January 2011, Issue 1

The mission of Career Center here at Missouri State University is to provide professional assistance and intervention to Missouri State students and alumni through the use of career counseling, internship and full-time job searches, and vocational and educational information, for they may make insightful career decisions. The Career Center is available to ALL student-freshman through graduate -as well as alumni. The Career Center also strives to help students gain a self-understand and explore occupational options...

One tip that I have for families would be to send their student mail. Being a student away from home is just as much about finding out how to operate as an independent adult as it is to getting a degree. I thought having my own mailbox was the coolest thing when I got to college and I would always check it. But, I rarely had any mail because nobody had my address and it would only be temporary. I would always find myself...