Career Services and the Interfaith Campus Ministry will work together in a four-part series, starting Feb. 16, to help students\u2019 consider career choices from a spiritual perspective, according to Lindsay Tate, Career Services Specialist.<\/p>\n
The workshops will be held in the Library, Room 7L21 at 1 p.m. and one question per series will be the highlight of the event. The first workshop will ask the question, \u2018Who am I?\u2019 said Tate.<\/p>\n
The workshop will try to answer the question of identity because \u201cyou are learning about yourself and you really can\u2019t choose a career until you know about yourself,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The February 23rd session will ask the question \u2018why am I here?\u2019 or the meaning of being, Tate said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we want people to understand is that they can have a vocation, not just a job, so that they can choose whatever career they want and make it a part of their passions.\u201d<\/p>\n
The March 2 and March 9th workshops will answer the questions \u2018what am I doing with my life?\u2019 and \u2018what\u2019s next?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cThis series is for students to find jobs or consider jobs that match their personality, values and skill sets, and then figuring out what type of lifestyle works for them,\u201d Tate said.<\/p>\n
While the series is mainly informational, Tate said students should come eager and open to discuss, reflect, engage and participate in group dialogue.<\/p>\n
According to Barbara Battin, Interfaith Campus Minister, the purpose of the series is not to be the \u201cexpert,\u201d but to help students discover and be the best that they can be.<\/p>\n
\u201cEach person is the expert on their own life; we just help them discover that sense of being in charge of their own lives,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The series will try to address occupation, vocation and avocation in students\u2019 daily lives, Battin said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAn occupation is someone\u2019s job,\u201d she said. \u201cVocation is someone\u2019s core or passions and then avocation is what one love\u2019s to do beyond their job that uses their gifts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Students are asked to make the commitment to attend all four series if possible, Battin said because this \u201cspiritual journey is one that can be a process and the workshops will build on each other.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cStudents may attend one session and have everything figured out and then there will be other students who need more sessions,\u201d Tate said.<\/p>\n
If at the end of the spiritual journey, and more time is needed or if students can\u2019t find time to make the workshops then, students can always seek out the resources of Career Services in Building 10 Room 312, according to Tate.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are five elements of student success: physical, emotional, intellectual, social and spiritual,\u201d said Battin. \u201cAnd so, this is a way for career services to offer something that affects the spiritual dimension of life and the campus ministry can assist with that.\u201d<\/p>\n