By Alec Maruki ’23 Networking is fundamental to early career success. The Team at RezRev assisted CofC students with videos and elevator pitches during The College’s recent career fair. Launchpad student Benjamine Cordova was one of those students. Check out his video below! Your browser does not support the video tag…
Oh the Places You’ll Go…
By Alec Maruki 23′ Students from the Office of Institutional Diversity’s Launchpad for Success program are on the move! The Dewberry Hotel hosted the cohort on October 17 for an off-campus site visit. The tour kicked off with students introducing themselves and sharing their majors and hometowns. From there, they learned about the hotel’s founder…
Time Management – Tips and Tricks for beating procrastination
For many students it can be difficult juggling a variety of different responsibilities they have at work, school, and at home. Sometimes it feels like there aren’t enough hours in the day for us to dedicate time to ourselves after taking care of our responsibilities. The constant balancing act can leave us feeling overwhelmed and…
3 ways to beat college burnout
By Solomon McKenzie 22’ The advice in the following post are offered independently by the author. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis of any sort, please contact CofC’s Counseling Center I’m sure I don’t need to state the obvious, but college can be a very stressful time. Even before Covid-19 pandemic and the…
Mentorships cultivate success
By Solomon McKenzie 22’ Mentoring is one of the most crucial and rewarding aspects of college. Unfortunately it often goes overlooked and underutilized by most students. While mentorships are also important in day-to-day life before and after graduation, college mentors give students the unique opportunity to learn from individuals who have experiences and knowledge that…
Lift as you climb
By Solomon McKenzie 21’ The phrase “Lift as you climb” originates from civil rights author and advocate for women’s suffrage, Mary Church Terrell. She was one of the first African Americans to receive a college degree and throughout her career as a teacher and author she also fought for social just within her community and…
It’s all in who you know
By Solomon McKenzie 21’ If I had to pick a phrase that has stuck with me for my entire life it would be “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know”. It’s what my aunt told me after helping me receive an internship with a research company and it’s what my school mentor said…
From Provisional to Beyond! Graduate Assistantship
By: Taylor Holloway, ’19 My origin story is somewhat of a bumpy one. In high school, I would say that I was efficient but not someone that stood out of the crowd. I’ve always known I wanted to go to college, but I felt that I had limits in my ability. I wasn’t top…
Episode 4: Men of Color in Education
If you’ve considered a career in education, this episode is for you! Host Kim Gailliard catches up with students and staff from the College of Charleston’s Call Me MiSTER program to learn how they’re tackling the lack of diversity in educational leadership – especially among men of color. Guests featured are Dr. Anthony James…
Launchpad’s Summer Reading List
By Launchpad Staff YOU ARE A ROCK STAR! Not only are you poised to make it through an entire school year, but you did it flawlessly with social distancing, masks and altered learning environments. Though there’s no guarantee what the 2021-2022 academic year will hold, you can count on the Launchpad Mentorship Collective continuing to…