PATHWAYSfrom the center for servant leadership

gustavus adolphus college | St. Peter, Minnesota | gustavus.edu

excellence

community

justice

service

faith

WHAT DOES GUSTAVUS STAND FOR? We come to college for a variety of reasons and with a range of values. Every path through Gustavus is a unique one. But what do we share while we are here? How do we navigate our way through this place, and through life, for that matter, while at the same time working toward a common good?

Values are the expressions of our deepest concerns. Colleges have values as well. What follows are some of the values held by Gustavus. How do your current values align?

EXCELLENCEIn the words of Eric Norelius, founder of the College, “Whatever we do, let us do it well.” Given our other values, it should be clear that our commitment to excellence is neither a code word for elitism nor a rejection of the best of the College’s heritage.

COMMUNITYGustavus has always been marked by a pervasive sense of concern for all members of the community. Civility, mutual respect, freedom to express a broad range of ideas, and peaceful resolution of conflicts are of fundamental value here.

JUSTICEThe College strives to be a just community in all of its actions and to educate students for morally responsible lives. “Education for the common good” describes what we strive for, and integrity is one of our defining characteristics.

SERVICEWe embrace the notion that true leadership expresses itself in service to others, and affirm the classical ideal of a liberating education, one that frees us to serve humanity to the best of our ability.

FAITHFaith enriches and completes learning, is the bedrock of community, ethics, and service, and compels us to excellence in a divinely ordered world. We encourage an honest exploration of faith without expecting conformity to a specific religious tradition.

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HOW DO I DEVELOP THESE CORE VALUES? The core values are focal points from which you learn about yourself in relation to the world around you. For example, academics can help you express excellence and meaning in your life. The extracurricular activities you participate in will help you to become more aware of your sense of community, faith, justice and service. While these seem to be very lofty concepts, what you learn about yourself through these activities will help you identify your gifts and talents. Naming your gifts and talents is essential in guiding you to a career and life path.

This workbook is intended to serve as a guide as you make your way. Your time here will pass quickly. Take advantage of these ideas and college resources to help you develop your direction and sense of purpose. There are many people here who want to help you find your way! Take advantage of their knowledge and wisdom. We encourage you to visit the Center for Servant Leadership early and often!

This workbook includes:

Gustavus’s Core Values ............................................................................................................................ 2

Contents ...........................................................................................................................................................3

Assess ...........................................................................................................................................................4–5

Explore ......................................................................................................................................................... 6–7

Focus/Confirm ..........................................................................................................................................8–9

Implement ................................................................................................................................................. 10–11

Legacy ..............................................................................................................................................................12

Competencies ...............................................................................................................................................13

Planning .................................................................................................................................................... 14–15

Contacts ......................................................................................................................................Back Cover

Have an inspiring journey!

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ASSESS

HOW DO I DO THIS? WHERE DO I DO THIS?

DISCOVER YOUR INTERESTS• Take the Strong Interest Inventory (SII) CD• Access information related to a variety of careers LIB, HP• Talk with a career counselor CD• Identify personal skills and values VOC

RESEARCH POSSIBLE CAREERS Web• iseek.org• spotlightoncareers.org• online.onetcenter.org• explorehealthcareers.org

TAKE INTRODUCTORY COURSES• Find out about various majors Gustavus Course Catalog• Use the “What If” option on WebAdvisor WebAdvisor Website• Prerequisite courses for health careers CSL, CD, HP

DISCUSS COURSES WITH• The Advising Center ADV• Your FTS adviser FTS Section• A professor in a department of interest• Other students

BROWSE THE TEXTBOOK SECTION OF THE BOOKSTORE• What books do you find appealing? Book Mark

ATTEND CAMPUS EVENTS AND PROGRAMS• Recognize what appeals to you SAO• Do things you’ve never done before OC

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CSL – Center for Servant Leadership CBSL – Community-Based Service and LearningCD – Career DevelopementCRCE – Church Relations and Community

EngagementHP – Health ProfessionalsVOC – Vocation and Intergrative Learning

Acad Depts – Academic DepartmentsADV – Advising CenterCOU – Counseling Center DC – Diversity CenterFAC – Faculty CICE – Center for International

and Cultural Education

IO – Interim OfficeOC – Office of the ChaplainsLIB – LibrarySAO – Student Activities OfficeWAC – Womyn’s Awareness Center

HOW DO I DO THIS? WHERE DO I DO THIS?

