Student to Career ProgramAnnual Report 2015-2016

2015-2016 Annual Events & Activities

○ EQ Dinner

○ Foundation Dinner (S2C facilitated student involvement)

○ Distinguished Lecture Series

○ Clothes Closet

○ Meet the Firms (S2C facilitated student registration only)

Mission

To provide programming that enhances the academic and social elements of our students’ college experiences as they transition from business students to business professionals.

SERVICE SUMMARY:

Individual Student Appointments

2005 65

2006 85

2007 105 2008 113

2009 260 2010 373

2011 386 2012 425

2013 3722014 323

2015 350

2016 185**

**Jan. 1 through April 11

Program Manager details:

Summer 2013 – completed Master’s degree

Teaching Experience:UBUS 1020 - Fall ‘13, Fall ’14

PC 2500- Fall ‘14, Spring ’15, Summer ‘15, Fall ’15(2 classes), Spring ‘16(2 classes)

-2 Business Specific Sections

-4 Regular Sections-1 QEP Grant Section

Individual Student Appointments

2015 Celebrity Guest: Barbara Corcoran from “Shark Tank”

Held workshops to prepare students to dine and network with the donors and Mrs. Corcoran.

“The memory I walked away with was when Mrs. Corcoran told us that we made awesome eye contact and were so nice. It made me feel proud to be a part of COB at TTU.” – TTU COB Student

Foundation Dinner

Attendance Numbers

201268

201361

2014103

2015217

Service Summary

Foundation Dinner

271 Students Served Total

LinkedIn Photo Booth

SERVICE SUMMARY:

LinkedIn Photo BoothProfessional Photo at no charge to

students

Fall 2015September 22, 2015 = 141 participants

Spring 2016February 18, 2016 = 130 participants

➔ 113 - # of Business Majors

➔ 17 - # of Non-business Majors

Etiquette Dinner

Attendance numbers:

2009 50

2010 84

2011 71

2012 112

2013 73

2014 101

*2015 189

2016233*The EQ dinner was rescheduled due to

weather and still increased in attendance numbers successfully.

SERVICE SUMMARY:

COBBOT Etiquette Dinner

● 30% of professional guests expressed interest in donating to the Professional Clothes Closet

● 143 student participants● 90 professionals attended

Professional Development

Week

Annual Student Participation:

2009 97

2010 179 2011 194

*2012 173 2013 180

2014 1702015 275

*(event moved to once a year)

SERVICE SUMMARY:

2015 Professional Development Week

2015 Speakers:

• Window on the World Symposium• Corey Prince, COB alum and

screenwriter• London Experience: Accounting

Seminar student panel• Larry Stone, Stonecom Media, • Bryan Huddleston, Nashville

Technology Council• Becky Magura, WCTE• Michael Aikens, TTU College of

Business• Jenny Smith, 3-time Emmy award

winning journalist

COB Professional Clothes Closet○ College of Business Professional Clothes Closet assisted 252

students this academic year.

○ Students may check out clothing per event or, in come cases, for the school year to wear to all events that requires professional dress.

○ Students utilize the closet for the following reasons:

○ Ticket 2 Ride○ Foundation Dinner○ Job interviews○ EQ dinner○ In-class presentations○ EagleWorks○ Study abroad○ Out-of-town conferences

Student to Career Website Analytics○ Site currently maintained by Michael Aikens and Amy Jo Carpenter

○ Weekly time commitment to upkeep and editing – 3 hrs per week

○ Other social media (analytics available upon request)

○ Facebook○ Twitter○ LinkedIn○ Pinterest○ Instagram

○ GOAL – find an S2C staff source to partner with iCube in order to facilitate site maintenance.

○ www.cobstudentsuccess.com

Visitors Overview

Annual Page View Analytics

Traffic Channel Analysis

• Cookeville is the number one location, with close to 9,000 visits.• However, we see a good dispersion of visits from across the state.• This indicates that people are looking at the site from home and other

locations to stay informed.

