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State Leadership Conference

State Leadership Conference. Saturday February 22nd Mercer County Community College 9:30am - 9:15pm. Penny Wars . Help raise funds through a competition! FIRST COLLECTION: Tuesday, February 25 th. Membership Pyramid. E-Board Elections! . The future of PBL is in your hands!

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State Leadership Conference

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  1. State Leadership Conference Saturday February 22nd Mercer County Community College 9:30am - 9:15pm

  2. Penny Wars Help raise funds through a competition! FIRST COLLECTION: Tuesday, February 25th

  3. Membership Pyramid

  4. E-Board Elections! The future of PBL is in your hands! March 25thGeneral Meeting **Be aware of the requirements to run

  5. An Exploration of Rutgers Majors: Using Degree Navigator, Course Schedule Planner, and Webreg General Meeting Tuesday February 11, 2014

  6. The Lovely World of WebReg • Anxiety is normal… this may last up to 4 minutes • Rutgers Web Registration: webreg.rutgers.edu • Used to register for your courses • Have back-up courses and wait for Add/Drop • Registration Schedule: http://nbregistrar.rutgers.edu/undergrad/s14reg.htm • Schedule of classes: http://sis.rutgers.edu/soc/

  7. Using Rutgers Course Schedule Planner • CSP: https://sims.rutgers.edu/csp/ • Linked to Webreg • Create up to 10 variations of a schedule • Can directly register from CSP on registration date • Be prepared before the deadline! (especially freshmen!) • Keep your options open

  8. Degree Navigator • DN: https://dn.rutgers.edu/ • Use DN to track your course progress • Shows all courses you are required to take • Core/Major/Minor • Course codes • Manage your Programs

  9. The Major Decision • Not everyone has their future planned! • Explore while you complete pre-reqs or work on a minor • Some resources: • Collegeboard.com • Forbes.com • Princetonreview.com • Usnews.com • Things to consider: • Success Rate, Average Income, Job Options, Job Market Demand

  10. http://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report-2013/majors-that-pay-you-backhttp://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report-2013/majors-that-pay-you-back

  11. Fun Facts! • According to the National Center for Education Statistics, Business Administration was the most popular major in the U.S by an overwhelming amount. • School Student Counseling is the least popular Major. • According to Forbes.com the most valuable college major is Biomedical Engineering. • According to Business Insider.com, Social Psychology is the major with the highest unemployment rate.

  12. If you already know your major… Good! But continue your research… • Pursue extracurricular activities related to your major • Know job options for your field of study • You can always change your mind!

  13. Is it Bad to Change My Field of Study? No! • People change their major all the time • No one is expected to have their life planned • The first two years of college are filled with generic classes

  14. Finding More Information • Schedule a meeting with your Advisor • Make a visit to the Departments you are interested in • Talk to your professors – they have the experience! • Use career fairs to find Information – you can ask the questions! • Careerkey.org – take a personality test! • Take “interesting” courses, not “easy” ones

  15. Volunteers? • What was your experience? • Why did you choose your Major? • Help give insight to your fellow members!

  16. Activity: Time to Quiz Your Knowledge! • One side of the room will be competing against the other • Send one person up from each team at a time • Compete one-on-one to answer trivia questions • Each member from the winning team receives a prize!

  17. PBL Leaders in the Spotlight

  18. Katie Cuciti • Major: Marketing (Formerly Engineering) • Year: Senior

  19. Veronica Velazquez • Major: Marketing • Minor: American Studies • Year: Senior

  20. Pranusha Reddy • Major: Finance (Non-Wall Street Perspective) • Year: Senior

  21. Brennan Young • Double Major: Electrical Engineering (with a focus in Communication) and Mathematics • Year: Junior

  22. Jeanne Lo • Major: Communication, Specialization in PR • Double Minor: DCIM and Economics • Year: Senior

  23. DharaSingh • Major: Finance • Minor: AMESALL and South Asian Studies • Year: Sophomore

  24. Peter Traficante • Triple Major: Accounting, Communication, Economics • Minor: Psychology • Year: Junior

  25. Current Events! Winter Olympics in Sochi • Very Expensive -- $51 billion! • Potential for terrorist attacks • Repulsive conditions • Global increase in support for global rights Attacks in Syria Continue • War and humanitarian casualties worsening • Second round of peace talks are under way

  26. Current Events! Worst Winter Weather in Years… • The united states has been experiencing record amounts of snowfall • Many problems across the country • Georgia is a declared state of emergency • Extreme caution is recommended on roads due to the buildup of ice Flappy Bird App Taken Off of Market • A game from Vietnamese game maker Dong Nguyen • Taken down from app stores because the owner no longer “wanted it” • Stirred trouble because it caused outbreaks of violence

  27. PBL Events Ahead • SLC February 22nd • Penny Wars • 1st collection February 25th • Elections March 25th Happy Valentines Day!

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