GET INVOLVED!• Community-Based Service and Learning (CBSL),

Diversity Center (DC), Womyn’s Awareness Center (WAC)

ASK YOURSELF THE “BIG QUESTIONS”• Attend a retreat VOC, OC• Check out the Vocations Library

ASSESS YOUR ACADEMIC SKILLS ADV• Adviser• Professors of favorite courses

ATTEND GOLD LEADERSHIP SERIES SAO, CSL

Who am I? Why am I here? (at Gustavus? In the World?)

What am I hoping for inthese four years... and beyond?

GATHER AND STORE IN A SAFE PLACE

Interest Test Results

Other Self-Assesments

Degree Audit

Résumé – Draft 1

StrengthsQuest Results

Notes from conversations with

adviserscoachesfriendswork supervisorsprofessors

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EXPLORE

HOW DO I DO THIS? WHERE DO I DO THIS?

REVIEW YOUR SKILLS AND RÉSUMÉ Make an appointment at the CSL• Begin identifying your personal

strengths and attributes

DETERMINE WHICH CAREER FIELD FITS CD• Do an Interim Career Exploration• Talk with a Career Mentor and learn about LinkedIn• Take an Interest Inventory• Informational Interviews

GET INVOLVED• National Civic Engagement Month (Feb./March) VOC, CBSL• Volunteer and leadership opportunities CBSL

CONSIDER MAJOR OPTIONS• Discuss with your adviser FAC• Review with the Advising Center staff ADV• Continue to take coursework for general College

requirements and prerequisites for health care if applicable ADV, HP

ATTEND EVENTS

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GATHER AND STORE IN A SAFE PLACE

Test Results

Interim Career Exploration Forms

What can I do with a major in…? Handouts

Contact information with Mentors

Career Research

CSL – Center for Servant Leadership CBSL – Community-Based Service and LearningCD – Career DevelopementCRCE – Church Relations and Community

EngagementHP – Health ProfessionalsVOC – Vocation and Intergrative Learning

Acad Depts – Academic DepartmentsADV – Advising CenterCOU – Counseling Center DC – Diversity CenterFAC – Faculty CICE – Center for International

and Cultural Education

IO – Interim OfficeOC – Office of the ChaplainsLIB – LibrarySAO – Student Activities OfficeWAC – Womyn’s Awareness Center

HOW DO I DO THIS? WHERE DO I DO THIS?

CONSIDER RELATED EXPERIENCES• Servant Leadership Program VOC, CBSL• Summer Job Listings CD• Career Explorations CD• Research FAC• Church Leadership Program CSL• Investigate clinical or research activities in medically related field for academic year or summer CD, FAC, HP• Study abroad—interim, semester, or year-long CICE• Seminary and Divinity School Day CRCE

CONNECT MAJORS TO CAREERS• What can I do with a major in … ? CSL Career Library, Web• Begin identification of personal strengths and gifts• Meet the pre-health adviser to check progress on coursework CSL, HP• Familiarize yourself on health professional school application process and resources; gustavus.edu/careercenter/health/ CD, HP, Web

How do I “test out” my ideas?What am I called to do?What is my vocation/mission?

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FOCUS/CONFIRM

HOW DO I DO THIS? WHERE DO I DO THIS?

FOCUS ON DEPARTMENT/MAJOR CHOICES ADV, FAC

TAKE UPPER LEVEL COURSES IN YOUR MAJOR FAC

CONSIDER SEVERAL CAREER FIELDS• Do career research CD• Reflect on your experiences CSL

SELECT A FACULTY MAJOR ADVISER FAC

IDENTIFY OTHER COURSES/AREAS THAT SUPPORT YOUR DIRECTION

• Make connections across disciplines FAC• How does it all fit together? ADV• Be open to new discoveries CSL

DISCOVER WHAT ALUMS HAVE DONE WITH VARIOUS MAJORS• GustieJobs, LinkedIn, mentoring programs CD

MAKE PROFESSIONAL CONTACTS• Academic Departments FAC• LinkedIn CD• Professional Organizations CD• Family and Friends

PARTICIPATE• Servant Leadership Program VOC, CBSL• Career Explorations, Internships CD• Coordinate a service program CBSL• Attend Events

COMPLETE A RELATED INTERNSHIP • Spring, Junior Year CD

PREPARE FOR INTERVIEWS • Interview Stream: gustavus.interviewstream.com CD Website

COMPLETE YOUR APPLICATION FOR GRADUATION

• Spring, Junior Year Registrar

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CSL – Center for Servant Leadership CBSL – Community-Based Service and LearningCD – Career DevelopementCRCE – Church Relations and Community

EngagementHP – Health ProfessionalsVOC – Vocation and Intergrative Learning

Acad Depts – Academic DepartmentsADV – Advising CenterCOU – Counseling Center DC – Diversity CenterFAC – Faculty CICE – Center for International

and Cultural Education

IO – Interim OfficeOC – Office of the ChaplainsLIB – LibrarySAO – Student Activities OfficeWAC – Womyn’s Awareness Center

HOW DO I DO THIS? WHERE DO I DO THIS?

