Katherine Vasquez

In this mini session we got to reflect on certain aspects that make us feel stressed. Something that makes me feel stressed is college and work. A lot of others could relate to that as well. Something that I am going to take away from this mini session is the counseling services.

This was a STRIVE ElevateU in-person workshop. In this workshop, I got the opportunity to meet new people and relate to them. The speaker, Mrs. Shrete Coleman, spoke to us about focus, discipline, and time management. We had the opportunity to take a look at different factors of out life affecting our focus, discipline and time management. Some common distractions I noticed is social media, television and relationship with friends. I learned that building a routine that is centered around important aspects of my life such as school, work and studying is important.

This mini session was a good refresher on the differences between AS, AA, and AAS. I learned about the different jobs one can obtain with each degree. One difference between these degrees is that an AS degree is transfer-friendly, while an AAS degree is career-friendly.

This was the first men’s soccer game I went to. It was a nice day outside, our pgcc soccer played good and they won against allegany college

This even was hosted by Dyone Payne. In this workshop we went over how to make our resume presentable for employers. We went over several examples of resumes that look unprofessional. I learned how to condense my resume so that only important information about myself is shown.

Today I atteneded a virtual CD&I workshop. This workshop was about soft skills to help you get a job. I learned about different soft skills such as communication, professionalism, networking and team work. Something else I learned that stood out to me is that these skills can be used to develop not only my professional career but also personal and academic aspects of my life.

This was a workshop hosted by Payne, Dyone called POV: You're looking for an opportunity. In this workshop I learned about different Job sources and how to avoid scams when looking for jobs. I learned about owl careers and how I am able to pivot into a different career even though I have a different major.

In this workshop we talked about the pressure that students often feel. We got to share different factors that make up feel pressured and then we were moved into different groups and continued to share some resolutions. This session made me feel less alone in how I feel because most people said that they often put the pressure on themselves.

In this refresh session we had a chance to review the scholarships academic requirements and other requirements to stay in the program. It was much needed after a long summer and motivated me to do better this semester and start off strong.

In this training session myself, along with other students, helped staff see how navigate looks like on student page. This would help them teach other students how to use navigate to register for classes.