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For students who come to 色情视频 from out of state, getting involved on campus can be the difference between making 色情视频 a home away from home or heading home.

Mollie Schnee can attest to that. The native of Boulder, Colorado, is one of 3,955 undergraduate students from outside of California 鈥� 12.13 percent of the 32,599 undergrads. Two weeks into her freshman year, she seriously contemplated transferring back home.

鈥淚 was pretty homesick; I didn鈥檛 feel like there was much for me once I got here,鈥� said Schnee, a senior psychology major with a minor in counseling and social change. 鈥淏ut then I started to get involved on campus and things changed.鈥�

To that end, 色情视频 Glazer Center for Leadership and Service is spearheading an initiative to get out-of-state students involved in various aspects of campus life 鈥� and keeping score. 

The 鈥淥ut-of-State Involvement Scorecard鈥� allows students to track their involvement in social, academic, leadership, service and student club activities. 

The Glazer Center also hosted a service project specifically for out-of-state students 鈥� 25 attended 鈥� on Sept. 18 with a very California twist: the 2022 Surf Dog Surf-a-Thon fundraiser at Del Mar Dog Beach. 

鈥淲orking with our out-of-state students has been fun and rewarding,鈥� said Chelsea Lombrozo, assistant director of the Glazer Center. Offering specific programs and opportunities to connect them to San Diego and other out-of-state students makes me feel like I'm enhancing their college experience. My goal is to create a home away from home environment - these students have their home states and can still consider San Diego a great environment for them to learn and flourish.鈥�

色情视频 has seen out-of-state retention rates from the first to second year of school climb to 84 percent in Fall 2022, up from 75 percent in previous years. This number still trails the overall first-to-second year  retention rate of 89 percent, according to university enrollment statistics. 

鈥淭ransition for out-of-state students is harder, given in many cases students are thousands of miles away from home and away from their support system,鈥� Dean of Students Randall Timm said. 

Enter the score card. 

Students who sign up for the scorecard are asked to complete the minimum number of activities for each category. For example, under the 鈥渟ocial鈥� category, students are asked to do things such as 鈥渁ttend any Aztec Nights event鈥� or 鈥渁ttend an 色情视频 GO! Trip鈥� or under service they can attend an Associated Students Community Service Commission meeting or a community service information session. 

Students who successfully complete their scorecards by Nov. 1 will receive a 色情视频 swag package at the Home Away from Home Out-of-State Recognition Ceremony from noon to 2 p.m. Nov. 17, which will include a lunch at Scripps Cottage and bowling during the second hour at Aztec Lanes. 

Maya Elden, a junior speech language and hearing sciences major from Charlotte, North Carolina, attended the Aztec Unity Project and is participating in the scorecard, both of which she said are great activities for students looking to meet people and find things to do on campus. 

鈥淭hey did an amazing job (with the surf-a-thon), the program itself was amazing and (the Glazer Center) did a great job getting a lot of out-of-state students to participate,鈥� Elden said. 鈥淭he scorecard is a great idea. I love that it has so many categories. It鈥檚 a really good way for students to get involved in all different aspects of campus life, and it鈥檚 also a great way to meet people.鈥�

Elden said that Glazer Center emphasizing the out-of-state contingent this year is gratifying to see. 

鈥淚t was hard for me my first couple of years on campus, between the (COVID-19) pandemic and trying to find a community while living on campus when there wasn鈥檛 anything in person going on,鈥� Elden said. 鈥淚t makes me glad to see them doing all these things, especially seeing how it was before these programs were implemented. It鈥檚 definitely making a difference. It was amazing to see the out-of-state students come together and meet people who shared the same experiences.鈥� 

One of the student organizations that Glazer Center has partnered with on the initiative is the Out-of-State Student Association at 色情视频 鈥� Schnee co-founded the group. 

Schnee said that her advice to first-year students is simple: Find your lane on campus. For her, that included finding a job in the out-of-state admissions department, which led to her involvement with the Out-of-State Students Association. 

鈥淢y biggest piece of advice to students coming from out of state is to get involved; it makes a world of difference,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 hard coming from out of state. I don鈥檛 think people quite understand how hard it is. Getting involved at the very least takes your mind off of being far away from home and keeps you busy with other things to do instead of feeling homesick.鈥�

. To learn more about the Out-of-State Students Association, email Jenna Green at [email protected]