The Chaiken Center is available to present on a variety of topics—improving time management, adopting growth mindset, building a personal success team, and utilizing the Chaiken Center.
Who are these presentations for?
- Student Organizations: Looking for a meaningful addition to your upcoming meeting? These presentations offer valuable insights on personal and academic success, making them a great professional development opportunity for your members.
- Faculty: Want to enhance your students’ learning experience? Invite us to present during class to introduce practical strategies for time management, resiliency, and personal growth that complement your course content.
- Staff: Interested in supporting student success? We can collaborate with your office to provide engaging presentations tailored to the needs of the students you serve.
Have another topic in mind? We are here to help with that as well. Email us at chaikencenter@psu.edu with your ideas!
Procrastination Proof Your College Time Management System
Integrating the principles of Atomic Habits—The New York Times Best Seller book by James Clear, you will learn how to build a customized calendar system that includes email action items, Canvas deadlines, and other Penn State–specific demands on your time. Learn how to manage the multiple kinds of communication, tasks, and responsibilities you have in college.
Develop Resiliency through a Growth Mindset for Personal and Academic Success
Based on Carol Dweck’s psychology–based research and the book Mindset, we are all capable of developing a growth mindset rather than living in a fixed mindset. In a fixed mindset, one believes their intelligence is set and that they are not capable of surpassing their capabilities, which leads to limiting oneself and accepting failure as permanent. While those who adopt a growth mindset face adversity and challenges with a belief that they can improve, get smarter, learn something new, and overcome challenges. Greater yet, this principle is key to achieving success; in essence, failure is the road to success. Learn in this workshop how to adopt a growth mindset for achieving your academic, personal, and professional goals.
Build Your Personal Success Team
Every successful person has a team behind them. An effective team is filled with different kinds of support that provide guidance, mentoring, resources, motivation, inspiration, and comfort. What kind of team do you need, and how can you build it? Learn how to connect with others in both authentic and meaningful ways to propel you to new opportunities and personal and professional growth.
Leverage Chaiken Center Programming for Liberal Arts Students
Find out how the Liberal Arts Chaiken Center for Student Success is designed to help Liberal Arts students navigate and optimize the resources available in the college and how we provide an environment conducive to the needs of Liberal Arts students. Learn about programing such as one-on-one peer success coaching to improve your study strategies, goal setting, time management, and self-advocacy skills. Discover how we partner with you to customize plans for your personal, academic, and professional success.
