Mikaela (Liboro) Stewart’s Post

Last Friday, I had the opportunity to present at Discover USC as my final requirement for Graduation with Leadership Distinction (GLD) in Professional and Civic Engagement. This presentation, titled "The Power of Building Strong Policies to Influence Public Health: My Insight into South Carolina's Legislation," highlights connections I have made between my degree in public health and an internship I completed as a Legislative Monitor. To successfully earn GLD in Professional and Civic Engagement, a student must: - Complete 60 hours in an approved leadership experience. - Complete 240 hours of supervised, work/professional experience such as an internship or practicum experience. - Participate in three enhancement experiences - an enhancement experience is a beyond-the-classroom engagement that increases your understanding of topics or issues related to your pathway. - Complete at least six credit hours of coursework related to the pathway. - Present a meaningful beyond-the-classroom experience at Discover USC. - Complete an ePortfolio. My ePortfolio consists of 3 key insights and a leadership section. Each key insight draws a specific connection from a within-the-classroom and beyond-the-classroom experience while at UofSC. In my leadership section, I outline a suggestion to reduce the presence of food nutrition insecurity on UofSC's campus. My ePortfolio can be viewed here: https://lnkd.in/eqijH6id Forever to Thee!

We’re less than three weeks away from the #KDGrad ceremony and I'm counting down my Top 10 Kelley Moments over the last three years. At number 3, Kelley. On. Campus. Everything that makes the Indiana University - Kelley School of Business great is embodied within this 5 day period. Many students attend after their first term or two. For some it’s their first event before taking a single course. In my case, I couldn’t attend with most of my cohort in 2021 and had to wait to join the two cohorts behind me. I was given the option to take a substitute course but my response boiled down to: “No way!” I wanted this experience. It lived up to every expectation. My top concern to start the week was that I would feel like an outsider. If I had attended the session with my cohort, at least I would see familiar names faces from online meetings. As it was, I knew only a select few on that May 2022 roster. It mattered not. There wasn’t a stranger amongst us. Every classmate was receptive and excited to be in attendance. In particular, the first full day was filled with more laughter than I had experienced in several years (it also just felt great to not be masked around a crowd at that particular point in time). In many ways, the week harkened back to summer camps from my youth. We made countless new friends, clung to all the precise knowledge our professors had crafted for us, and ultimately put our skills to the test making a strategic recommendation for Post Consumer Brands. I could write an essay on this course, but that might ruin the fun for anyone whose future it resides. Just know this: if you find yourself apprehensive at all about the MBA journey, Kelley on Campus will put all that to rest. Nearly two years later, I can say it was unquestionably the single most exhilarating experience in a program full of thrilling opportunities. Shoutout to the outstanding gentlemen from my group that made the time worthwhile: Shankha Bhattacharya, Stephen C. Day III, Andrew Murphy, Jainil Patel, PMP, and Benjamin Vowell

At LEAP yesterday, Daniel Kaplan, Brian Bradford, and I discussed whether DEI efforts are still legal after the Students for Fair Admissions cases last summer: 1️⃣ Yes, you can still have DEI efforts as an employer 2️⃣ BUT, these efforts cannot discriminate based on a protected characteristic 3️⃣ So consider whether your programs comply with laws like Title VII ✔ Aim for inclusive programs: anyone interested in diversity can participate ✔ Improve/expand your pool of applicants for greater diversity in hiring ✔ Focus on your work environment to be an employer of choice ✔ Ensure that everyone has an equal opportunity for success

Results day - a phrase that still makes me shudder every time it rolls around 😅 Don't get me wrong, I didn't do badly in my GCSEs and A Levels, with very reasonable results, the world was my oyster. But, it didn't feel like it - I had the anxiety of the world on my shoulders and had absolutely NO idea what I was going to do 🙃 I went to college on a whim - left my grammar school on results day and headed up the road to Craven College, which ended up being one of the best decisions I could've ever made for my personal development 👏 After A Levels I was really stumped, spent the summer adamant I wasn't going to uni, to finally panic on the August bank holiday and end up going through clearing for Leeds Conservatoire - another great gut decision that ended up in 3 wonderful years surrounded by great people and great mentors. Post-uni I went into Marketing - but it never truly felt right. So, here I am, 7 years on from my own GCSE results day, having taken up a new role in HR, absolutely at peace that my squiggly career path has been nothing short of crazy, but has led me to where I believe I'm supposed to be 😍 Give it time - everything happens for a reason and you will end up where you're meant to be if you dare to take the leap 🙌 (photo is me in 2018! I haven't changed much 🤣 ) #GCSEresults #resultsday

Have you applied to the #Goodbody Graduate Programme yet? Check out the video below of our current graduates sharing why they chose Goodbody to start their career in financial services. #graduateprogramme #grads #careers

The Chevening application is simpler than you think! Just last night, I completed these sections in about 2 hours: - Personal details - Citizenship and travel documents - Higher education history - Work experience - Program of study - Referees - Equal opportunities Now, all that’s left are the four supporting statements—each a manageable 500 words—covering: a. Leadership and Influence b. Relationship Building and Shared Learning c. Studying in the UK d. Career Plan With the deadline on November 5th, you’ve got plenty of time—almost two months—to complete four statements, totalling just 2000 words. So, what’s holding you back? Start your Chevening Scholarship application today and take the next step toward your future! All the best!

