With summer winding down, it’s time to start thinking about the upcoming semester. Are you ready for a fresh start? A new opportunity? Getting involved during college is essential to making the most of your time on campus. With all the changes and new experiences, you need a group of people that you can connect [...]
Posts Tagged ‘college opportunities’
Get Plugged In
Posted: 10th August 2010 by Nicole in A Higher Campus, College Bound, College Leadership, College Living, College OpportunityTags: A Higher Campus, campus ministry, college, college campus, College Living, college opportunities, college students, student action, student organization, wisdom
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Recession-Proof
Posted: 2nd July 2010 by Nicole in College BoundTags: anxiety, career, college opportunities, college students, Georgetown University, higher education, Job, Money, planning, pray, purpose, recession
In a recent report from Georgetown University called “Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018,” researchers looked at the effect of the current economic recession on education and the job market. They concluded that some form of postsecondary education (this includes college, on-the-job training, military training, apprenticeships, formal employer-provided education programs, and [...]
An Orientation “How-To”
Posted: 14th June 2010 by Nicole in A Higher Campus, College Bound, College Leadership, College Living, College Opportunity, College Professors, College and FamilyTags: A Higher Campus, anxiety, classes, college, college campus, College Living, college opportunities, dorm, fear, higher education, orientation, parents, planning, pray, professors, wisdom
If you’re gearing up this summer to start your first semester of college in the fall or even if you’re already a few semesters in and getting ready to transfer to a university, you’ll likely be signing up for new student orientation. This is your day or two to get acquainted with your new school, [...]
Doors
Posted: 25th May 2010 by Trevor in College Ideology, College Leadership, College Living, College OpportunityTags: alternative, college, college opportunities, college students, Daniel, decisions, doors, prostitution
Senior year of college I was sitting in a debate. The topic? The legalization of prostitution. I was sitting on the far side of the room, near the back row. The room wrapped around, so it gave me the perfect view for watching everyone and their reaction to the debate. As I panned the audience, [...]
Career Ready?
Posted: 20th May 2010 by Nicole in College Opportunity, College and CareerTags: Association for Career and Technical Education, career, college, college opportunities, higher education, Job, skills, success
In a recent article called “What is ‘Career Ready’?,” the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) addressed the fact that “career ready” and “college ready” are often used interchangeably, while in reality, being academically prepared for college success does not necessarily equate with bring prepared for a career. So what does all this mean [...]
College Questions
Posted: 18th May 2010 by Trevor in College Bound, College Living, College OpportunityTags: college, College Living, college opportunities, decisions, questions, real world, wisdom
College will present you with a series of questions. Questions that will require an honest response. What’s my unique mission? Is evolution the solution? Why does an all-powerful God allow evil? What should I major in? What courses should I take next semester? Should I join a sorority? Should I try that? No matter [...]
Job-hunting?
Posted: 11th May 2010 by Nicole in College Living, College OpportunityTags: career, college opportunities, Job, network, pray, relationships, research, wisdom
Newly graduated or just out for the summer and looking for a job? USA Today featured an article yesterday about job hunting and social networking with some good tips and resources. A church in Virginia has been offering weekly sessions on job-hunting for the community as part of its Career Network Ministry. One of the [...]
College is a Family Experience
Posted: 4th May 2010 by Trevor in College Living, College OpportunityTags: career, college, college opportunities, family, pray, wisdom
Every week I meet with the Fellowship of Christian Faculty to study Scripture and pray. Two weeks ago, the director of an International Student Ministry shared with us about his daughter who is graduating from college this year. Lately, she’s been sharing with her parents about the desire God has placed within her to work [...]
Summit Ministries
Posted: 15th April 2010 by Nicole in College IdeologyTags: A Higher Campus, alternative, apologetics, college, college opportunities, college students, culture, Summit Ministries
Taking philosophy or world lit this semester and feeling a little confused? Too worried or afraid to take a class that might challenge what you believe? You don’t have to be. Check out Summit Ministries. Summit Ministries, founded by Dr. David Noebel in 1962, is an educational Christian ministry designed to address our current post-Christian [...]
The Gospel for iGens
Posted: 6th April 2010 by Nicole in College Ideology, College Living, College OpportunityTags: A Higher Campus, college, College Living, college opportunities, college students, culture, evangelism
Last fall, an article called “The Gospel for iGens” was published on Christianity Today’s website about “the next generation’s” need to hear Good News that can break through their defenses. Scot McKnight asserts that emerging adults (those between 18 and 30) form a generation that is largely insensitive to the potency of God’s holiness, the [...]