Student Affairs & Enrollment Management Newsletter Volume 4 Fall 2015 Issue 3
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Fall 2015 Table of Contents Student Employment Making an Impact
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Welcome from the Dean of Students Page 2 Lincoln Laureate Announced Page 2 Jaguar Jump and Admissions
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New Student Success Initiatives Launched
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2nd annual Family and Friends Weekend
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Civic Engagement Updates
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Male Success Initiative Program Council Building Community at GSU
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Intercultural Student Programs on Campus Prairie Place Year 2
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Dual Degree Program Celebrates 5 years
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Celebrating Veterans and Their Service Financial Aid
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#SaveOurEducation Campaign Makes 2nd Trip to Springfield
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Photo Gallery & Upcoming Dates
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On-campus employment is more than an opportunity to provide students with some extra spending money, done well; it’s also a high impact practice. What makes it a High-Impact Practice? High-Impact Practices (HIPs) share several traits: They demand considerable time and effort, facilitate learning outside of the classroom, require meaningful interactions with faculty and students, encourage collaboration with diverse others, and provide frequent and substantive feedback.
Employment Fair on August 26, 2015. The fair was a resounding success with 400 students in attendance vying for on campus positions throughout the University. One hundred and forty-one students found on-campus Federal Work Study and Regular Student Worker jobs, and we encourage those students who are still seeking employment to continue to watch for on and off campus job opportunities on GSU’s Job for Jaguars electronic job board.
As a result, participation in these practices can be life-changing (Kuh, 2008). National Survey for Student Engagement founding director George Kuh recommends that institutions should aspire for all students to participate in at least two HIPs over the course of their undergraduate experience—one during the first year and one in the context of their major (NSSE, 2007).
Additionally, Career Services, with the support of President Maimon, has launched a series of workshops and events that will be offered to enhance a student worker’s professional development experience. Are you interested in learning more about our Four Year Career Compass, or perhaps how to obtain an internship? Whatever your career development need, the Office of Career Services can help. Furthermore, any student worker attending three or more workshops or events will receive a student employee Certificate of Professional Development from President Maimon at the Student Employment Recognition Reception on December 3, 2015 in Engbretson Hall from 3:304:30 pm.
Governors State University supports the professional development of all student employees as they are a valuable part of our community and students who are highly engaged increase their opportunities to be highly successful. With this spirit of providing meaningful high impact practice experiences at GSU, the Office of Career Services has set out to make the student employment experience at GSU an institutional wide effort and a high impact practice experience. The Office of Career Services began this venture by kicking off the academic school year by hosting its annual Student
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Students can find a list of qualifying events on the Career Services Website: http://www.govst.edu/careerservices. If you’re interested in obtaining more information, call the Office of Career Services at 708.235.3974.