We want to congratulate all of those who are graduating this 2024 school year! Whether it's high school or college, we wish you all luck in the career paths you've chosen! What path did you take after graduation? and did you stick with it or switch it up? Let us know in the comments below! Happy Friday! We love it when you l like and share our posts! #funnyfriday #friday #talentacquisition #graduation #collegegraduation #highschoolgraduation

"The Lynch commitment to the practice of Higher Education leadership and the BC mission of formation work hand in hand to make the ELHE program a truly fantastic fit for me as a practitioner and an instructor. BC has a rich history of producing leaders, scholars and enthusiastic practitioners in the field. It is a gift to be a part of this program." Dr. Laura De Veau The M.A. in Higher Education program is a two-year program that provides students with foundational knowledge about today’s global higher education landscape and the opportunity to put theory into practice and apply your skills in real-world settings. The Higher Ed. program offers four distinct concentrations: Student Affairs, Administration, International Perspectives, and Spirituality, Faith, and Formation. With the cohort model, students get a support system that boosts their connection to the program. "The curating of the competencies and their outcomes is a key element of the success of the academic priorities of the program and what sets the BC program apart in many ways," Dr. De Veau shares. This year, Dr. De Veau is teaching the first-year Field Experience course. This course provides the framework for the program in which students can lean into strengths by thoroughly engaging in their Field Experience. "It’s more than an internship, it allows students to begin to define themselves as scholars of the practice."

This month marks the 17th anniversary of our John Hancock MLK Scholars Program, and we’re excited to welcome another outstanding group of 22 young Boston-area adults into the program. Participants, 16-18 years old, will spend their summer with us tackling meaningful job experiences right here in our corporate offices and in other community-based organizations in the city.    Since its inception in 2008, our MLK Scholars Program has invested more than $16 million to provide 6,000 young adults with meaningful job experiences. One of the primary goals of the program is to level the playing field for young people who don’t have equal access to the work experiences and networks that are key to building long-term skills, self-confidence, and financial empowerment.    The program provides guidance on career readiness and financial literacy to help participants grow as leaders in the office, the classroom, and the greater community. The program also benefits local nonprofit organizations that employ MLK Scholars, providing them with an opportunity to engage Boston’s diverse student population in potential career paths in their industries – with some students even returning as college interns and full-time hires after college.    As we welcome another group of outstanding students this year, I can’t help but think of a quote from our program’s namesake, who once said, “the function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.”    I couldn’t have said it better myself.

What Makes a Tier-1 College great? People would tell you it’s about the infrastructure, legacy, brand value, academic rigor, or what not. But if I have to mention just one thing, it’d be your peer group! The people around you make all the difference. When I entered CBS, I was most excited about its infrastructure. But what struck me the hardest was the people in my batch. My god, everybody was a damn overachiever. It teaches you so much humility! Somebody was a national-level swimmer. Someone was a class 10th CBSE topper. Someone was a YouTuber. Someone had won national-level case competitions in his 12th standard. Needless to say, everybody was a topper in their school (this wasn’t even a flex). And the first thing that comes up is the imposter syndrome! You feel you aren’t as accomplished as your friends. You feel that you’re not good enough to be here. But eventually, you feel motivated or, say, pressured to be better and achieve things while you see others achieve. You want to get those things too, and you just work hard for it. And in the process, you do get some pieces of success. But at times, you do fail to cross the line! But the funny thing is that you never fail! You just get 100 times better than what you would have been if you hadn’t gone into that rat race. You might still not be in the top 10% of the batch. But when you get out of your college, you feel that you eventually did achieve so much and improved so much. Though I don’t believe in this rat race at the expense of your health and mental well-being! But it’s the truth that you polish yourself by going through that rat race! Ps- I don't intend to promote a culture of toxic competition, but it is what it is, and this toxicity does help you to eventually grow as a person both professionally and personally (But undertaking self care and mental wellness becomes of key importance at these institutions too, cause in the end "Health is wealth" Follow Manan Jain for more such content🚀✨ #topcolleges #sscbs #du