Campus Guide with Scripps Howard Center

Tours and events are flexible and vary each week. Most tours are held Tuesday through Friday from 9 a.m. -1 p.m. Guides pick the dates and times that they can work.

Occasional evenings & weekends.

The Scripps Howard Center for Civic Engagement/Community Connections seeks NKU students to be campus guides for our Preschool-12th grade outreach programs and community projects. We focus primarily on grades 3rd-8th. Campus guides act as leaders, hosts, and presenters to local schools who visit NKU. Guides will also be expected to be hosts, greeters, and NKU representatives at university-sponsored and campus events.

These group visits typically:

-Occur most frequently between 9 AM and 1 PM, Tuesday-Friday, but some tours occur in the late afternoon and possibly on weekends.

-Include a campus Walk & Talk where guides will show off NKU.

-Include a classroom experience or academic demonstration, such as a show at the planetarium or a musical performance.

-Include upwards of 120 students per visit.

-Visiting students are broken into groups of 25-35 students per tour group, so numerous tour guides are needed for large group visits.

-The number of group visits varies per week; guides pick and choose the tours they can lead; there is no requirement for minimum hours per week.

-Community events are periodic and could come up at any time.

In order to lead group visits for Community Connections, you are expected to:

-Attend a training session.

-Shadow experienced tour guides as a trainee until you are comfortable giving a personal tour.

-Check email frequently and respond to requests in a timely manner.

-Introduce yourself with your name, major, hometown, living arrangements, expected date of graduation, and other fun or interesting information to visiting students.

-Assist faculty and staff in demonstrations and classroom activities.

-Communicate with local teachers and education administration to keep group visits flowing smoothly.

-Arrive promptly, tell the facilitator you are present and drop visiting groups off promptly when the visit is concluded.

-Give campus Walk & Talks to visiting students, showing NKU in a positive light and sharing important and interesting information about the university.

-Keep the attention of the visiting students until Walk & Talk is over.

-Take control when groups become rowdy or chaotic
-Use little or no college jargon; make your language appropriate to the age group.

-Smile and show your excitement.

-Share personal examples, as appropriate.

-Offer the best possible tour experience.

-Do not smoke or drink prior to or during the tour

-Communicate the status of group visits and voice issues, concerns, etc with the supervisor on a regular basis.

-Assist in cleaning up after the groups' activities or lunch.

Must be able to attend the mandatory training session to be scheduled at a later date.

Must be able to shadow at least three tours with experienced campus guides.

The tour guide must possess:

-An enthusiasm for Northern Kentucky University.

-Knowledge of NKU, the campus, and student life.

-The ability to lead a group and speak publicly.

-The desire to interact with elementary and middle school students and prior experience with youth is preferred.

-Some free time between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. at least one weekday per week.

Any candidate offered this position will be required to undergo a pre-employment criminal background check as mandated by state law.

It is Northern Kentucky University's policy to ensure equal employment opportunity for all persons and to take the necessary actions needed to recruit, employ, train, promote, and retain qualified faculty and staff, including members of protected groups. Discrimination against any individual based upon protected status, which is defined as age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, genetic, or veteran status, is prohibited.