A few students (including myself) have recently had the opportunity to go on student recruiting expeditions. A group went to Delaware, another group went to Michigan (that’s where I went) and another group will be going to Applecreek, Ohio in the upcoming weeks. Student recruiting involves just talking to prospective students and tell them about Rosedale Bible College in hopes that they will come and attend our lovely school.
I went to Pigeon, Michigan with a group of five students total plus the actual student recruiter, Jason Ropp. We were given sweat shirts as a reward for our time. We also got a free chapel skip, and were able to skip two classes to take a road trip. It was awesome!!!!!! The students that went to Pigeon, Michigan are as follows: Tara Brenneman, Melanie Beachy, Larry “Bito” Beitzel, Jackie Yoder, Richard Stein, and Rosedale’s student recruiter Jason Ropp.
At Pigeon, Michigan we attended a pot luck, and had the opportunity to talk to some teens that love God and are planning to attend college soon. What better place to go than Rosedale Bible College. We got to serve the youth root beer floats and hang out with them. We played pool, ping-pong, foosball, and even guitar hero. Some of us took along books and stuff to study since we were missing class but only a few actually read or studied anything. (Come to think about it, everybody read and studied except me. I blame guitar hero and my addictive nature.)
While we were there we sat on a panel of chairs and were asked all kinds of questions concerning student life and faculty and staff and our tight knit Rosedale Bible College community. We were more than happy to answer people’s questions and help them get a better idea of what Rosedale Bible College is really like. Somebody spilled the beans *cough* Jason Ropp*cough* that I was lactose intolerant and I was eating ice-cream. Everybody got a good giggle out of the deal. My stomach hurt so good.
We influenced a couple of the youth to fill out applications (with the promise of a fee waver and a free t-shirt) and even more to come to Discover Rosedale. We were amazed at how excited a few of them were about Rosedale Bible College. It feels good to make some kind of an impact on people’s lives. I look forward to seeing our new found friends at Discover Rosedale.