Website: http://tamuassist.weebly.com/
Email: assistdirectorstamu@gmail.com
Fall Application & Informational Schedule: https://flac.tamu.edu/schedule/
ASSIST emphasizes the importance of cultivating a community deeply rooted in selfless service and bound by a passion for humility and encouragement. We love to help those around us in anyway we can. It’s who we are and it’s what we do.
Why apply to ASSIST?
Through the abundance of service opportunities and social events, ASSIST offers any applying freshmen the opportunity to impact the community around them through servant leadership, while also being impacted by the community ASSIST fosters within itself. ASSIST offers freshmen unique opportunities to take full charge of service projects and allow them to grow as servant leaders while serving causes that they are passionate about. Through the powerful friendship bonds built by service and common acts of selflessness, ASSIST offers every interested freshmen the chance to find their home at Texas A&M and find a community of fun, servant-hearted people that will be there to support them through and well beyond their freshmen year.
To provide a glimpse into what the experience of being in ASSIST looks like, the FLO’s Student Leaders completed an assessment of their previous year. The following should be used as information to help you make an informed decision about being a member of ASSIST, but please note that your experience may look different.
What does a “week in ASSIST” look like?
Monday: Committee Meetings *Mandatory*, Time commitment: 1 hour
Tuesday: General Meetings *Mandatory*, Time commitment: 1 hour
Wednesday: No official ASSIST weekly activities
Thursday: Cluster Activities (Non mandatory fun social events), Time commitment: 1-2 hours
Friday: No official ASSIST weekly activities, unless a weekend long service project is beginning
Saturday: No official ASSIST weekly activities, weekend service projects may occur during this time
Sunday: No official ASSIST weekly activities, weekend service projects may conclude during this time
What did the remote experience look like due to COVID-19?
While ASSIST’s transition to a remote system for the remainder of the school year did inhibit some of our ability to serve the community.
Organization Size:
| Position | Freshmen | Counselors | Executives |
| # Students | 48 | 12 | 3 |
Being involved with ASSIST I can expect to pay…
| Dues & Known Costs | · Fall Semester: $40
· Spring Semester: $40 |
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| Financial Aid
(if available) |
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FLOs are evaluated yearly based on several factors. Three of these factors are Leadership, Service, and Social. Here is what last year’s members experienced in these areas:
| Leadership | · Spring Retreat: Retreat during the first weekend of the spring semester, planned entirely by freshmen.
· Parent’s Weekend Brunch: Event planned by entirely by freshmen membership. · A number of guest speakers throughout the year, some favorites including James Olsen on Selfless Service (CIA) and Bruce Brown on Leadership and Communication (LSC). SGeneral Meeting- 1 hour on What is servant leadership. · Various leadership programming provided weekly at general meetings from counselors. |
| Service | · ASSIST Hosted Events: Big Ole Project (Freshmen led service project partnered with members of the community) Big Little Service Project (partnered with an organization in the community) Staff Project (staff planned service project partnered with an organization in the community)
· 1st Cannual Food Drive (food drive for Brazos Valley food bank) Pen Pal Program with a local 4th grade class · Members also participate in events hosted on campus including The Big Event, Aggie Dance Marathon, MSC Angel Tree, Service FLO Down, MSC Fish Run the Ramps, Shackathon, Ramp Project, and United Way Care Packages. |
| Social | · Final FLO (basketball tournament planned by ASSIST freshmen), numerous optional Cluster hangouts throughout the semester (a cluster is a group of bigs/littles), Halloween Party, Friendsgiving, Christmas Party, Valentines Party, FLO Bowl (Cheer), Mr. FLO, FLO Bowl, Digs and Gigs, FLO Cup, Bro Bowl |
Does ASSIST have a Big/Little Program? Yes
What does the Big/Little Experience entail?
Freshmen are placed into a cluster at the beginning of the year and each cluster is comprised of 12 freshmen, 2 bigs, and 3 mentors. The clusters meet weekly on Thursday nights and are fun, non mandatory social events run by the bigs. Some past cluster events have included fun activities such as Bob Ross painting nights, visiting trampoline parks, and murder mystery parties. These Big/Little based clusters are a great way for freshmen to de-stress and meet knew people throughout the organization. Additionally, the Big/Little Program puts on a Big/Little Tailgate, Big/Little Service Project, and a Big/Little road trip each year. The bigs are encouraged to attend many of the ASSIST events, allowing them to become very close with their freshmen.
Want to learn more?
Attend the FLAC Coordinated livestreams, informationals, and reach out to the student leaders using the contact information available on this page.
Find the full recruitment schedule here: https://flac.tamu.edu/schedule/
Want to Apply?
Go to: https://flac.tamu.edu/apply/