Sophomore Support
Find your people. Discover your strengths. Activate your passion.
Sophomore year can be tough. You feel pressure to choose a major, but you're still discovering who you are and who you want to become. We're here to help you succeed.
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Sophomore Summit: Your Path Forward
2025 Sophomore Summit: Friday, February 7.
Sophomores, your time here is important. Now that the excitement and newness of your first year in college is over, what’s next? Majors, gaining experiences, internships, jobs: You’ve got a lot coming at you, so the Sophomore Summit is here to help you plan for the next two and a half years of your Westminster education.
The Sophomore Summit builds on what you’ve already learned and what you bring to your Westminster education. You know your way around campus and don’t have to wonder what an HWAC is anymore, so now you can look ahead and create your path forward.
What to Expect
At the summit, you’ll work on your resume, kickstart your LinkedIn profile (yes, this is important), and clarify goals that will help you declare or confirm a major or minor and get ready for internships, research, practicals, or clinical experiences that put your Westminster knowledge to work.
The Sophomore Summit is a hands-on day of mini drop-in sessions that will help make your last 2 years at Westminster soar. Pick the sessions you’re most interested in. The more sessions you attend, the more chances you have to win great prizes. Join us for great info, freebies, free lunch, and even a little fun.
Schedule
Sophomore Summit will take place in the Dick Building classrooms and the Tanner Atrium in the Jewett Center for the Performing Arts. Each session you attend will earn you a ticket for prize drawings during lunch and later in the afternoon.
| 10–10:30 a.m. | Check-in and Info | Dick Building North Entrance |
| 10:30–11:00 a.m. | Pick Your Session (View Sessions Below) | Dick Building |
| 11–11:30 a.m. | Pick Your Session (View Sessions Below) | Dick Building |
| 11:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m. | Young Alumni Panel | Alumni House Lower Level |
| 12:15–1:00 p.m. | Lunch and Info Fair | Tanner Atrium |
| 12:30 p.m. | Prize Drawing #1 (must be present to win) | Tanner Atrium |
| 1–1:30 p.m. | Pick Your Session (View Sessions Below) | Dick Building |
| 1:30–2:00 p.m. | Pick Your Session (View Sessions Below) | Dick Building |
| 2–3:00 p.m. | Sophomore Class Activity: Laser Tag and Games (sponsored by Student Engagement and Belonging) | Payne Gymnasium |
| 2:15 p.m. | Prize Drawing #2 (must be present to win) | Payne Gymnasium |
Sessions
| 10:30–11:00 a.m. | Resume Basics | Dick 109 | Audrey Clare, Career Center |
| 10:30–11:00 a.m. | Undergraduate Research | Dick 117 | Dr. Shawn Coon, Associate Provost for Research and Creative Activities, Education Faculty |
| 10:30–11:00 a.m. | Networking | Dick 120 | Trisha Jensen, Career Center |
| 11–11:30 a.m. | LinkedIn 101 (bring a laptop) | Dick 103 | Lisa Heiskell, Career Center |
| 11–11:30 a.m. | Values: What Matters Most? | Dick 109 | Helaman Hernandez Salas and Alejandro Morales, Academic Advising |
| 11–11:30 a.m. | Leadership | Dick 117 | Dr. Ahmer Afroz, Gore Giovale Center for Innovative Leadership |
| 11–11:30 a.m. | Graduate School | Dick 120 | Dr. Kelly Asao, Psychology Faculty |
| 1–1:30 p.m. | Internships | Dick 102 | Dr. Kim Zarkin, Faculty Fellow for Internships, Faculty and Chair, and Communication Chair, Arts Administration |
| 1–1:30 p.m. | Early Choices for Financial Success | Dick 109 | UFirst Credit Union |
| 1–1:30 p.m. | Undergraduate Research | Dick 117 | Dr. Shawn Coon, Associate Provost for Research and Creative Activities, Education Faculty |
| 1–1:30 p.m. | Graduate School | Dick 120 | Dr. Kelly Asao, Psychology Faculty |
| 1:30–2:00 p.m. | Internships | Dick 102 | Dr. Kim Zarkin, Faculty Fellow for Internships, Faculty and Chair, and Communication Chair, Arts Administration |
| 1:30–2:00 p.m. | LinkedIn 101 (bring a laptop) | Dick 103 | Lisa Heiskell, Career Center |
| 1:30–2:00 p.m. | Resumes | Dick 109 | Audrey Clare, Career Center |
| 1:30–2:00 p.m. | Networking | Dick 120 | Trisha Jensen, Career Center |
Young Alumni Panel Presenters
Binnie Green
Justice Studies '23
Assistant Director and Prospect Researcher, Westminster University
Koi Chavez
Computer Science '21
Customer Support Engineer, Marigold
Jack Cobabe
Theatre '23
Volunteer Coordinator, Great Salt Lake Fringe
When students become juniors and seniors, they get connected with their major departments,
and they have connections and activities and things that are specific for them. Sophomores
kind of get forgotten in the middle, so we really wanted to do something to help put
some attention on those students.
Read the Story
Trisha Jensen, Career Center director
Contact
For more information, please contact the Career Center at careercenter@westminsteru.edu.
The 2025 Sophomore Summit is sponsored by UFirst Credit Union.
