{"id":3498,"date":"2022-03-23T08:14:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T04:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/?p=3498"},"modified":"2026-05-11T12:46:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:46:55","slug":"osa-head-student-activities-should-provide-best-experience-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/2022\/03\/23\/osa-head-student-activities-should-provide-best-experience-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"OSA head: Student activities should provide \u2018best experience possible\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Hala Nasar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNIVERSITY CITY, SHARJAH \u2013 The behind-the-scenes process of student activity events at the American University of Sharjah starts with an idea,&nbsp;said&nbsp;Executive Director of Student Experience Dr. Lisa Moscaritolo in a Mass Communication&nbsp;podcast&nbsp;on March 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once a student or student-led organization pitches an idea, the Office of Student Affairs\u2019 staff helps them develop and execute it, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moscaritolo recommended student organizations come up with ideas that fulfill the clubs\u2019 mission, which is to help provide what she called \u201cthe best experience possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moscaritolo said she believes that students involved in activities gain the skills to become more successful and confident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s really important that we work together to make the community as strong as possible, and that is really what is special about AUS: The experience that we offer,\u201d said Moscaritolo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, OSA often meets with the Student Council to brainstorm ideas to enhance the student experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t do it without students. There are more students than us,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Hala Nasar UNIVERSITY CITY, SHARJAH \u2013 The behind-the-scenes process of student activity events at the American University of Sharjah starts with an idea,&nbsp;said&nbsp;Executive Director of Student Experience Dr. Lisa Moscaritolo in a Mass Communication&nbsp;podcast&nbsp;on March 19. Once a student or student-led organization pitches an idea, the Office of Student Affairs\u2019 staff helps them develop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":426,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[33,35],"class_list":{"0":"post-3498","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news","8":"tag-aus","9":"tag-clubs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}