Second-Year Engagement Plan

• Choose summer jobs and/or volunteer service activities that will allow you to develop skills and add to your résumé.
• Devote time to reading books, articles, etc., relating to your major or your career and life goals.
• List your goals for the upcoming academic year and review them often.
• Stay in touch with next year’s roommate.
• Complete an online student employment application.

• First day of classes: August 20
• Attend at least one Second-Year Hornet Day activity during Hornet Days, August 17-19.
• Review your academic information to make sure your major/minor/advisor are listed correctly. Make any necessary changes.
• Check the resources on Hornet HQ and plan to utilize them.
• Plan a meeting with your academic advisor as soon as you return to campus to discuss short-term and long-term goals.
• Discuss expectations with your roommate and create a roommate contract.
• Tuition due: August 1

• Choose and focus on a select number of co-curricular activities which will enhance your long-term goals.
• Meet with professors in your major classes and ask them how former students achieved academic success.
• To excel academically, utilize all available free learning resources.
• SGA Leadership Invite Dinner
• Attend fraternity/sorority recruitment event.
• Parents and Family Weekend: September 18-20

• Develop a plan to prepare for successful midterm exams and assignments.
• Develop a professional-quality resume and review it with your advisor.
• Create business or networking cards to take to alumni panels and receptions at Homecoming.
• Introduce yourself to at least one alumni panel member and exchange business cards and contact information.
• Attend Hornet-2-Hornet, College-2-Career alumni panels and receptions.
• Fall Break: October 8-11
• Homecoming Weekend: October 18-20
• End of 10-week withdrawal period: October 30

• Meet with your advisor to make changes or adjustments to your spring schedule.
• Consider how you will use winter break for academic, personal, and career-focused development.
• Attend Finals Blowout.
• Attend Midnight Breakfast.
• Thanksgiving Break: November 21-29

Good luck on your finals!

• Consider applying for a campus leadership position.
• Share your achievements and discuss your goals and plans with family and friends.
• If you are considering a career that requires graduate or professional school, research admissions and program requirements.
• Continue to stay in touch with the alumni panel member you met in October, asking for advice for both University of Lynchburg and career success.

• Attend the Emerging Leader Retreat, held (tentatively) January 22-24.
• First day of classes: January 20
• Make sure that your program (major/minor) and advisor information are entered correctly on your academic record and change them, if needed.
• Review your Graduation Progress Report.
• Meet with your advisor to discuss your long-term plans and adjust your schedule, if necessary, based on advisor input.

• Explore study abroad opportunities for this summer and next fall.
• Explore your academic school or major websites to make sure you are taking advantage of the opportunities offered.
• Attend at least one Pro+ workshop.
• Explore online career resources, like HornetLink.

• Meet with your advisor to plan your junior year schedule using your Graduation Progress Report as a guide.
• Narrow down internship and study abroad opportunities for this summer and/or next year.
• Create a professional profile on LinkedIn.
• Midterm Vacation: March 13-21

• Meet with each of your professors to assess your progress as a basis for developing a plan to end the semester strong.
• Refine and finalize your plans for summer to include experiences that will further develop the skills and abilities you will use after graduation.
• Review the list of goals you wrote for yourself last summer. Did you achieve them?
• Attend Red Letter Day presentations and events on April 9.
• Academic Awards Banquet: April 9

• Once you receive your final grades, check your Graduation Progress Report to make sure you are still on track.
• Send thank you notes to faculty, staff, family, and friends who helped you this year.
• Last day of exam period: May 18