INVESTIGATE POST-COLLEGE OPTIONS • Graduate Study/Professional School Adviser, CD • Employment CD, FAC • Travel CICE • Year of Service CSL

IDENTIFY APPLICATION SCHEDULES• Identify schools: double check academic prerequisites to ensure their completion by application deadline. Identify any special application instructions. CD, HP• Identify dates for admission test registration: MCAT, OAT, DAT, PCAT, VAT, VCAT, GRE and preparation plan. CD, HP, CSL

PREPARE GRADUATE EXAMS CD Website

TAKE COMMUNITY-BASED LEARNING COURSES CBSL, Acad. Depts.

ASSUME LEADERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS SAO, DC, CBSL

DOCUMENTATION PREPARATION• Identify recommendation writers from faculty, volunteer and career shadowing contacts—develop résumé or list of academic and other activities to give to recommendation writers. FAC, ADV• Begin essay development for application questions and assistance with personal essay development.

Who does the world need me to be? What do I need me to be?

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GATHER AND STORE IN A SAFE PLACE

Résumé

List of recommendation writers

Professional Contact Information

Internship or Career Exploration Site Supervisor Information

IMPLEMENT

HOW DO I DO THIS? WHERE DO I DO THIS?

COMPLETE MAJOR REQUIREMENTS Adviser

REFINE AND FINALIZE YOUR RÉSUMÉ CD

ATTEND EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS

COMPLETE GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL APPLICATIONS AND EXAMS CD, Adviser

COMPLETE PRACTICE/MOCK INTERVIEWS CD, Web• gustavus.interviewstream.com

PARTICIPATE IN JOB FAIRS/INTERVIEWS CD

CONSULT WITH THE CSL• Confirm how your career and life goals can weave together VOC

DEVELOP OTHER JOB SEARCH TOOLS CD, Acad. Depts.• Interview, Portfolio, Cover Letter• Networking• GustieJobs

FOCUS YOUR JOB SEARCH CD• Non-Profit/For Profit• Job Area/Industry• Interests, Values, Skills

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CSL – Center for Servant Leadership CBSL – Community-Based Service and LearningCD – Career DevelopementCRCE – Church Relations and Community

EngagementHP – Health ProfessionalsVOC – Vocation and Intergrative Learning

Acad Depts – Academic DepartmentsADV – Advising CenterCOU – Counseling Center DC – Diversity CenterFAC – Faculty CICE – Center for International

and Cultural Education

IO – Interim OfficeOC – Office of the ChaplainsLIB – LibrarySAO – Student Activities OfficeWAC – Womyn’s Awareness Center

HOW DO I DO THIS? WHERE DO I DO THIS?

RESEARCH• Employers and organizations CD, Web• Graduate/Professional Schools CD, FAC

YEAR OF SERVICE OPTIONS VOC • Peace Corps• Lutheran Volunteer Corps• AmericorpsVISTA• JET• ELCA programs

CHURCH LEADERSHIP/MINISTRY OC, VOC • Seminary and Divinity School Day CRCE

APPLICATION AND INTERVIEWS • Complete any supplemental application materials as requested by schools.• July–April: begin interview process—schedule mock interviews with Health Professions Coordinator as needed —majority of interviews are August to March. CD, HP• Refine alternate plan for career path.

What is my plan?How will I make it happen?Who are my mentors?

GATHER AND STORE IN A SAFE PLACE

Résumé

Employer Information (Business cards, Literature, Websites)

Cover Letters

Skills Summaries

Degree Audit

Letters of Recommendation and Reference lists

Graduate School Applications

Health ProfessionsRolling admissionsEarly decisionsEarly admission

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LEGACY AS YOU LEAVE GUSTAVUS

Your legacy emerges from a life lived in a manner consistent with your calling. When you have given your gifts away in service to something you are passionate about in an environment that supports your values, you leave a legacy that is meaningful and that makes a positive difference.

