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Transform and Energize Student Workshop Attendance and Topics
About Us
• Matthew Little• Jason Eckert• University of Dayton
– Catholic, Marianist, largest private school in Ohio– 11,306 total enrollment | 118,000+ living alumni– Programs in Arts & Sciences, Business, Engineering, and
Education & Health Sciences• Career Services
– Centralized, comprehensive center of 13 full-time staff– Includes the Office of Student Employment
Goals and Learning Objectives
• Discuss the status of career-related workshops on campus
• Examine the AVIATE Program at the University of Dayton
• Share examples of workshop innovations
• Analyze the ability of incentive-based programs to increase workshop attendance on campus
Discussion
• What trends are you seeing in career-related workshops on your campus?
• What is the status of career-related workshops on your campus: thriving; same old, same old; or, dying?
The AVIATE Story
• A Vision for Integrated, Applied, and Transformative Education
• Created in 2014
• Integrating the Residential Curriculum to the Housing Assignment Process
• Points Accumulated Toward Housing (PATH)
The AVIATE Story
UD Student Neighborhood
Learning Goals
Workshop Attendance
Year Attendance
AY 2012 4,773
AY 2013 5,236
AY 2014 7,289
AY 2015 10,768
AY 2016 12,445
AY 2017 10,766
AY 2018 11,452
AY 2019 13,223
Success Stories
Growth• Jason’s LinkedIn Workshop
Reach• Out in the Workplace Panel
Employers • Recruiter Appeals
Technology • Career Readiness Module
Sprin
g Workshop
s
AVIATE: Practical Matters
Workshop Expectations:
• Please pay attention• Use devices appropriately• Remove earbuds• Learn • Participate – be an active learner• Have fun!• Meet someone new• Only attend the same workshop 1 time per academic year
AVIATE: Practical Matters
PATH Point Tracking
Technical Concerns
Student Employee Support
• Career Services Interns• AVIATE Co-Curricular
Educators (ACEs)
Benefits
Employers• Crowd size • Worth time & travel
• Broader name recognition
• Reach to underrepresented
populations
Benefits
Students• Personal and professional
gain
• Survey feedback: “Came for
the PATH Point but left with
stuff I actually needed to
know.”
Benefits
Career Services• Per the AVIATE Office, Career
Services has the highest rated
workshops
• Increased visibility yields
increased appointment and
presentation requests
Always the Right PATH?
Challenges
Career Services• Presenter personalities
– Not mandatory – Quality vs. quantity
• Lowered attendance
post-February 28th deadline
• Few seniors and working students
in audience
• Certain events are ineligible (i.e.
Career Fairs)
Challenges
Presenters• Crowd management
– Pushback when room is full– Quality vs. quantity
• Audience engagement– The crowd is there but how
will you keep their attention?
• Technology issues
Might an Incentive-Based Program Work for Your Campus?
What topics could you program if you knew you students would come?
Incentivizing Ideas:
• Certificate programs• Department-specific / extra-credit• Sports tickets? • Priority registration?• Other suggestions?
Thank you for attending our workshop!
Jason Eckert Matthew LittleExecutive Director Assistant DirectorUniversity of Dayton University of Dayton(937) 229-5537 (937) [email protected] [email protected]/in/jasonceckert/ www.linkedin.com/in/matthewdlittle/