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-: So I love working with Husker Dialogues
because it's such a great opportunity
for our incoming freshmen to just be able to
really have good conversations
around all the changes that they may be experiencing.
Like some of 'em, this is the most diverse place
they've ever come to,
and some of them it's the least diverse,
and so everybody's having thoughts,
and Husker Dialogues gives us a great chance to
really just dive into having conversations around that.
-: And that's what I really enjoyed about being a guide
that we can provide those tools for them
to ease them into these conversations.
So, I'm really excited about that.
-: It's just kind of like you're sitting in a circle
and you're having a face-to-face conversation with everyone.
You don't feel very closed off.
You kind of have this big, I don't know,
kind of small setting within the bigger group setting,
so it feels a little bit more closer and intimate that way.
But just sit down and go through prompts
and kind of have conversations about things.
-: Oh, absolutely, and then the training
that you are provided in, and the resources,
and the tools, definitely benefit and just help
with easing that kind of concern that folks may have.
So everything's kind of laid out in a
way that's just, you kinda gotta show up (laughs) really so.
-: Yeah. Yeah.
And also there's staff on hand
if you get kind of a hot topic, or somebody maybe
has some responses that you don't
know quite how to handle, there's people
who are there to back you up.
-: I think it's also important if you're nervous,
it sounds a lot more intense than it is.
I think when you get there, like then it really does pay off
because after your first session you're gonna walk away
and feel amazing 'cause you gotta have those conversations.
So I just think it's worth taking a chance at
least to do it.
-: Yeah, and because I enjoyed it so much
I tell a lot of colleagues and other people just
this is really an easy thing to do
and a great way to make an impact on campus.
So, try to encourage other people to be guides too
'cause I know we can always use more.
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