Sophomore Next Steps: Hit the ground running!
Join us at Sophomore Next Steps to explore and discover your next steps as a sophomore. You will be able to:
Representatives from the following offices will be in attendance:
Academic and Career Development
Academic and Career Development offers you a team of student success advisors and career consultants to help you explore your interests, choose a major, create a plan to achieve your academic and personal goals, and help you prepare for admission to a degree-granting program. There are five clusters within ACD: HLS, STEM, AHHS, EPP, and Exploratory.
Health and Life Sciences Cluster
What you can expect in their breakout room: One way to explore health and life science majors is to view them in five buckets: direct patient care, laboratory work, health administration, health care technology, and health education. Come learn more about these buckets and the majors within them, and then learn how to explore further!
STEM Cluster
Join the STEM breakout room to explore majors and careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. Students will be able to chat with an advisor live, ask questions, and learn more about:
We look forward to meeting you and sharing more about STEM!
AHHS Cluster
What you can expect in their breakout room: How are you feeling today? Come chat with the student success advisors from the Arts, Humanities, and Human Services (AHHS) Cluster to learn about your major, career, and next steps. Come learn how we can support YOU! The hour will be focused much like an open advising session to really focus and meet each student where they are.
EPP Cluster
What you can expect in their breakout room: Your Enterprise Policy and Planning Cluster will provide you with "The Top Five Tips for Success," including resources, organizations, engaged learning, transitions to degree-granting schools, and open to new things. We look forward to seeing you in our breakout room.
Exploratory Cluster
What you can expect in their breakout room: We will help you figure out your next steps to get closer to major/career decisions by providing online resources while setting up appointments and referrals unique to your individual STEP process.
Career Consultants
What you can expect in their breakout room: Pop in to talk to a career consultant if you:
We are here to support you and can connect you to information, resources, and people!
Sophomore Success Services is just one area of EPSS that provides programs and opportunities for students to connect to IUPUI peers, offices, faculty and staff, and resources. It also has an exclusive Canvas page to bring sophomore students together.
Students can visit our office to discuss any financial aid questions or concerns, including, but not limited to, filing a FAFSA, Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) issues, verification questions, or other financial aid award questions.
We assist current and prospective students throughout the whole process of the Sophomore Internship Program. Throughout the application period, we assist students with individual resume coaching and interview preparation workshops, and for current participants, we assist in the critical reflection process as they complete their internships.
The Institute for Engaged Learning consists of units and centers that work together to support faculty, staff, and students in opportunities that prepare students for lives of commitment and success with skills to communicate, innovate, and engage in local and global communities. Two of our centers offer paid experiences for students.
Center for Service and Learning:
Center for Research and Learning:
Additional information:
The services that we provide to undergraduate students are:
This event is sponsored by Academic and Career Development and Educational Partnerships and Student Success.