Workshop Program

8:00 – 8:30 Breakfast and networking

8:30 – 8:45 Introductions

8:45 – 9:45 Defining a successful transfer

  • What do students need?
  • What are they missing?
  • What is the role of faculty (2YC and 4YC), counselors?
  • Are 'guided pathways' helpful?
  • Other factors?

9:45 – 10:00 Break

10:00 – 10:30 Summary discussion /reflection to define critical factors

10:30 – 12:00 Presentations by 4YC representatives; 5 to 10 minutes each

Resources from presentations

Augustana College (IL) (Acrobat (PDF) 786kB Nov24 19)

Eastern Illinois University (Acrobat (PDF) 1.3MB Nov24 19)

Illinois State University flyers (Acrobat (PDF) 1MB Nov24 19) and ISU presentation (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 4.2MB Nov24 19)

Northern Illinois University (Acrobat (PDF) 541kB Nov24 19)

Southern Illinois University - Carbondale (Acrobat (PDF) 2.5MB Nov24 19)

University of Illinois Chicago

Western Illinois University (Acrobat (PDF) 4.5MB Nov24 19)

12:00 to 1:00 Lunch with a discussion and listing of favorite field trip locations

1:00 – 1:30 Geoscience careers

  • What are they?
  • Where are they?
  • What do employers want?

1:30 – 3:00 Discussion and presentation of where IL graduates go from IL 4YC representatives

3:00 – 3:15 Break

3:15 – 3:45 Reflection on career opportunities for IL Geology graduates

  • What are common positions or industries?
  • How do we effectively advise our students towards these?
  • How do we prepare our students for these?

3:45 – 4:00 Workshop evaluation