Canfield BHP Leadership Opportunities

Two students will be selected for this role. Sophomores, juniors, and seniors are eligible to apply. This position is unpaid.
Co-chairs plan, market, and supervise all the events of Discover BHP, which is BHP's main annual recruiting event for admitted students and their parents. The event takes place in March and significant planning is required months before the event.

Application Type: Common Application; Application Deadline: Mid-September

Steering Committee consists of three to four student representatives per class. Applicants will be selected by the Steering Committee chairs. This position is unpaid. The committee has regular meetings every other Tuesday from 5-6 pm. Steering Committee members serve to foster communication between faculty, staff, students, and alumni creating a strong unified Canfield BHP culture through joint discussions and events.

Application Type: Common Application; Application Deadline: Mid-September

Around 10 students per year serve as peer advisors. Many continue for multiple years, leaving 2-3 spaces per year to fill. Freshmen, sophomores and juniors are eligible to apply. This position is paid. PAs are current BHP students who answer general questions about BHP, schedule appointments with academic advisors, and manage the front desk of the BHP Office. They often take calls from prospective students or parents interested in BHP, as well as work on projects for the office. Weekly hours are assigned based on availability. PAs typically work 6-8 hours per week. They are also required to attend bi-weekly staff meetings.

Application Type: Spring Application; Application Deadline: Spring TBD

Around 5 students per year serve as summer peer advisors. All classes of students are eligible to apply. This position is paid. PAs are current BHP students who answer general questions about BHP, schedule appointments with academic advisors, and manage the front desk of the BHP Office. They often take calls from prospective students or parents interested in BHP, as well as work on projects for the office. This position also assists new BHP students during summer orientation. Weekly hours are assigned based on availability.

Application Type: Spring Application; Application Deadline: Spring TBD

Twelve students per year serve as peer mentors. Rising juniors and seniors are eligible to apply. This position is paid. Peer Mentors assist incoming freshmen in acclimating to the BHP. Mentors facilitate student success by fostering positive individual and small group interaction at Leadership Kickoff, in BA 101H, and in Wednesday Seminars.  Mentors inform new students of relevant university, college, and program-specific resources and processes; lead small-group and class-wide events and presentations; encourage and support new students throughout their first semester; model appropriate behavior as a BHP student; inspire best practices, accountability, and transparency; model self-assessment and exploration; and encourage ethical decision-making. 

Peer Mentors are required to attend Leadership Kickoff, Monday BA 101H class meetings, Wednesday seminars, and weekly peer mentor staff meetings. They are also asked to meet with mentees individually and organize social events throughout the semester.

Application Type: Fall Application; Application Deadline: Fall TBD

Four students will be selected to serve as recruiters. Only sophomores, juniors and seniors who have already served as recruiting liaisons will be eligible. This position is paid. BHP Recruiters help sell the program to prospective students and parents through information sessions, recruiting events, and hometown high school visits. This position requires a previous role as a recruiting liaison and requires thorough, up-to-date knowledge of the program, the university, and statistics. Recruiters are required to lead BHP information sessions on Mondays and Fridays and attend various recruiting events. They are also asked to attend regularly scheduled meetings with the BHP staff.

Four students per year serve as recruiting liaisons. Freshmen and sophomores are eligible to apply. This position is unpaid. Recruiting liasions are trained throughout the fall and spring and are placed in a pool to become a paid BHP recruiter for the following semester. It is required to be a recruiting liasion in order to be considered for a paid recruiter position. Students may participate in taking prospective students to a BHP course, attending recruiting events, hosting BHP Information Sessions, conducting hometown high school visits and answering various questions about the BHP and UT. Liaisons are asked to participate in various activities with prospective and admitted high school students.

Application Type: Spring Application; Application Deadline: Spring TBD

All classes of students are eligible for this unpaid position and there is no limit to the number selected. This position is unpaid. Hometown Recruiters will be expected to visit one or two of their local high schools sometime during the fall semester, winter break or spring semester to speak about BHP, McCombs and UT. Hometown recruiters are asked to attend one of the fall semester training sessions and lead information sessions in their hometown at a time convenient for them during the fall and spring semester as well as winter break.

Application Type: Common Application; Application Deadline: Mid-September

Freshmen, sophomores, juniors and returning seniors are eligible for this position. This position is unpaid. Co-chairs plan and oversee the Freshman Leadership Kickoff, the official induction into the BHP. While staff oversee venue and vendor selection, the co-chairs design the schedule and team-building activities to allow incoming freshmen to get to know their peers, mentors, faculty and staff. Time commitment varies. An average of one hour per week planning during the summer (position does not require you to be in Austin over the summer). The co-chairs must attend the weekend-long event at the beginning of the school year.<

Application Type: Spring Application; Application Deadline: Spring TBD

Eight to ten students per year will be selected to serve on this committee. Only seniors are eligible. This position is unpaid. Make-a-Mark is the BHP Senior Class&rsquo; annual giving campaign supporting the Business Honors Program and the Make-a-Mark Scholarship. Committee members are responsible for planning and coordinating the giving campaign, and coordinating senior social campaign events. Committee members must attend bi-weekly meetings starting in January and moving into weekly meetings starting in April. They must also attend the 4 hour finale event in May.

Application Type: Common Application; Application Deadline: Mid-September

Ten to twelve students per year will be selected to serve as sophomore admit buddies. Only rising sophomores are eligible. This position is unpaid. Sophomore Admit Buddies attend the Sophomore Admit Dinner (night before school starts) and Sophomore Social (first class day in the evening) to welcome newly admitted sophomores to BHP. Beyond these 2 events, Sophomore Admit Buddies should regularly reach out to the new sophomores to invite them to connect to the BHP community through social media, other BHP events (including a potential "Buddy Mixer" held later in the fall semester), study groups, etc. The position will require approximately 4 hours during the first week of school. Additional hours will vary.

Application Type: solicited by email; Application Deadline: Early-August