SAA Practicum Time Log

Students must track hours using this worksheet (or something comparable). A minimum of 70 hours is required for each credit hour.

Student Name: Amanda Wesche

Leadership & Involvement Center
Practicum Site / Supervisor:
Start Date: 9/7/2021

Week # Dates Hours Completed Tasks Completed Reflection on Learning

1 9/7-9/10 4.5 COVE Tabling at Sample the City (9/8); brainstorming for
programming. learning about the Hunger Taskforce, reading
through Oxfam Hunger Banquet toolkit packet; meet with Andrew
from OMSS about satillite pantry
2 9/13-9/17 3 LIC staff meetings; discussion with Kesli and Timmy about food A lot of the programs I am focusing on (satillite pantries and Oxfam Hunger
pantry; planning Oxfam Hunger Banquet Banquet) were started prior to the covid-19 pandemic. Because I am no longer
starting from scratch, I would like to make sure that I keep notes about the
process for these two programs so the LIC can continue them after this
semester. With just the Hunger Banquet, I will learn how to make university
reservations and work with catering, which is not something I've done befored.

3 9/20-9/24 6 LIC staff meeting; tabling at OMSS meet & greet for satillite
pantry, data input from OMSS survey; planning for Oxfam
Hunger Banquet; meeting with It Makes Cents about Maroon
Aprons
As I've dived deeper into preparing for the Oxfam Hunger Banquet I realized
that a lot of the material is based on assumptions about poverty. The goal is to
have attendees understand that food insecurity exists within the campus and La
Crosse community, so some of the suggestions from Oxfam might not address
this the best way. For example, the low-income tickets aren't suppose to get any
flatware, but peopel experiencing food insecurity might still have access to a
spoon. So i am learning that it is okay to not follow the script exactly but adjust
the program to match my intended learning outcomes. This week I also learned
how to reserve rooms and am looking into working with catering, all new things
to me.

4 9/27-10/1 5 LIC staff meetingReserved room for Oxfam Hunger Banquet;
talked through what needs to happen with Magann for that
event; reached out to Kelly from Chartwells about catering
I learned its okay to ask questions when people assume I know something. I
didn't know how to connect with catering, and by telling Magann that she told me
to reach out to Kelly and gave me more tips for a successful event. After a year
working at UWL, I still don't know a lot about event planning becasue we didn't
do any of that last year (ugh covid).

5 10/4-10/8 6 LIC staff meeting; meet with Andrew from SSS about a mobile
food pantry, finalized survey data presentation for OMSS and
emailed that to them; meet with Kelly from Chartwells about the
Oxfam Hunger Banquet and set flyer information to COVE
Graphics
I made a mistake on my data presentation for OMSS by using icons instead of
naming what the items on the survey were. This caused confusion in the OMSS
office about providing fruit to students when the apple represented healthy
snacks. I leraned that while a cute icon is fun, sometimes the information is
interpreted incorrectly. So it is better to just use the word rather than an image.
Week # Dates Hours Completed Tasks Completed Reflection on Learning
6 10/11-10/15 6 LIC staff meeting; Submitted Oxfam event to MyOrgs; filled out The timeline/planning document I was given for the Hunger Banquet was not
Food Expense form an submittd to Kyle for signature; delievered helpful and missed a lot of important details. I learned how valuable transition
first mobile food pantry boxes to OMSS and SSS; finalized documents are, especially for events that involve catering.
Oxfam poster with COVE Graphics; drafted list of student orgs to
invited to the Oxfam event; met with Timmy about tracking
mobile food pantry participation

7 10/18-10/22 5
Delivered weekly boxes to OMSS and SSS. Discussed tracking
usage of mobile food pantries with Andy (OMSS) and Andrew
(SSS). Emailed student orgs about Oxfam Hunger Banquet
(selecting those with an interest in service). Printed copies of
Oxfam poster for Timmy to post around campus. Drafted event
schedule for banquet. Restocked Campus Food Pantry with
Timmy after Friday foodbank pick-up and discussed Halloween
Food Drive box pick-up for next week. Begun reviewing script for
Hunger Banquet
The LIC has to report numbers served with our food pantry, and that is easy to
track because we use card access for the room. However, with these mobile
food pantries we were struggling on how we would track numbers since the
pantries are in common spaces. Since neither Timmy nor I know the best
approach for OMSS and SSS, because we want them to find value in tracking
usage, we asked for their input. This was a really useful approach because each
office had a different approach. OMSS will post a QR code for students to scan
and record what items were taken. SSS already sends out a monthly email to
their students about tutoring, programs, etc, and will include a survey about the
mobile food pantry (asking questions about if you used it, what items you
enjoyed, what items you would like to see). While both offices are doing a
survey, the approach is different and best suites the space. Considering how an
other community utilizes their space and resources can be helpful in this
collaboration.

8 10/25-10/29 5
LIC staff meeting; dropped off SSS and OMSS pantry bags; met The Halloween Food Drive provides a lot of items we don't get from the Hunger
with Drea for mid-semester check-in and discussed working with Taskforce. And based off the data we've recieved from OMSS and SSS, these
dining to donate unused meals to the food pantry; sent Hunger are items students seek out (snacks, microwavable meals).
Banquet info to res life hall directors; put away Halloween Food
Drive items; filled SSS and OMSS pantry bags for next week and
dropped off since I'm out of office Monday

9 11/1-11/5 5 Sent Hunger Banquet information to academic departments

(WGS, Public Health, Health Policy), submitted monthly Food
Pantry report to Hunger Taskforce, packed and delivered SSS
and OMSS pantry bags

10 11/8-11/12 5 LIC staff meeting, put together materials for Oxfam, finalized
Oxfam details with catering and reservations, packed SSS and
OMSS bags, discussed end-of-semester survey for mobile
pantries
11 11/15-11/19 7 Dropped off SSS & OMSS food bags, LIC meeting, finalized The Oxfam Hunger Banquet might not be the best style for UWL. The
Oxfam presentations; Oxfam Hunger Banquet conversation during the event was awesome, but I don't think dividing folks into
income groups was necessary. Might be better to have something like a Lunch
and Learn where we cater lunch and have a discussion about food insecurity.

12 11/22-11/26 2 Dropped of mobile food pantry bags, LIC meeting