Parent corner: Starting the college search
How I prepped for my freshman year of college
By: Zoe Shulevitz
OSU College of Business & OSU Honors College
First-year student
Hello!
My name is Zoe Shulevitz, and I am an incoming OSU College of Business and Honors College freshman from Portland, Oregon. Since my old high school, St. Mary’s Academy, was situated on the PSU campus, I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to familiarize myself with the buzz of campus living.
However, I had been battling anxiety due to lack of confidence in my abilities to take care of myself without my parents’ immediate support. In order to build up my confidence in living alone, I decided to participate in the OSU faculty led trip to London. It was a great experience!
I faced situations that used to scare me (for example: planning out my meals, being in charge of my finances, flying in an airplane without my family members, and organizing my schedule around both my social life and schoolwork). However, by treating these situations as opportunities to learn and grow, I approached each situation with patience and positivity.
I learned a lot about how to deal with tough situations and gained confidence each time I had to figure out a way to handle a situation that used to make me feel anxious. By pushing myself far out of my comfort zone, I learned so much about myself, how I operate and how I need to take care of myself in the future.
I’m excited to take this newfound knowledge into college with me in the next few months, I know it will be very useful. I want to encourage any incoming freshman that are reading this who might hold similar fears as me to try and face as many fears as possible in the next coming weeks.
I promise, the situations that look impossible right now look much less important and terrifying once you’re on the other side. I know you can do it!
Other than facing my fears head on, the bulk of my college preparation has been filled with a lot of positive self talk. Going into college is scary, and even scarier when we factor in our own self-doubt. Therefore, I have made it my mission to not only build up my confidence in living alone, but my confidence in myself.
Having a positive mindset goes a long way towards helping us to feel comfortable and ready for college. Maybe even excited! Now, I’m feeling very prepared for college and also very excited! I’m especially looking forward to meeting a bunch of new people, having great conversations, practicing Japanese, working on my metacognitive skills, and growing as an individual.
I can’t wait to see what college has in store for me!
Set yourself up for success inside and outside the classroom
By: Marcella Flores
Program Manager
Student Engagement Team
We know it’s not always easy to navigate the expectations and opportunities of college after high school. As a result, I get lots of questions from our new Beaver business students on how to successfully complete their first year.
I have one piece of solid advice: I recommend working out a time-management strategy early.
College is a different ballgame than high school, with much freedom and many responsibilities. For instance, you’ll have to balance completing homework assignments and projects, participating in student clubs and going on fun outings with new friends. That’s a lot of competition for your time and energy!
You also need to sleep. And you need to take care of yourself. Remember, you no longer have someone doing that for you.
Once you find a time-management strategy that works for you (and gives you balance) stick with it!
If you’re starting to feel overwhelmed or you’re struggling — like many first-year students do — talk with your BA 160 instructor. That might be me or one of the others program managers on the Student Engagement Team. We’re here to help you in every avenue of your time at OSU. Whether you need to talk about being homesick, opportunities on-campus that you’ll enjoy, or choosing your major.
We are here for you!
Advancing Women in Leadership
“Conditions for all women will improve when there are more women in leadership roles giving strong and powerful voice to their needs and concerns.” -Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In
Join our community of Portland business professionals for short discussions around ideas and strategies on how we can work together to advance women in business. Our guest speakers will provide their insight from their experiences on how to drive action and solutions.
We’ll also want to hear from you – what are your ideas and strategies for addressing the challenge?
The number of women CEOs in the Fortune 500 is at an all-time high — of 32
Salaries for female CEOs are rising, but the number of women in top jobs has barely budged
Wed, August 23, 2017
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM PDT
Where?
CorVel
111 Southwest 5th Avenue, #200
Portland, OR 97204
Hors d’oeuvres and drinks will be served.
Speakers:
Kellie VavRosky, CFO, Dealer Spike
Erika Kelley, Controller, Intel
Renae Davis, Partner, Ernst & Young
Sponsors:
SOLVE: The Workplace of the Future
SOLVE: The Workplace of the Future
When: Wednesday, April 26, 2017
5:00-7:00 PM
PricewaterhouseCoopers
805 SW Broadway, Suite 800
Portland, OR 97205
New and disruptive technologies, a global talent pool, real-time data and social networks – all of these and more impact businesses today. Are you prepared for the foreseeable changes to how we communicate, collaborate, and work? What have you missed?
We turn to experts that can help SOLVE the business challenges that we’ll face as the Workplace of the Future unfolds.
Join us for networking followed by a discussion with OSU faculty and industry leaders.
Our panel of Oregon companies will explore issues like attracting and retaining and the next generation of talent, how companies are addressing flexible work needs, what impact technology will have, and how the workplace can influence productivity, collaboration and innovation.
Don’t miss this event where we bring leaders in our business community and higher education together to SOLVE business challenges and address critical issues.
Light hors d’oeuvres and drinks will be served.
RSVP requested by Wednesday, April 19.
We look forward to seeing you there!
SOLVE is an innovative solution-producing platform from OSU’s College of Business, providing companies in the Portland area with the opportunity to convene and hear from industry experts and Oregon State faculty about practical solutions for the challenges facing businesses today.
Join us for upcoming events in Portland
SOLVE: The Big Deal for Big Data
Tuesday, February 28 | 5-7 p.m.
WeWork Custom House |220 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR 97209
Speakers:
Teresa Herrera, Manager, Data Gov. & Analytics Services: Samaritan Health Services
Kevin Johnson, Worldwide Director, Data Center/Cloud Solutions: Intel
Steven Miller, Data Maestro, Global Leader Academic Programs: IBM Analytics Group
Data is everywhere, generated by everything around us, all the time, making it more and more critical to develop and apply new technologies to collect, process and understand data in an efficient way. We turn to experts to help you SOLVE for learning about big data and how it can help you in your business.
Join us for networking followed by a discussion with local data experts led by Charla Triplett, director of strategic partnerships and corporate engagement for the OSU College of Business.
Our panel of Oregon companies will discuss the nuances of big data and data analytics, how big data has changed the business climate and what the future holds. Don’t miss this event where we bring leaders in our business community and higher education together to SOLVE business challenges and address critical issues.