Event Title
Concurrent Sessions: Facilitating Transitions from Classroom to Community Service to Employment: Cultivating a Civically Minded Workforce
Location
Campus Center Lower Level, 9th Floor, Room 911 - University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Event Website
http://www.umass.edu/studentsuccessconference/index.php
Start Date
11-10-2013 10:15 AM
End Date
11-10-2013 11:30 AM
Description
This session will examine the ways in which Mount Wachusett Community College engages students in meaningful community based internships and capstone service learning that contextualizes classroom experiences and facilitates a transition from student to professional. Strategies such as cultivation of relationships with site partners, the development of a mutually beneficial work plan, student mentoring in areas such as resume building, interview skills, 21st Century Workforce Development and other best practices will be addressed.
Concurrent Sessions: Facilitating Transitions from Classroom to Community Service to Employment: Cultivating a Civically Minded Workforce
Campus Center Lower Level, 9th Floor, Room 911 - University of Massachusetts - Amherst
This session will examine the ways in which Mount Wachusett Community College engages students in meaningful community based internships and capstone service learning that contextualizes classroom experiences and facilitates a transition from student to professional. Strategies such as cultivation of relationships with site partners, the development of a mutually beneficial work plan, student mentoring in areas such as resume building, interview skills, 21st Century Workforce Development and other best practices will be addressed.
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/studentsuccess/2013/Schedule/25