What Can I Do With a Degree in Political Science

Today, the Political Science club sponsored a presentation from the ASU Career Center about career planning. For those of you who were not able to attend here are a few important points brought up.

• The ASU Career Center is a major specific model. Meaning, there is a counselor that specializes in only a few majors, that way you get assistance tailored to your specific needs.
• Our career center counselor for Political Science majors, is Amanda Boland (aboland@aug.edu).
  
• The career center helps with resumes, mock interviews, full and part time job placement, and much more. It's best to meet with the career center early in your academic career so they can provide you the most assistance.
  
• A few upcoming career center events that may be of interest to Political Science majors (these will also be added to the calendar)
• October 14 - Community Involvement Fair 11am-1pm, meet with local non-profits about volunteer opportunities. Volunteering really helps to obtain new skills, as well as looks great on a resume (especially if you are lacking in job experience)
• October 19 Speed Networking Event - 2:30-4:30 Learn how to network at career related events, business etiquette, how to start conversations in group settings. You will need to preregister for this via the career center website
• There are free skills assesments available via the career and counseling center to help address your strengths and weaknesses
• A great resource for Political Science students is the American Political Science Association the website offers many career resources. (I will be adding the APSA as a permanent link on this blog in the near future) In addition, consider joining the APSA with a student membership (only $43/year). Belonging to a professional organization always looks good to future employers!

Thanks to everyone who came! Hope you were able to get something out of it!

Meeting Notes 9/23

Meeting notes from the September 23, 2010 meeting.

• If you are not receiving emails, or are receiving duplicate emails, please contact Amanda

Blog Discussion

• The new blog was demonstrated
• We need club members who are willing/wanting to write "op-ed" pieces for the blog, contact Carrie or Amanda if you are interested.
• It will be a platform for any club member to discuss current issues or issues that important to them that they may/may not get a chance to do in the classroom
• Facebook page was also shown

Dues were due at this meeting. If you still need to pay your dues, you need to contact Carrie to arrange to do so.

Brown Bag Discussion: Illegal Immigration

We held our 1st Brown Bag discussion of the semester today. The topic was Illegal Immigration. It was a lively, active, and respectful discussion.

Students shared a range of opinions on the issue and many aspects of the issue came up including:

Meeting Notes 9/09

Meeting Notes from the September 09, 2010 Meeting

• If you are not receiving emails OR if you are receiving duplicate emails, please let Amanda Jones know. You can reach her at polsciclub@aug.edu
• Dues were collected, they are due by the next meeting (September 23, 2010) - $15 for the semester or $25 for the year. Contact Carrie Shoultz (polsciclub@aug.edu) if you have any questions about dues.
• Those who paid dues received their Political Science Club T-Shirts
• SPECIAL ELECTIONS - next meeting (September 23) we will be holding a special election for the position of Vice President and Secretary. If you are interested be prepared to give a short speech to the club. Email Amanda or Carrie if you have questions about either of these positions (polsciclub@aug.edu)
• Student Leader Workshop - Next Saturday (September 18, 9am-3pm) we will need a club member to attend the Leader Workshop put on by the Student Activities Committee. Jordan volunteered to go, but if you are also interested, let Amanda know.

Umm...is this thing on...

Yup..sure is :)