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…
Category Archives: Encouragement
Blog posts written to encourage and inspire
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…
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…
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…
Sky’s the Limit!
By Launchpad Staff The sky truly is the limit for women at work thanks to trailblazers like Kalpana Chawla, Ellen Ochoa, Katherine Johnson and Sally Ride. Want more? Check out the suggested reading list below courtesy of CofC professors Kris De Welde and Sandy Slater. Alice Kessler-Harris, Out to Work: A History of Wage-Earning Women…
The Power of the Pen
By Susan Hallatt, ’13, ’18 Did you know that writing is a versatile career path? While it’s a no-brainer for those who dream of penning the next great American novel, writers can also find work in film, marketing, journalism, law and many other fields. Check out a few women below who found their niche as…
Money Matters: Negotiating Pay
By Launchpad Staff While important, few people negotiate their pay when accepting job offers, with women leading the pack. Failing to do this can mean the difference in thousands of dollars earned or left on the table. To learn how to cultivate this skill, join CofC’s Gender & Sexuality Equity Center for a salary negotiation…
Battling the Invisible Opponent
By Kimberly Ohanuka, ’14 True life, I am a perfectionist. I tend to question whether I am doing something right or am even qualified for the task. I feel like a fraud. I feel like I am “all cap”, as some of you would say. That is imposter syndrome. It’s a psychological mind @*c#. I’m…