Ariana Galvan Tenorio

On Wednesday, April 8, TRIO students went on a college tour to UMBC. Students were directed to a room where we were shown a presentation about UMBC's majors, scholarships, admission dates, etc. Then afterwards, we were given a tour of the campus from two student guides. Before the tour began, our student guides introduced themselves and spoke about their majors and sports/clubs they are in. During the tour, we were shown the various buildings like the library, the freshmen dorms, Performing Arts & Humanities, the TRIO SSS office, etc. Throughout the tour, we were told about each building and their layout, for example, inside the Performing Arts & Humanities building on the first floor there a few cafes/restaurants where student can use their meal tickets to purchase food. UMBC school store and gaming room were also located on the first floor too. After the tour, we were directed to UMBC's TRIO SSS office and were introduced to two staff members of TRIO SSS. The director of TRIO SSS introduced herself and began telling us about the various activities TRIO students have participated in. Lastly, we were into another room, and we were introduced to another staff member and also two students of TRIO SSS. Both students introduced themselves and talked about their majors, college life, school events, and answered questions.

During the meeting, Ms. Johnson discussed the main points that we must include when writing an email or sending a voicemail. She then included examples of emails, and students pointed out the errors of those emails. Then 4 students were chosen and were given a scenario to respond to. Ms. Johnson read out the scenario and that student responded and the rest of the students rated the respond.

During the meeting, Ms. Smith asked students if they were looking for a job. Then she proceeded to introduce several platforms such as Indeed, Owl Careers, LinkedIn, and more, students can use to look for jobs and internships. Then she went on into detail about Owl Careers and the features it had to offer to help prepare students when job searching. For example, on Owl Careers, students can complete Mock interviews to help students prepare for real job interviews. She then proceeded to discuss the do's and don'ts on your resume while using examples of the do's and don'ts.

During the ReFresh meeting, the SSP team went over the requirements to remain in the Promise Scholarship Program. They went over the required 15 hours of engagement hours and how to earn them, where to find PGCC events to earn hours. They also went over the required 30 credits that need to be earned each academic year, explained what an academic year is, and much over. Then after the meeting, the SSP team had a Q&A for students.

During the End of Semester Meeting, the SSP team reintroduced themselves to the students. Then they reintroduced the Promise scholarship's criteria like reminding us how many credits we need to earn before each academic year, how many service hours we need and how to receive them, etc. Afterwards, we had a quick Q&A and had to fill out a sign-out form.

During the meeting, students were introduced to members of the Office of Career Development and Internships. We discussed what a resume is and what key elements make up a resume. We also went over key element to make your resume stand out and what employers are looking for in resumes. Then we went over some resume format we can use for our resumes.

During the meeting, students were showed a presentation on how our posts and presence on social media can affect how we are viewed by our employers in the job market. Students were given an exercise pretending to be an employer looking over applications for new hires. We then identity whether each applicant was fit for our company or not.

During the meeting, students were introduced to the head of the Allied Health and Nursing program. She and Ms. Stubbs explained the LPN Certificate Program and the RN AS Degree. They explained the requirements of both programs, showed some of the required courses, and went over the salaries. Then they did a Q&A for all students.