Program Expectations
Students in the Professional Career Escalators program will participate in five core experiences throughout each semester.
Program Structure
Industry Focus Areas
No matter your major, Professional Career Escalators can show you how the courses you're passionate about can translate into interesting career opportunities in one of four growing industries: health care, education, business and engineering, and law and justice.
Five core experiences
Each semester, you will participate in the five Professional Career Escalators Core Experiences:
- Career guidance and development
- Experiential learning opportunities
- Mentoring with faculty experts and community professionals
- Graduate and professional school preparation
- Leadership development (Bonus: Students have the option to take a deep-dive into their leadership development through Leadership+)
Time Commitment of Program
Each year the time commitment will be similar, but the emphasis in each of the core experiences will shift as you get closer to graduation. Each year of the PCE program, students will participate in a zero-credit hour course for the first eight week of each semester. The course is 50 minutes once a week for eight weeks.This is a program requirement to earn the scholarship. The eight week course covers professional, career, and leadership development topics. The second eight weeks of the semester, students have the opportunity to engage in additional development opportunities and PCE Essential Experiences.
