9/26 Post: Observing Community

Hey again everyone!  todays post is supposed to be about a club on the MSU campus related to our field.  I would have liked to attended the Zoology Student Association club but unfortunately, I had a prior commitment.  So instead, I interviewed Morgan Herlevi, the secretary of the club over email.  She was very helpful in doing this interview for me, and it was very greatly appreciated.  Bellow are the questions I asked Morgan, along with her answers:

1) What is the purpose of the ZSA club?

• Our formal mission statement is along the lines of bringing students in zoology closer together and help them access internships and jobs with the speakers and professors we bring in.

2) What kinds of major things do you guys focus on in meetings?

• We generally talk about any events that we having going on and any general club business and then we have the speaker for that day talk for the rest of the meeting. 

3) What are the beliefs and values of the club?

• Um, I don't think we really have an defined ones. We believe in trying to get people to come together and we value having active members. 

4) What kinds of communications must be performed in the club? Like are there a lot of emails, or writing, or contacting of professionals, and how do you go about doing this?

• We mostly just inform everyone of events at the meetings and then send out emails and use the facebook group to remind people. E-Board both calls and emails people about coming in to speak.

5) What are your favorite parts of the ZSA club?

• My favorite parts are being able to hang out with all the other zoology nerds since we are all weird. I also really like the live animal presentations we have.

      After doing this interview it is easy to see that this club is all about the members.  They are very into the unity of the group and ways that they can help their members.  I really wish that I would be able to attend these meeting and be apart of this club.  Having professionals speak and getting to interact with animals would be some really good opportunities.  I hope to be able to be apart of some of these meetings n the future.

Works Cited:

Herlevi, Morgan. "Re: Possible Interview For a Student." 9 September 2013. E-mail.