Freshman year was great, Orientation was awesome, and SongFest was certainly memorable, but now SYE wants to help you start your second academic year on the right path. The Sophomore Summit is a two-day long series of programs, panels, and presentations designed to provide you with information essential to your success this year at Emory. Attend the sessions in which you are most interested and let us know how we can help you succeed this year!

JUMP DOWN FOR TUESDAY'S EVENTS

MONDAY August 22, 20110 :: 12 PM - 7:30 PM

Introduction to Your Second Year at Emory
12:15 PM - 12:50 PM in Harland Cinema
Robin Forman | Dean, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
Time to get your second year started! This program officially starts the SYE Kickoff. Students will enjoy some snacks and refreshments as they hear about Second Year at Emory and the Kickoff schedule for the week. Also, students will receive a preview of events happening during their second year.

Choosing Your Major
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM in Harland Cinema
Rez Pullen | Office for Undergraduate Education
Are you on the fence about a major? Come to this event to hear from the academic advisor in residence from the Office for Undergraduate Education about important steps to follow so that you can ultimately choose a major that is right for you. And about that 5-Year plan…no, we aren’t talking about super seniors. This part of the presentation will cover the importance of creating and executing an academic plan that factors in the year after graduation. It will also include useful tips on how to make your remaining 3 years prepare you for your plans for after college.

Undergraduate Research Opportunities
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM in Harland Cinema
Cathy Quinones, PhD | Director, SURE Program
Leah Roesch, PhD | Director, SIRE Program
Learning in the classroom is important, but ultimately you will need to apply the knowledge and skills you develop outside the classroom. This is especially true in the area of research, and Emory has several programs to give students an opportunity to get hands-on research experience during their undergraduate career. Come learn about the opportunities that the Scholarly Inquiry and Research at Emory (SIRE) and Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) programs have to offer to second-year students.

Getting into the Business School
3:00 PM - 3:50 PM in Harland Cinema
Business School student panel
Rising juniors and seniors in the BBA Program will talk about courses that they took to prepare for admission to the program, as well as resources that they were able to use prior to entering the program. The students will also discuss choices of majors within the program, and talk about specific programs such as study abroad, career management, and clubs that are open to students in the program.

Who You Gonna Call? Stress Busters!
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM in DUC 355
Virginia Plummer, LCSW | Student Health & Counseling Center
Ever feel overwhelmed with everything you’re balancing at school? Class work, extracurriculars, internships, sleep…the list goes on. Come to this session with stress-reducing expert Gini Plummer to help learn how to strike a better balance. Take this chance to equip yourself with strategies to reduce stress during your sophomore year, allowing you to reach your SYE milestones more effectively!

Flash Forward - SYE Sophomore Alumni Gathering
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM at Woodruff Residential Center
Young Alumni Panelists
Emory University recognizes all second-year students as members of the Alumni community. Come meet other members of the Emory Alumni community at a reception in Woodruff Residential Center. Take this opportunity to speak with alumni from a wide range of career fields, and start making connections within the Alumni community that may benefit you for many years to come.

 

TUESDAY August 24, 2010 :: 9 AM - 5 PM

The Pre-Health Track
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM in Few Multipurpose Room
Alexander Escobar, PhD | Assc. Dean for PreHealth & Science Education
Are you pre-health and wondering what you should be doing in your Sophomore Year? How do you choose a major? Does it have to be science? And what is the Sophomore Year Holistic Review? What lies ahead? When do you take the MCATs? And how do those super seniors fit in study abroad with everything else? Dean Escobar will talk to you about all these and more.

Sophomores Connect: Building Health Relationships In & Out of the Classroom
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM in Few 121
Lauren Bernstein, LSW | Student Health & Counseling Center
Do you want to jumpstart your sophomore year with the right tools to build great connections with a variety of people on campus? Hear Lauren Bernstein of the Emory Student Health and Counseling Center offer tips to creating a solid skill set to forming healthy relationships in a variety of settings. Improve and initiate building connections perhaps with faculty in the classroom, with administrators through your extracurricular activities, and even with your peers. Learn how to handle the stress of difficult relationships, and how to strike a healthy balance with your relationships throughout your sophomore year.

Facebook Killed My GPA!
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM in Few 121
Onoriode Evwaraye | Learning Specialist, Office of Undergraduate Education
Is all that studying getting in the way of your Facebook, Learnlink, MTV, and XBOX360 time? Is all that school work making it hard to hang with your friends and be involved in your student organizations? Or have you given up on the study time altogether to focus on the other stuff? Well, let us show you how to plan your study time and still have time for a social life. Let us show you how to "work Smarter, not Harder".

Lunch Panel: Exercising Your Leadership on Campus
12:00 - 12:50 PM in Few Multipurpose Room
Jill Camper | Office of Student Leadership & Service
Freshman Year is a great time to cast a wide net and see what organizations you might want to join. Do you feel that you have found those groups and now want to take the next step and accept greater responsibilities? Perhaps you hope to become an officer or leader in your group? Or do you still feel like you are having a hard time finding your niche in a student organization? Come listen to a panel of juniors and seniors who have made this transition in many of the most prominent organization across campus. Hear how your peers did it and what they have learned from their experience.

You're Back! Now Let's Think About Leaving
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM in Harland Cinema
Art Linton | Study Abroad Advisor, CIPA
Val Molyneaux, PhD | Director, BBA International Programs
Representatives from the Center for International Programs Abroad (CIPA) will offer tips on planning for a semester or summer abroad and provide answers to FAQs. Additionally, returning study abroad students will share stories from abroad and explain how the study abroad experience enhanced their undergraduate career. If you are thinking about studying abroad, this is a great program to start you on that path towards whichever country you choose.

I'm not crazy, I'm just not you!
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM in DUC 355
Kayla Hamilton | Assc. Director, Residence Life & Housing
Students must register for this program in advance by emailing SYDNEY BLOUNT (LL) before Monday, August 22 at 12 PM.
Learn more about yourself and your interests by signing up to take the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The MBTI is an extremely reliable character questionnaire that will help determine your personality based on four characteristics. Results from the assessment will give you insight into your individual strengths, interests, qualities and will help provide a foundation for thoughts about future choices of major and even interesting career paths!

The Pre-Law Pathway: Sophomore Year Goals
3:00 PM - 3:50 PM in Harland Cinema
Rodia Vance | Assc. Dir. & Pre-Law Advisor, Career Center
Because law schools don’t have any academic pre-reqs, it can be easy to feel at a loss for knowing specifically what should be done to prepare. Well, have no fear…Emory’s Pre-Law Advisor is here! In this session, we’ll discuss the importance of the second year in preparing for law school and a legal career. Students will leave with a clear checklist of what they need to accomplish to stay on track for going to the law school of their dreams!

Internships: The Out-of-Classroom Experience
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM in Harland Cinema
Don Cornwell | Assc. Director, Career Center
Hear from your peers about their experiences in various internships or research positions and get information from The Career Center about how you can do the same. A panel of your peers from a variety of experiential learning experiences (internships, shadowing, research) will discuss the ways they obtained their positions, what they learned, and how they plan to use the experience to better prepare for their professional futures. Don Cornwell, Associate Director at The Career Center, will be on hand to discuss the resources and services available to assist sophomores in identifying and being competitive candidates for opportunities.