Second-year Experience Pathway to Success

The second-year experience pathway to success checklist offers recommendations to help you navigate your second year at GGC. Review and integrate them into your personal and academic decisions and goals.

Choose a Path

• Declare your major and any degree-enhancing options, such as a minor or certificate.
• Contact Career Services to begin actively pursuing internship opportunities related to your academic and career goals. 
• Pursue a study abroad opportunity.

Discover Your Options

• Schedule an appointment with your faculty mentor to review and prepare any application(s) associated with your major.
• Attend a study abroad fair. Find dates and times on the GGC events calendar and learn more about study aboard opportunities.
• Determine ways to gain career-related experiences: internships, undergraduate research, shadow professionals, part-time jobs and volunteering. 
• Participate in service learning.
• Explore graduate education. Career Services can help.

Get More Involved

• Get involved in community engagement and student organizations (RSOs), such as Greenlight Activities Board.
• Attend student conferences.
• Look for leadership and service opportunities.
• Run for student government (SGA).
• Attend a GGC athletic event or participate in intramural sports.
• Nominate yourself to participate in the Student Advisory Group for Excellence, a campuswide group of students who provide valuable input to continually improve Student Success services.

Get Support

• Consider Student Success academic coaching, tutoring and student success workshops available from the Academic Enhancement Center.
• Get mental health support from the Counseling and Psychology Services: in person and 24/7 BeWell@GGC.
• Reach out for emergency assistance programs, such as Grizzlies helping Grizzlies and the GGC Care Pantry.
• Take advantage of the Wellness and Recreation Center to stay active for your wellbeing.

Focus Forward

• Update your resume and get feedback from Career Services.
• Make an appointment with your faculty mentor and plan your junior year.
• Register for junior classes.
• Plan for graduate school applications.