BIS Career Day – January 23, 2020

College and Career Counseling

BIS Career Day 2020 was a huge success!

This year’s Career Day was a huge success, with 24 professionals coming to our campus to inspire our secondary students and share about their fascinating careers in a wide variety of professions.  The STUCO students did a great job guiding the panelists and leading the panels and Q&A process.

Kaycee Odom, counselor, sales exec, and human resource director, wowed the audience with her keynote address titled, “How to Make a Career out of Personal Growth.” Ms. Odom encouraged students to, “Stretch your threshold for discomfort” and shared 4 specific pieces of wisdom:

3. “You don’t have to choose a Career. You can be whoever you want.” Once you become WHO you want to be you can fit into any career.

4. Make it your daily practice to grow in three areas:

   1. Head – What thoughts do you tell yourself-or listen to from someone else-that actually keep you from growing?

   2. Heart – Have the emotional courage to deal with what we feel

   3. Hands – This is our actions and the actions that others see of us first

5. Live with Intention. It will take you far- Live every day toward your biggest dreams or goals.

6. Embrace your Unique Self- “Find your People; you don’t have to be a Sheople!”

Ms. Odom also encouraged students to think about and prepare their 15 minute “elevator speech”- a brief conversation they could have with someone that encapsulates all of their best qualities.

Here are a few quotes from the students on what they learned during Career Day:

“What I learned was that life will always take you on a ride and that your degree doesn’t really determine what you would end up doing because everything goes with the flow.”

“Choosing a career isn’t something to be done quickly, you don’t need to decide right away.”

“I learned during the Psychology panel that mindfulness and self-balance is very important to your own work. Putting time for yourself is key for greater performance and happiness.”

“Do what I enjoy and follow my guts”

A special thank you to those BIS graduates and parents who participated on the panels! Thanks for making the day a success for our students.

Please view photos and students feedback on the day here.

Upcoming University Visits

Feb. 7: SUSS (Singapore University of Social Sciences) will visit BIS from 12:30-1:30 in the CCC

SUSS is a Singapore government university with a history in providing lifelong, learner-centric and industry-relevant education.

SUSS offers more than 70 undergraduate and graduate programmes through 5 schools:

• School of humanities and behavioral sciences
• School of business
• S R Nathan School of Human Development
• School of law
• School of science and technology

Feb. 7: American Collegiate Visit will visit BIS from 12:30-1:30 in the CCC

Here are the top three opportunities associated with our American Collegiate program:

1. Study your first year in Los Angeles, California (UCLA Extension, part of UCLA, #20 National Universities) or Washington D.C. (American University, #77 National Universities).
2. Elite, top-ranked university campus tours included with tuition- giving you real-life experiences in person before committing to a university. Our students have met directly with transfer admission representatives at the University of Southern California (#22 National Universities) and Loyola Marymount University (#64 National Universities).
3. Have a second chance at attending your dream school! After completing American Collegiate, our students have attended Emory University (#21 National Universities), University of Southern California (#22 National Universities), New York University (#29 National Universities), and many more top U.S. universities!!

Please sign up with Indra if you and/or your son or daughter would like to attend this college visit:  counselorsecretary@baliis.net

Save the Date! – March 10: BIS Mini College Fair

BIS will host a mini College and University Fair during lunch on March 10th.  All secondary students and parents are welcome to attend the mini fair in the Library from 12:30-1:30.  The following universities will be in attendance (subject to change):

• Concordia University-Canada
• University of Arkansas – Fort Smith-AR
• Clarkson University-NY
• Irvine Valley College-CA
• Central New Mexico Community College-NM
• Benedictine College-KS
• Hofstra University- NY
• Mercyhurst University-PA

Summer Programs and Other opportunities

Please be sure to check and scroll through the tabs at the bottom of the regularly-updated Opportunities for Students document for:

• Upcoming College and University Visits
• Spring Break and Summer programs around the world
• Internships/ Scholarships
• Tutoring Resources