TEN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SERVANT LEADERLarry Spears, “Practicing Servant-Leadership.” Leader to Leader Journal, Fall 2004

1. LISTENING: A deep commitment to listening intently to others.

2. EMPATHY: People need to be accepted and recognized for their special and unique spirits.

3. HEALING: “Help make whole” those with whom they come in contact.

4. AWARENESS: Awareness, and self-awareness, aids one in understanding issues involving ethics and values. Able leaders are usually sharply awake and reasonably disturbed.

5. PERSUASION: Seeks to convince others rather than coerce compliance or use one’s positional authority. Building consensus within groups.

6. CONCEPTUALIZATION: Balancing creative thinking with the world’s realities.

7. FORESIGHT: Uunderstand the lessons of the past, the realities of the present, and the likely consequence of a decision for the future. Deeply rooted within the intuitive mind.

8. STEWARDSHIP: Holding one’s institutions in trust for the greater good of society.

9. COMMITMENT TO THE GROWTH OF PEOPLE: People have an intrinsic value beyond their tangible contributions as workers. Personal, professional, and spiritual growth.

10. BUILDING COMMUNITY: Seeks to identify some means of building community among those who work within a given institution.

What do I want my legacy to be at Gustavus and beyond?What have I given to the World?Have I lived a good life?

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SKILLS AND COMPETENCIESFrom surveys of employers conducted by Phil Garner, Director of the Collegiate Employment Research Institute at Michigan State University, the following are compentencies that you need to develop while at Gustavus.

1. Working in a DIVERSE environment

2. Acquiring KNOWLEDGE

3. COMMUNICATING effectively

4. MANAGING time and priorities

5. THINKING critically

6. SOLVING problems

7. Contributing to a TEAM

8. Performing with INTEGRITY

9. BALANCING work and life

10. NAVIGATING across boundaries

11. Developing PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES

12. Embracing CHANGE

How you develop these competencies comes from participation in academics, extracurricular and community activities, and more essentially, the time you take to reflect on what you demonstrated and gained from your experiences.

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WHO AM I?Educational, career and life goals: start with self-reflection and intentional thinking about who you are as a person, including your values, interests, and skills. The Center for Servant Leadership is here to help you with that process.

MY INTERESTS I ENJOY PARTICIPATING IN

MY SKILLS I ENJOY CLASSES OR SUBJECTS IN

MY VALUESI ENJOY LEARNING MORE &

AM NATURALLY CURIOUS ABOUT

MY DREAMS/GOALS IN MY FREE TIME

THE CENTER FOR SERVANT LEADERSHIP TOP 101. Invest time & energy

into planning your future.

2. Take the Strong Interest Inventory.

3. Volunteer in the Community.

4. Attend a Retreat.

5. Connect with the College’s core values: excellence, community, justice, service, and faith.

6. Do a January Interim Career Exploration.

7. Become engaged in the Gustavus Community.

8. Complete a Semester Internship.

9. Coordinate a Service Program.

10. Articulate your skills and qualities: Tell Your Story.

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After completing each section on page 14, reflect on:

1. Which items are a priority in each section?

2. Is there a pattern or theme within the chart?

3. What careers, majors, or goals are of interest to me and might be connected to who I am?

4. Meet with faculty, Center for Servant Leadership staff, and other mentors to discuss your “Who Am I?” Chart.

What kind of a leader will I be?

Center for Servant Leadership800 West College AvenueSt. Peter, MN 56082507-933-7272gustavus.edu/servantleadership

CONTACTSCenter for Servant Leadership ...................................................................................................................x7272Career Development, Church Relations & Community Engagement, Community-Based Service & Learning, and Vocation & Integrative Learning Room 209, Johnson Student Union

Advising/Counseling Center ......................................................................................................................x7027 Room 204, Johnson Student Union

Office of the Chaplains ................................................................................................................................x7446 Room 102, Old Main

Diversity Center .............................................................................................................................................x7449 Lower Level, Jackson Campus Center

Center for International and Cultural Education ..................................................................................x7545 Main Level, Carlson International Center

Interim Office .................................................................................................................................................. x7675Office of the Provost Main Level, Carlson Administration Building

Registrar’s Office ........................................................................................................................................... x7495 Main Level, Carlson Administration Building

Student Activities Office ............................................................................................................................. x7598 Lower Level, Jackson Campus Center