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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
UC is preparing graduating students to the real world
University of Calgary has been providing excellent education
to students since 1966 and operates under Post-Secondary Learning Act of
Alberta. University of Calgary is at top eight in Canada’s ranking of the best
research universities. The University is also part of U15 which is an
organization of 15 universities in Canada that are most concentrated in the
field of research.
To date, greater than 31,000 scholars and students are presently
enrolled under the university’s master, graduate and undergraduate degree
programs. On its existence for 44 successful years, it has produced around 145,000
alumni which include Robert Thirsk, a Canadian astronaut and Stephen Harper,
Canada’s Prime Minister.
Students are offered quality education through providing critical
thinking lessons as well as intensive coverage in research studies. Learning
programs such as undergraduate research, community service, international
study, internships, and co-op are utilized and maximized by the University in
order to complete the whole experience of the students.
In line with this, University of Calgary has prepared series
of workshops for graduating students to be prepared with the real world battle.
The workshops include (1) Personal Development, (2) Professional (3) Development
and Financial Literacy.
The first workshop aims to develop as well as enhance the
students’ confidence, social skills, personal identity and self-awareness. The
second one is geared towards putting into application the learning they have gathered
through the four corners of the classroom across the real world. Experts are
invited as keynote speakers to give advice as to how to deal with job hunt and
manage the acquired job. Finally, financial literacy is aimed to provide tips
on planning and securing future with finances that are post-secondary.
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Interesting post .
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I'm going to a Calgary college and I really like it. They are pretty friendly with the students and treat us like we are actually people. It is kinda cool to see that from a college.
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