,"date":"2017-06-30T09:38:30","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T13:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=20301"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:36:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T16:36:32","slug":"orientation-ti-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=20301","title":{"rendered":"Day in the Life: Orientation leader Ti Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Day in the life | Orientation leader\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/foJjgL36mJs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If he has to get up for an 8 a.m. class when the fall semester begins, Ti Grant will have had plenty of practice during his summer break. The summer orientation leader at UNC-Chapel Hill sets his alarm for 6 a.m. to make sure he is in place for his 7:30 a.m. meetings with his colleagues. On many days, it\u2019s nearly 10 p.m. by the time he finishes introducing Carolina to the groups of incoming students he leads.<\/p>\n<p>Grant wouldn\u2019t want it any other way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think about what I\u2019m doing it for, mainly, when I get tired,\u201d said Grant, an exercise and sports science major in the College of Arts &amp; Sciences. \u201cI\u2019m only here for the students. Whether it be from resources or the research they\u2019re thinking about partaking in or just the friend that they meet at orientation, I hope the students find something to connect to Carolina.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the summer, incoming students come to orientation, organized by Carolina\u2019s office of New Student and Family Programs, to get ready for the fall. Orientation leaders like Grant lead the students in activities ranging from skits about campus life and service projects to course registration and small group sessions.<\/p>\n<p>While the days can be long, Grant is following in the footsteps of the orientation leader who introduced him to Carolina two summers ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like a \u2018pay it forward\u2019 type of deal,\u201d he said. \u201cSomebody else did something for you way back when, but now it\u2019s your time to kind of pay it forward and guide somebody else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Story and video by Rob Holliday, University Communications<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If he has to get up for an 8 a.m. class when the fall semester begins, Ti Grant will have had plenty of practice during his summer break. The summer orientation leader at UNC-Chapel Hill sets his alarm for 6 a.m. to make sure he is in place for his 7:30 a.m. meetings with his colleagues. 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