Outline

Topic: Getting involved while in college

Specific Purpose: Encourage people to get involved somehow while in school.

Thesis Statement: Student Involvement while in college has the potential to increase academic success, give a student background experience and skills, and make students happier and enjoy their time while in school.


I. Introduction

A. Attention-Getting Step: Personal story about who I was before I got involved in school, and how it has helped me.

B. Tie to Audience: Everyone sitting here today is, or has been, a college student.

C. Credibility Material:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeannemeister/2012/08/14/job-hopping-is-the-new-normal-for-millennials-three-ways-to-prevent-a-human-resource-nightmare/

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/csd/summary/v044/44.6gellin.html

D. Thesis & Preview: (The preview includes your three platforms)

Getting involved is statistically shown give you the skills and experience needed when looking for jobs, to increase a student’s academic success, and overall increase your enjoyment and happiness while attending school.


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II. Body

A. Main Point #1 -- Need


1. Experience needed

a. A huge number of college students don’t know what they want to do for a living. According to Forbes magazine the average millennial worker will have 15-20 jobs over the course of their working lives.

            i. Getting involved helps you identify what you like to do

            ii. Gives you the skills and experience to be able to turn that into a career

            iii. Dillon’s story about non for profit work

b. Some of the most common feedback our career center receives is our students don’t have the ability to apply interview questions to situations. In other words our students don’t have the necessary experience when applying for a job.

i.                    Picture graphic 1 on CEO involvement and Success

ii.                  Being involved in an organization gives you leadership, time management, and overall increases you responsibility

iii.                Strengthens your resume

iv.                Ask doctor young about his previous students success

2. Academic Success

a. Studying is an important part of college. I am not saying you should throw away your textbooks and come to every party on campus. Our valedictorian at graduation I am going to be honest I have never seen her before in my entire life, however getting involved is shown to improve students’ academic success.

i.              More knowledgeable about the campus and its resources

ii.             More comfortable approaching teachers for help

iii.            According to a study done by the journal of college development students who are involved are show 14% higher ability in critical thinking skills.

iv.            Albert Einstein Picture. “Education is not the learning of facts but training the mind to think” –Albert Einstien

3. You are going to be happier

i. Make Friends who share your interests

a. Two sci-fi club members story

b. The Matt club

ii. Ambassador Trip to Japan

a.    Over 1 hundred suicides a year

b.    Do not have very many ways to get involved

iii. Develop Confidence

III. Conclusion

A. Summary:

B. Tie Back to Attention-Getting Step: getting involved changed everything about my life

C. Call for Action: Get involved whether you join a research team, club, volunteer, or get a job on campus Do something! It will improve your experience and skills when looking for a job, potentially help with your academic success, and overall make your time at college more enjoyable making you happier. 

Bibliography

Meister, J. (2014, August 14). Job Hopping Is the 'New Normal' for Millennials: Three Ways to Prevent a Human Resource Nightmare. Retrieved July 11, 2015.

Gellin, A. (2003). The Effect of Undergraduate Student Involvement on Critical Thinking: A Meta-Analysis of the Literature. Journal of College Student Development, 44(6), 746-762. Retrieved July 11, 2015, from http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/csd/summary/v044/44.6gellin.html