Go with the Flow: Adapting to Challenges and Achieving Your College Goals

Go with the Flow: Adapting to Challenges and Achieving Your College Goals

 

Candace Cox-Wemberley - CEO & Founder - I Am A Genius

Dr. Tosha Padgett - IT Application Manager/Professor - Canton Township/Northwood University

 

Learning objective: Examine adaptability to college life in order to focus on making the most of the college experience.

Many college students begin to develop a routine and expectations for college life within the first few weeks. Qualities such as flexibility and adaptability can help students acclimate themselves to the new college schedules and changes, such as being away from home and being responsible for making your own decisions. College life can offer so many life-changing experiences and opportunities for students, from networking and coaching to becoming more independent and developing the leadership skills to succeed. Adaptability is about having access to a range of new behaviors for success such as cognitive, emotional, and dispositional flexibility. This can be the difference between making the most of the college experience and barely getting by or failing out. Learn what you can do to adapt to your new surroundings and schedule in order to take advantage of the college offerings that will propel you into your new career.

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

1. Discuss the challenges that students will experience in a new college setting.
2. Explore tried and true techniques for adapting to the many demands and disruptive changes on students’ schedules.
3. Examine the benefits of new behaviors for leadership success such as cognitive, emotional, and dispositional flexibility.

 

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