For many students, finding a path forward can be difficult without a clear sense of direction. Navigator provides personalized attention to help students create a customized education plan that matches their passion and purpose.
From interest assessments to job application coaching, Navigator is our students' guide on the journey toward achieving their life and career goals.
Your first year, you will engage in a process that will help you identify your personal strengths and interests. This includes taking assessments such as ‘Strength Finder’ and ‘My Majors’ and attending a program of study fair to help determine major/career interests and fit. You will work with an advisor to draft a plan of study that matches your interests and goals and helps to ensure that you will graduate within the time you expect.
Job shadowing allows you to explore specific careers and get a realistic picture of the tasks performed for your desired profession, insuring that your career path is a good fit for your talents and aspirations. Your dedicated support team will help you find shadowing and internship opportunities so that you can gain real world experience, boosting your career readiness and employability. You will also have opportunities to gain feedback on your resume and be coached through mock interviews by knowledgeable faculty and staff.
You will create a professional portfolio that will document your best works, leadership experiences, service projects, and personal reflections on these experiences. Your leadership sponsor, faculty advisor, and community mentor will support you in the development of your portfolio beginning in your first year and continuing throughout your academic journey at Newman University. You can use your professional portfolio, including your resume and letters of reference, during job interviews or graduate school applications.
Shifting the focus beyond coursework to include purpose and passion.
Surrounding students with a dedicated support team.
Letting students shape their own future, and their impact on others, firsthand.
Built for Newman students by the Newman community, Navigator isn’t some simple how-to guide for college. It’s a super-charged support system designed to empower students to shape their future and their impact on the world around them.
You receive a “Degree of Difference” when attending Newman University and Navigator super-charges that difference!
As a student support and success program, Navigator is intertwined throughout our academic programs PLUS it offers classes and transformational experiences in these three specific areas:
