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Initiative Highlight: Mental Polaroids

Initiative Highlight: Mental Polaroids

Written By: Bilal, Hema, and Monika Edited By: PCC 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

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Navigating Virtual Conferences

Navigating Virtual Conferences

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

April 2, 2021 Career Services Read more

Make the most out of your internship

Make the most out of your internship

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

April 2, 2021 Career Services Read more

What is Grit & Why Does It Matter

What is Grit & Why Does It Matter

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

March 24, 2021 Career Services Read more

Get Connected: Why You Should Join a Student Organization Pt 3

Get Connected: Why You Should Join a Student Organization Pt 3

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

March 2, 2021 Career Services Read more

Get Connected: Why You Should Join a Professional Student Organization (PT 2)

Get Connected: Why You Should Join a Professional Student Organization (PT 2)

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

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 Career Services Read more

Five Resources For Freshmen (Geared towards Professional Development)

Five Resources For Freshmen (Geared towards Professional Development)

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

February 5, 2021 Career Services Read more

Get Connected: Why you should join a professional student organization

Get Connected: Why you should join a professional student organization

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

January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 Career Services Read more

Alumni Spotlight: Zuly Gomez

Alumni Spotlight: Zuly Gomez

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

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 Career Services Read more

When and How to Say No in Professional Life

When and How to Say No in Professional Life

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!

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Career Services Read more
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