Church commissioned to train counselors in time for back-to-school orientation

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      Taiwan Church News

      3054 Edition

      September 6~12, 2010

       

       

      Church commissioned to train college advisors in time for 
back-to-school orientation

       

      Reported by Chiou Kuo-rong

      Written by Lydia Ma

       

       

      As National Chung-Cheng University in Chiayi got ready to 
welcome new and returning 

      students this fall, Wu-Jie Presbyterian Church in I-lan was 
once again tapped by school 

      officials to train guidance counselors in preparation for 
helping new students during the 

      opening weeks of fall semester orientation programs. 

       



      This is the 3rd year in a row that Chung-Cheng University has 
asked the church for help in 

      training college guidance counselors. A training camp was held 
from September 1~4, 2010, 

      attended by about 20 guidance counselors. 

       



      According to reports, Chung-Cheng University places a great 
deal of emphasis on having 

      trained guidance counselors on staff. It wants them to be 
equipped to help students in all 

      areas of their college experience throughout the 4 years 
students will spend at the university. 

       



      This year’s training camp focused especially on mentoring 
freshmen dorm students through 

      a series of outdoor and indoor activities geared at helping 
freshmen understand and adjust 

      to this new stage in their lives. Counselors were trained to 
mentor students in academic 

      performance, campus life, and interpersonal relationships.

       



      Wu Jie Church’s pastor, Chen Po-jie, said this year’s seminars 
centered on the themes of 

      cooperation, mutual understanding, and bearing with one 
another. He believed these virtues 

      would be essential for students leaving home for the first time 
in their lives.

       



      Wu added that students nowadays are very accustomed to being 
homebodies and being on 

      the computer or on the internet for hours on end. Although they 
may feel very comfortable in 

      the virtual world and have an established presence there, they 
lack interpersonal 

      relationships in the real world in contrast. 

       



      This phenomenon has Chen and many university officials worried 
and Chen urged churches 

      to discuss strategies in dealing with the newest generation and 
social trend of “homebody youths”.

       

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