We are currently hiring Orientation Leaders, Team Leaders, and Orientation Assistants. Please review the process below and if you have any questions, please contact orientation@lander.edu or 864-388-8910.
Student Leader staff work for the Office of Orientation Programs. The following qualifications are applicable to all vacant positions.
Qualifications
- The ability to serve as a positive role model for your peers and new students and families.
- Leadership potential and willingness to accept responsibility.
- Good interpersonal skills and sensitivity to the diverse backgrounds of our campus community.
- Genuine interest in helping and sharing your experiences with new students and families.
- Good academic and conduct standing with the University.
- An enthusiasm for the orientation program, a willingness to be friendly, and an expectation that the experience will be fun!
- Applicants must have at least a 2.5 GPA.
- Applicants must be a current Lander student with at least 12 full-time hours.
Application Process
All interested applicants (both new and returning) are expected to:
- Review Applicant Expectations
- Complete an Application
- Applications open: September 11 at 8:00 am
- Applications close: October 12 at 4:00 pm
- All applicants must attend an Interest Session. The location for these sessions will be Learning Center room 274.
- September 18 at 5:00 pm
- September 20 at 5:00 pm
- September 25 at 5:00 pm
- September 28 at 5:00 pm
- October 3 at 5:00 pm
- Attend and participate in a Group Activity Session
- Group Activity Sessions are October 16 and October 17
- Attend and participate in an Individual Interview Session
- Individual Interviews will be conducted beginning October 18 closing October 24
- Special note: RETURNERS will be asked to conduct a 10-minute presentation. You will receive information after the applicant review.
- If an applicant does not attend both group and individual interview sessions, the applicant will be removed from the process.
- Letters will go out to the applicant’s Lander email on October 25
Applicant Resources
2024-2025 Orientation Leaders
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Diamond Booker Spartanburg, SC
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![OL24-Sydney-Lafayette-LMB_7964.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Sydney-Lafayette-LMB_7964.jpg)
Sydney Lafayette Charleston, SC
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![OL24-Wyatt-Connelly-LMB_7971.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Wyatt-Connelly-LMB_7971.jpg)
Wyatt Connelly Batesburg-Leesville, SC
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![OL24-Autumn-Lockhart-LMB_7918.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Autumn-Lockhart-LMB_7918.jpg)
Autumn Lockhart Chesnee, SC
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![OL24-Taylor-Freeman-LMB_7967.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Taylor-Freeman-LMB_7967.jpg)
Taylor Freeman Ware Shoals, SC
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![OL24-Andrea-Martinez-Montes-LMB_7911.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Andrea-Martinez-Montes-LMB_7911.jpg)
Andrea Martinez Montes Greenville, SC
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![OL24-Heather-James-LMB_7937.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Heather-James-LMB_7937.jpg)
Heather James Bishopville, SC
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![OL24-Destiny-Mays-LMB_7926.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Destiny-Mays-LMB_7926.jpg)
Destiny Mays Aiken, SC
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Key Mursier Greenwood, SC
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![OL24-Wyatt-Connelly-LMB_7971.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Wyatt-Connelly-LMB_7971.jpg)
Wyatt Connelly Batesburg-Leesville, SC
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![OL24-Madison-PigfordLMB_7878.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Madison-PigfordLMB_7878.jpg)
Madison Pigford Fort Mill, SC
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![OL24-Taylor-Freeman-LMB_7967.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Taylor-Freeman-LMB_7967.jpg)
Taylor Freeman Ware Shoals, SC
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![OL24-Jasmine-Scott-LMB_7953.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Jasmine-Scott-LMB_7953.jpg)
Jasmine Scott Powdersville, SC
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![OL24-Heather-James-LMB_7937.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Heather-James-LMB_7937.jpg)
Heather James Bishopville, SC
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![OL24-Kim-Sipanela-LMB_7956.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Kim-Sipanela-LMB_7956.jpg)
Kim Sipanela Harare, Zimbabwe
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![OL24-Jonathan-Walker-LMB_7891.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Jonathan-Walker-LMB_7891.jpg)
Jonathan Walker Laurens, SC
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![OL24-Wyatt-Connelly-LMB_7971.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Wyatt-Connelly-LMB_7971.jpg)
Wyatt Connelly Batesburg-Leesville, SC
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![OL24-Jay-Ware-LMB_7887.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Jay-Ware-LMB_7887.jpg)
Jay Ware Anderson, SC
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![OL24-Taylor-Freeman-LMB_7967.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Taylor-Freeman-LMB_7967.jpg)
Taylor Freeman Ware Shoals, SC
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![OL24-Alex-White-Wamsley-LMB_7903.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Alex-White-Wamsley-LMB_7903.jpg)
Alex White-Wamsley Greenville, SC
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![OL24-Heather-James-LMB_7937.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Heather-James-LMB_7937.jpg)
Heather James Bishopville, SC
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![Lex Hall](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Lex-Hall-LMB_7980.jpg)
Lex Hall Orientation Assistant Irmo, SC
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![OL24-Diamond-Booker-LMB_7931.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Diamond-Booker-LMB_7931.jpg)
Diamond Booker Spartanburg, SC
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![OL24-Wyatt-Connelly-LMB_7971.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Wyatt-Connelly-LMB_7971.jpg)
Wyatt Connelly Batesburg-Leesville, SC
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![OL24-Taylor-Freeman-LMB_7967.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Taylor-Freeman-LMB_7967.jpg)
Taylor Freeman Ware Shoals, SC
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![OL24-Heather-James-LMB_7937.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Heather-James-LMB_7937.jpg)
Heather James Bishopville, SC
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![OL24-Sydney-Lafayette-LMB_7964.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Sydney-Lafayette-LMB_7964.jpg)
Sydney Lafayette Charleston, SC
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![OL24-Autumn-Lockhart-LMB_7918.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Autumn-Lockhart-LMB_7918.jpg)
Autumn Lockhart Chesnee, SC
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![OL24-Andrea-Martinez-Montes-LMB_7911.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Andrea-Martinez-Montes-LMB_7911.jpg)
Andrea Martinez Montes Greenville, SC
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![OL24-Destiny-Mays-LMB_7926.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Destiny-Mays-LMB_7926.jpg)
Destiny Mays Aiken, SC
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![OL24-Key-Mursier-LMB_7880.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Key-Mursier-LMB_7880.jpg)
Key Mursier Greenwood, SC
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![OL24-Madison-PigfordLMB_7878.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Madison-PigfordLMB_7878.jpg)
Madison Pigford Fort Mill, SC
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![OL24-Jasmine-Scott-LMB_7953.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Jasmine-Scott-LMB_7953.jpg)
Jasmine Scott Powdersville, SC
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![OL24-Kim-Sipanela-LMB_7956.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Kim-Sipanela-LMB_7956.jpg)
Kim Sipanela Harare, Zimbabwe
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![OL24-Jonathan-Walker-LMB_7891.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Jonathan-Walker-LMB_7891.jpg)
Jonathan Walker Laurens, SC
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![OL24-Jay-Ware-LMB_7887.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Jay-Ware-LMB_7887.jpg)
Jay Ware Anderson, SC
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![OL24-Alex-White-Wamsley-LMB_7903.jpg](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Alex-White-Wamsley-LMB_7903.jpg)
Alex White-Wamsley Greenville, SC
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![Lex Hall](../_images/Orientation_Leaders/OL24-Lex-Hall-LMB_7980.jpg)
Lex Hall Orientation Assistant Irmo, SC
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