Geographic Location

Geographic Location Data

What students say about S2C:

○ “The student to career program is so

necessary to making our business students

stand out. I have talked to other business

students from other universities, and they are

jealous of everything we have available. I feel

so much better talking to business

professionals and can not wait till utilize

theses skills later in my career. “

–Johnny Kuchar

About Ticket 2 Ride

○ “The College of Business Student to Career

program did a great job providing me with

business material (i.e. padfolio, room layouts,

contact information, etc.) and information that

greatly benefited me in my search for a job,

and career path. And the company I met at

the fair is the company that hired me

before I even graduated.”—James Freshour

About the EQ dinner○ “This was my third time attending the EQ dinner

and since I came school here. I learn something different every year. This year, I understood how to network and paid more attention to the bios, so I really took advantage of the contacts. I had my resume polished. I looked polished. I got 3 interviews and a job. No one I know that has other majors at this university can say that. Thanks!”

-Ginny Cole

About PDW:

○ “The PDW workshops were very informative

and helpful. I wasn’t even required to attend

and I enjoyed listening to professionals and

learning what it takes to be successful. Plus,

the speaker that I actually introduced

myself to ended up hiring me!!”

-Caitlin Jones

Reaching our Mission:“Every year I attend college of business events, I become better at speaking with professionals. I am more confident and I learn what works for me. I never leave an event without learning something new or making a new networking connection. I know I would not have an internship this fall, be so sure of what I was doing with my life, and have the skills needed to attain my goals if it wasn't for the awesome events that I have attended through the college of business and the individual counseling I received from Ms. Carpenter.”

– Melissa Koppell

2015-16 WorkshopsAmy Carpenter, presenter

○ Foundation Dinner Prep○ Business Etiquette/Campus-wide (taught for Career Services twice a year)○ Interview Prep Workshop○ Dress for Success Workshop (taught for Career Services twice a year)○ Ticket to Ride Prep○ Dining Etiquette Workshop for Business○ Dining Etiquette Workshop for Ag and Human Ecology○ Resume Workshop

○ EQ dinner Prep○ EQ dinner follow up○ Networking Workshop

○ Social Media/LinkedIn Workshop

Campus/Community OUTREACH Workshops○ Customer Service/Business Etiquette Training Workshops: Putnam County Chamber of Commerce Staff○ Leadership: How to Represent Yourself and Your University: Ag/Human Ecology Ambassadors and College of

Business Student Ambassadors

○ Resume Workshop for Pike Fraternity○ The Power of the Unspoken: Res Life/Jobe Hall ○ What Can I Do Now to Build Who I am Gonna Be?: LEAP programs (middle schools)○ Etiquette Dinner-Minority Affairs○ Etiquette Dinner-Agriculture

External Service○ TSSAA – coordinator of volunteers for VIP/Guests Box○ Emerging Leaders program○ Ag/HEC Senior seminar facilitator (Fall/Spring 2015)○ Ag/HEC Ambassadors trainer○ Eagle Works Competition○ TTU Charter Day registration○ Etiquette and Leadership Training from Washington School

of Protocol, June 2014○ Commencement – 4.0 Breakfast and Lunch – serve as

day-of-event contact and coordinator (2014, 2015)○ WCTE Auction host (2012-present) during TTU Night○ Co-coordinator of QEP grant – cross-disciplinary

collaborative project with Departments of Art and English

Student to Career StaffManager: Amy Jo Carpenter

Work Study / University Scholarship Student Workers: Aubrey Eubanks, Basic Business (5.5 hrs/ week)

Danielle Sliger, Nursing (5 hrs/week)

Ryan Stocker, English (7.5 hrs/week)

Interns (10 hrs/ week) :Paiton Bottom, Basic Business

Wesley Bridges, Marketing

Lindsey Minor, Basic Business

Lexz Sherwood, Finance

Graduate Assistant:Alison Wheatley, MBA

(started in Spring 2016, graduates Fall 2016)

Assistant Coordinator:Taylor Burgess, MBA