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CFI Volunteer Binder

Cougar First Impressions (CFI) will be Monday, August 25, 2025, and Tuesday, August 26, 2025, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Thank you for volunteering!

Questions or suggestions? Email CFI Co-chairs Andy Moon and Shaneika Gradney.

CFI VOLUNTEER GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

Helpful information and updates for volunteers will be posted here.

Volunteer T-Shirts

If you are part of a hosted table, you can get your shirt from your department’s organizer. Individual volunteers who were not able to attend the volunteer training on August 19 can pick up their shirt at one of the following times / locations:

  • Tuesday, August 19, 2-7 p.m.; and Wednesday-Friday, August 20-22, 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.: Technology Commons, Room 58, MD Anderson Library, in the basement. The front door faces the Student Center South building.
  • Monday-Tuesday, August 25-26, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.: CFI Home Base at the Cullen Performance Hall loading dock. Please pick up your T-shirt before your shift.

Centennial Construction

As a CFI volunteer, you will be a great help to students getting around campus amid the ongoing Centennial Project construction. We encourage you to:

  • Become familiar with construction zones and ways to navigate around construction
  • Check out all the resources at https://uh.edu/centennial-project/
  • Be proactive in giving directions and advice

Volunteer Support During CFI

CFI Home Base is available to support volunteers in answering questions and providing information to students that cannot be answered by volunteers at the tables. We will use the resources we are provided to answer these questions and report back to the tables by radio.

VOLUNTEERING FOR CFI

  • Volunteers Must Read!

    What to do as a CFI volunteer:

    • Arrive at your shift early.
    • Check in by using the QR Code for volunteers: CFI Fall 2025 Volunteer Check In (MS Form)
    • Never leave the radio alone! At the end of the day, we will pick up the radio.
    • First shift sets out the materials.
    • Water will be delivered throughout the day. Make sure to leave water for volunteers.
    • Call Home Base if you run out of a particular give-away. We may have more and will bring you anything that is available.
    • Don't pour out the melted ice water from the buckets! Even after the ice has melted, the cold water will help keep the bottled water cool.
    • Keep a count of all questions and record the total from the counter at the end of each shift. Do not erase the tally counter. If your tally counter does not work, use hash marks on a piece of paper or another method of counting. Record your shift count by using the CFI Fall 2025 Question Tally Count (MS Form).
    • Do not turn away a student with a difficult question! Check the resources on this page or call Home Base.
    • Call Home Base with schedule questions! Home Base has access to the online schedule.
    • Be proactive! Don't wait for students to approach you. Ask them if they need help or want water. Welcome them to UH.
    • Keep hydrated! It's hot out there!
    • Last shift puts materials back in the box! Do take down and put the banner in the box (we have had some stolen). Do not put the radio or water in the box. Wait for someone to pick up the radio and box.

  • Announcements

    CFI Volunteer Training

    Please review the updated 2025 CFI Volunteer Training that was held August 19.

    CFI Table Locations

    This year CFI will have tents in key locations across the UH, UH at Sugar Land, and UH at Katy campuses. See the UH table map in Google Maps.

    CFI Volunteer Special Recognition

    You are in the best position to observe the performance of your fellow volunteers. While every CFI volunteer has gone above the call of duty by participating in CFI, some volunteers go even further. We would like to know and recognize the special things our CFI volunteers do. Please identify the extra efforts of your fellow volunteers by nominating them for Cougar Cudos.

VOLUNTEER RESOURCES TO ANSWER STUDENT QUESTIONS

Previous CFI Events