Life + Career Design Goals for Fall 2020

Online learning can be exhausting, and we want to share ways and ideas on how to make the best of your online learning by exercising your curiosity, a highly valued mindset in today’s work world.  Join this community of goal peers and coach to become a better online learner which will no doubt be important for your academic success in Fall 2020.

For many of us, social distancing and the isolation that accompanies it are wearing down our wellbeing and motivation.  In this General Topic Area, we will explore together how we can stay motivated and even thrive in this pandemic term. Work with your community of goal peers and coach to keep each other moving!

Do you know the latest in research on nutrition and how it affects your wellbeing and your cognitive function?  Did you realize you can improve your learning and memory by changing what and how you eat?  This community of goal peers will help each other identify healthy eating in a pandemic and support each other’s wellbeing through strategic eatin

You are what you eat…ever wonder about what that really means and how it affects your college success? In this general pathway, you can learn how the food we eat affects our energy levels and wellness, explore your own habits and design sustainable, healthy habits for your success.

Although we are limited in our social mobility, the research must go on!  Take advantage of being at our Research I institution where every day new discoveries are made. If you’re interested in contributing to those new discoveries, join this community of goal-peers to identify opportunities and support each other to land one!

Your major is designed to train you to think within a particular discipline or topic area and to use the inquiry-research-creative skills that are valued within that area.  But a major isn’t your career, and it doesn’t limit what you can do with the knowledge, skills and mindsets you get from your major.  Take advantage of this community of goal peers and coach to explore careers, opportunities and trends in today’s world, and to identify career matches that are good for you.

In today’s world, and especially in a pandemic, we are all expected to navigate the online, digital world with ease.  Yet, we are not all in the same place in our knowledge of digital technologies and many would like to improve their abilities to be able to contribute to employers’ high demands in this area.  This community of goal peers and coach will help each other advance their digital technologies competence to be more successful in this technology-mediated world.

Are you at the point where you’re ready to look for a job, yet you’re not sure what to expect in this pandemic-affected economy?  Join this community of goal peers and coach to learn about trends and opportunities in an economic downturn, how this pandemic is unique, and what you can do to be informed and successful in your job search.

How you present yourself and the networks you build significantly influence your professional pathways and success.  Join this community of goal peers and coach to explore why this is and how to define your own professional brand and communication strategies to take you where you want to go.

We often think about study abroad as the primary opportunity for students to enhance global competency, improve foreign language skills or travel the world during college, but today, technology allows us to connect internationally in so many more ways. Interested in connecting with students around the world? Want to gain experience interning with a multinational company or conducting research with an international NGO? Join the Glocal Community to learn more about these opportunities and to connect with other students interested in engaging internationally in new and creative ways.