By: Peer Career Coach Zahra Khuwaja Mental Polaroids is an initiative that began back in June 2020, when the world was first navigating a nightmare known as “COVID-19”. The sudden pandemic led to emotional breakdowns and a significant increase in
By: Peer Career Coach Zahra Khuwaja With the advent of COVID, like everything else, most conferences have also been moved to the virtual platform. This comes with a lot of flexibility on the recipient end, and if one gets all
By: Peer Career Coach Maira Zamir If you’ve landed the internship, spend your time preparing to make the best impression possible. Here are some helpful tips that you might want to go through before starting your internship: Speak out The
By: Peer Career Coach Zahra Khuwaja I recently picked up a book called ‘Grit: The power of passion and perseverance’ by Angela Duckworth and it is literally one of the best books I have ever read. Duckworth is a consultant
Edited by: Priscilla Akpabio Get Connected This is a continuation of our series focused on campus student organizations that promote professional development. The purpose of this series is for students to hear the thoughts and opinions of fellow students about
This new blog series will focus on spotlighting different student organizations on-campus that focus on academic majors. The purpose of this series is to encourage students to get involved and stay connected to advance themselves as professionals. We hope that
Written by: Priscilla Akpabio As a graduating senior, I know firsthand how difficult it is to maintain a good academic standing while trying to create room for professional development. I will be sharing some resources on ways to maintain a
Edited By: Xochitl Castel & Zahra Khuwaja This new blog series will focus on spotlighting different student organizations on-campus that focus on professional development. The purpose of this series is to encourage students to get involved and stay connected to
Edited by: Zahra Khuwaja Alumni Name: ZULY GOMEZ -Current Role: Executive Vice President Business Development -Undergraduate major: Architectural Engineering, Illinois Tech, 2014 -Graduate major : Construction Engineering and Management, Illinois Tech, 2014 Our Alumni Spotlight for January 2021 is Zuly
By: Maira Zamir, Peer Career Coach When people are just starting to venture out into the professional World, they tend to say yes to everything. Please check this paper? Yes, that sounds intriguing! Please offer this presentation? Oh, yes, please!