Lifelong Learning Exploration Presentations
9:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Food Truck in Circle Drive
Hot Mess Express - Serving handmade coffees and specialty lattes
LIVE PRESENTATIONS
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Toolbox for Retiring/Transitioning Students and Student-Athletes
This session will explore the application of the tools you have acquired throughout your previous life-experiences, such as athletics, band, clubs, student activities or scouts. In the formative years students have been gathering tools for their toolbox. Application of these tools in the adult personal and professional settings will be discussed.
Presenter: Dr. Katy Gayford
Location: PAC 222
Resume Ready: Essential Strategies for Professional Success
This presentation offers essential strategies for crafting a standout résumé, focusing on how to effectively present your skills, experiences, and achievements. Attendees will learn techniques to enhance their professional image both on paper and in person to increase their chances of securing job opportunities.
Presenter: Dr. Allie Helfrich
Location: PAC 220
Excel-erate Your Career
Excel is an important, in-demand skill in countless industries. Having advanced Excel skills will increase your productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness. Producing graphs, tables, and using automation to process large volumes of data will help to get you noticed and will make you invaluable to your team. Join this session to understand the importance of excel skills like pivot tables, mail merge and vlookups. Make your life easier and impress your supervisor.
Presenter: Josie Blasdel
Location: PAC 218
It's Lit to be Literate
Walk into a room of literacy experts (future teachers) to engage in a variety of content area (Math, PE, English, and History) activities. This hands-on, self-paced session will not just teach you something new, but challenge you to take a deeper look at what it means to be lit!
Presenters: EDU 412 Content Literacy
Location: PAC 217
Boom Whackin'
Come play your favorite music video game, Guitar Hero, but with Boom Whackers! Learn how to read music and perform some of everyone’s favorite songs. All are welcome when it comes to developing music literacy!
Presenters: Music Education Department Seniors
Location: PAC 215
LinkedIn 101
LinkedIn is a tool to grow your professional network, find your first job, and connect with people in your industry. In this session, we'll start a LinkedIn account and learn how to use it to help you land that first job after graduation and get your career started on the right foot.
Presenter: Joe Pecoraro
Location: PAC 214
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Toolbox for Retiring/Transitioning Students and Student-Athletes
This session will explore the application of the tools you have acquired throughout your previous life-experiences, such as athletics, band, clubs, student activities or scouts. In the formative years students have been gathering tools for their toolbox. Application of these tools in the adult personal and professional settings will be discussed.
Presenter: Dr. Katy Gayford
Location: PAC 222
Stress, Personality and Bad Behavior at Work: What Managers Should Know
Counterproductive work behaviors (CWB) cost employers billions of dollars annually. New research indicates that CWB may be the result of personality traits that are activated by situational cues at work. The research on this phenomenon is reviewed and suggestions for managers are provided.
Presenter: Dr. Jeremy Henson
Location: PAC 220
AI-Powered Writing: Balancing Innovation with Academic Integrity
Explore the intersection of AI and academia. This session will cover the do's and don'ts of using generative AI in academic writing, ensuring innovation meets integrity in your scholarly work and provide a balanced exploration of how to leverage AI's capabilities while safeguarding the core values of academic integrity.
Presenter: Dr. Timothy Ros
Location: PAC 218
It's Lit to be Literate
Walk into a room of literacy experts (future teachers) to engage in a variety of content area (Math, PE, English, and History) activities. This hands-on, self-paced session will not just teach you something new, but challenge you to take a deeper look at what it means to be lit!
Presenters: EDU 412 Content Literacy
Location: PAC 217
Boom Whackin'
Come play your favorite music video game, Guitar Hero, but with Boom Whackers! Learn how to read music and perform some of everyone’s favorite songs. All are welcome when it comes to developing music literacy!
Presenters: Music Education Department Seniors
Location: PAC 215
How to Win at Social Media
Social media is meant to be an extension of yourself, allowing you to show the world a highly-curated version of who you are. This session will expolore the ways that social media drives public discourse; how to use it to land that first job; and tips to avoid some critical social media mistakes.
Presenter: Joe Pecoraro
Location: PAC 214
11:30 AM - NOON
Toolbox for Retiring/Transitioning Students and Student-Athletes
This session will explore the application of the tools you have acquired throughout your previous life-experiences, such as athletics, band, clubs, student activities or scouts. In the formative years students have been gathering tools for their toolbox. Application of these tools in the adult personal and professional settings will be discussed.
Presenter: Dr. Katy Gayford
Location: PAC 222
Careers in Public Policy and Government
Alumni of the political science department will discuss their careers: what they thought they would do after graduation; what they ended up doing; and how they navigated through their career.
Presenters: Whitney Baillie-Berring - National Nuclear Security Program Analyst, Aron Durant - US Air Force Intelligence Analyst, Shubash Ghimire - MIGA International Development Senior Officer, Tony Mitchell - Gilead Sciences Director of State Government Affairs, Meagan Musgrave - Federal Reserve Data Analytics, Mesa Spottedcorn - US State Department Diplomat
Location: PAC 220
Integrating Forensics Data Analytics
Understanding data structures is crucial for business students. Integrating forensic data analytics (FDA) into business processes is one technique that can help business owners reduce risk assessments. There are three components of analytics design: rules-based, statistical and visualization, and text mining.
Presenter: Dr. Payear Sangiumvibool-Howell
Location: PAC 218
What are You Going to do with a Communication degree?
Alumni of the communication department will discuss how to navigate the job search process when the opportunities with a communication degree are endless. Attendees will walk away with a better answer to the infamous question "What are you going to do with a Communication degree?"
Presenters: Dr. Sara Frank and Dr. Rich Murphy
Location: PAC 217
Career Kickoff: The First Year in the Real World
Transitioning from student life to workplace life is a challenging yet exciting time. This session addresses topics such as workplace etiquette, seeking out a mentor, navigating workplace dynamics effectively, challenges new employees face and how to overcome them, and more.
Presenter: Jennifer Pickerell
Location: PAC 215
Take a Step into Leadership
Learn what it takes to develop your leadership skills - networking, communication, organization, and more.
Presenters: Larry Davis
Location: PAC 214
NOON - 1:30 PM
Lunch available in Ames or 1828
1828 Lunch Specials - "Allow your tastebuds to be lifelong explorers of great flavor"
Sack Lunch: Birria Crunch Wrap (Birria is a traditional Mexican stew from the state of Jalisco made from slow-cooked fall-apart juicy and tender goat, lamb, or beef) Slow-cooked beef in a sealed and heated flour tortilla with cotija cheese, cilantro, onion, and a tostada served with chips and a canned beverage or bottled water.
Dine-In Lunch: Soup Flight Special - Try four amazing soups in one meal. Includes 3 oz. portions of each of the following:
Tomato
Red Pepper and Smoked Gouda
Thai Chicken and Rice
Dee's Homemade Chili
Served with a hearty slice of cornbread.
