Entering a college can be overwhelming, especially at MSU, where you’re being thrown into a community of over 40,000 students.
But just because you’re about to become a part of a large university, doesn’t mean there aren’t resources here to help you and guide you down your own unique and individual path.
One of those resources is the Career Services Network located in room 113 of the Student Services Building.
“We are the hub for MySpartanCareer, so we offer students the ability to put up their resume [and] view job postings from employers,” Career Services Assistant Dylan Spruit said. “This is the way students get jobs on campus and around the nation.”
Aside from job postings, career services also offers career advising for students, both walk-ins and by appointment, Spruit said. Advising allows students to explore major options, internships, on-campus and off-campus jobs and graduate schools.
Career services has handouts readily available, such as the career passport, which helps students create resumes and cover letters and a list of different on-campus departments who hire students.
Spruit said they also offer career fairs throughout the year, as well as workshops. He said advising and workshops are useful tools for freshman, and in the fall a new peer advising program, which will allow freshman to connect with their older peers, will be started.
Speaking of advising, don’t forget to stop in and talk with your major adviser during your freshman year. Even undecided students can make advising appointments with advisers of any major.
Your major’s adviser(s) is there to help you with any questions or concerns you might have about college. And if they aren’t the best person to go to, they can usually direct you to who is.
You can make an appointment with an adviser online, or you can come in during their walk-in hours.
Another resource on campus is the Olin Health Center. It basically serves as MSU’s doctor’s office, where students can go if they’re sick, need a prescription or to get shots. Throughout the year students are allowed three free visits to Olin.
Free legal services are also offered to MSU students through the Associated Students of Michigan State University, better known as ASMSU.
ASMSU also offers interest-free loans of up to $300, free blue books and iClickers, free printing and copying and discounted test prep, ASMSU Business Manager Erik Maillard said.
Besides all these services, ASMSU holds events which allow you to meet new people and usher in your new college life at MSU.
An ASMSU event shouldn’t be too hard to find, since any registered student club who receives funding from ASMSU has to have that logo on their event, Maillard said. Plus, events are usually free for MSU students.
Familiarize yourself with the resources MSU has to offer this fall, especially if you have questions, and allow yourself an easier transition into college.
