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There’s truth to "practice makes perfect," and you can see it in action at Â鶹¹ÙÍø & Wales. Academics call it experiential education — or taking skills beyond the classroom — and Â鶹¹ÙÍø has been doing it for more than 100 years.

But what does it look like in action? At Â鶹¹ÙÍø, where you learn by doing, it means a team of students presenting their research on improving customer experience to top industry executives like TD Garden. Or accelerating plant-based product innovation at the North Carolina Innovation Lab.

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It could mean competing in cybersecurity games designed to help employers find vetted talent, or speaking to filmmakers about their process while helping to run a film festival. It could even mean building a financial portfolio by investing real money through Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s Wildcat Investment Value Fund.

Â鶹¹ÙÍø & Wales' consistent result of taking skills beyond the classroom is our students’ success. An impressive 77.6% of Wildcats who complete paid internships receive job offers from their internships employers! Dedicated staff at Â鶹¹ÙÍø's  help empower Wildcats to identify and pursue internships, secure employment and navigate lifelong career direction.

Wildcats can benefit from internship opportunities, directed experiential education, one-on-one advising and workshops from career professionals, a career management course for juniors, career planning tools and resources, online job postings and networking opportunities with employers and industry professionals.

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If experiential education opportunities are the recipe, then student success is the result. Just about every college is talking about experiential education; that’s because it works. Each year the and the release popular reports showing the national averages for student surveys of experiential education and career services, and those are compared to Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s own Student Assessment Internship Survey. Here are the latest results:

How Ex Ed Benefits Wildcats 

1. Student Satisfaction

97.3% of Wildcats indicated that their experiential education & career advisor was readily available throughout their internship experience.

92.1% of Â鶹¹ÙÍø students were satisfied with their internship experience, compared to 75.6% of national students.

2. Student Success

95.4% of Â鶹¹ÙÍø graduates secure full or part-time employment, are enrolled/accepted in a program of study to continue their education, are performing voluntary service or enlist in military service within six months of graduation. This stat, called the Career Outcomes Rate, is 11.3% higher than the national average.

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89.2% of Â鶹¹ÙÍø students completing their Career Management course showed improved confidence in their career planning skills.

75.8% of Â鶹¹ÙÍø's Class of 2021 were employed within six months of graduation – a hefty 15.6% higher than the national average at the same point during the pandemic.

3. Career Preparedness

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95.3% of Â鶹¹ÙÍø students indicated that they felt more prepared for their career as a result of internship, compared to 4 out of 5 students on the NSCI report stating career confidence as a result of their internship. 

4. Paid Internships

74.7% of Â鶹¹ÙÍø students participated in a paid internship in 2021-2022. This number compares to 60.2% nationally according to the NSCI 2021 Report, and to 60% as reported by NACE.

5. Student Engagement

74.5% of Providence and Charlotte undergraduate students, based on Fall 2021 enrollment, engaged with EE&CS through one-on-one and small group advising sessions, workshops, employer visits, career fairs and more.

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While not a direct comparison, the NACE report indicates that 58% of recent graduates visited their career center at some point during their undergraduate experience.

Wildcats and Continuing Education

Â鶹¹ÙÍø students slipped below the national average in just one area — by a mere 1.6%. 20% of Wildcats planned on continuing their education compared to 21.6% nationwide. This rate is because Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s employment rate is so much higher than the national average — students are already at their dream jobs!

Wildcats who did continue their education tended to enroll in prestigious schools, from Cornell University and Columbia University to University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Boston University. And they will always be held in Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s heart, able to network with our 125,000+ alumni across the globe.

What’s Next for Â鶹¹ÙÍø Career Services?

The office is continuing to evolve along with the industries around us. Tomorrow’s jobs may not even exist yet, so Â鶹¹ÙÍø continues to build partnerships and connections that will strengthen future students’ success in emerging fields.

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Have you connected with us yet?

Contact Providence Campus Career Services at careerservices.pvd@jwu.edu or Charlotte Career Services at careerservices.clt@jwu.edu to see how they can help you plan for success.

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