| The Ultimate Career Advising Challenge: Working with Students Who Have Many Interests, Lots of Passion, and Little Direction!! |
| Professional development session for Virginia Tech student affairs professionals and faculty and staff. |
This seminar is especially relevant to academic advisors and any faculty and staff who advise students on career issues and choice of major. |
Friday, April 4, 2008, 8:30 am -
12:30 pm |
| Old Dominion Ballroom, Squires Student Center |
| Registration required by Thursday, April 3, Noon (because space is limited) at https://survey.vt.edu/survey/entry.jsp?id=1204820488800 |
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| Many of our students struggle with the questions: |
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What should I do with my life? |
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How will I make a difference in the world? |
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Do I really have to choose between money and happiness? |
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Are you confused about what to major in or which path may be right for you? |
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Whether you work with students as an academic advisor, faculty or Student Affairs professional, you encounter students examining these issues for themselves. You may also have struggled with this yourself!! |
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| Featured speaker: Gregg Levoy |
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We have invited Gregg Levoy, a former adjunct professor of journalism at the University of New Mexico, and author of "Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life," to come present a 4-hour seminar for faculty and staff on practical ways to have a conversation with your students around their career dreams. |
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Using humor and creativity, Gregg gives practical suggestions for talking with students about creating a match between who they are and what they want to do. |
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An Associate Provost at the University of Alabama said, "He told good anecdotes and asked good questions. Overall, it was really powerful stuff." |
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The Office of Professional Education at the University of Utah had this to say: "Gregg is an amazing keynoter. He’s a brilliant speaker, very inspiring and dynamic, and he works both the heart and the mind." |
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You will walk away with practical ideas and questions to ask your students that will immediately help them move toward deciding what to do with their lives by following their own hearts and interests. |
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| Sponsors: |
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Career Services |
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Fraternity and Sorority Life |
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University Honors Program |
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| For more information please
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Ms. Carol Robinson
Career Services
carol.robinson@vt.edu
231-6241
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