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Sophomore YearWits- ElizabethtownHigher  Skip to main content Skip to navigation for this zone of our website Skip to utility navigation for things like wield and social media finance   AdmissionsWieldFirst-Year Students Transfer Students International Students Homeschooled Students Adult Students InformationWell-nighAdmissions Home Visit Campus Tuition & Cost Financial Aid & Scholarships Meet Your Counselor The ElizabethtownWitsProven Outcomes The Right Fit Excellence Diversity at E-town Take Action:   Make Your Deposit   Visit E-town  Wieldto E-town   Outcomes   Academics Signature Learning Experiences. 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The SYE is designed to ease the transition from the structured programs of the first year to the increasingly self-sustaining programs, like internships and research experiences, associated with the junior and senior years. There are only a handful of colleges and universities that have a SophomoreWitsProgram, and none does as good of a job as Elizabethtown does at integrating the First-YearWitsProgram and the SophomoreWitsProgram. 1 Sophomore Slump soph•o•more slump - Noun a feeling of stuff unprotected between directions and not knowing which path to segregate Download the Compass - Sophomore YearWonkAdvising Handbook Goals of the SophomoreWitsTraditions and Communal Experiences Provide ritual experiences and traditions to mark the whence and end of the sophomore year, and to highlight to sophomores the significance of the sophomore year in their academic, professional, and vocational development. Integrate CORE learning with Majors/Minors Promote curricular pathways that integrate majors and minors with the students’ Core curriculum, and in particular the Signature Learning Experiences of the Real World Learning program. Explore Vocation and Life Purpose To help each student determine his or her unshared path in terms of career goals, life aspirations, and the practical steps (such as engaging in undergraduate research, internships, and study abroad) that will render those objectives achievable.  Sophomore Events: Sophomore Class Opening Dinner The Sophomore YearWitsbegins with the Sophomore Class Opening Dinner, a formal occasion to bring sophomores together as a group, gloat the start of the wonk year, and initiate conversations well-nigh vocation. The Opening Dinner is held every September in the KAV. In the summer each rising sophomore will receive an invitation in the mail. Please squint for the invitation at your home write and send the response vellum promptly. In 2018, 97 percent of student attendees said that the dinner provided a positive "kick-off" to their sophomore year, and 91 percent indicated that the event helped them recognize the importance of the sophomore year for their wonk and personal development. Ninety-four percent of students said that the keynote write and/or after-dinner discussions helped them uncork and/or protract exploring questions of vocation and life purpose. When asked to identify their main goals for the sophomore year, students indicated particular interest in pursuing internships and study upalong opportunities; forging deeper mentoring relationships with sense and staff; deciding on majors, second majors, and minors; improving wonk success; figuring out who they want to be; and getting increasingly involved in clubs/activities both on campus and in the community.Trammelsout what students had to say well-nigh the event:Unconfinedconversation well-nigh life and taking in every single moment.   Thee speaker made me realize that plane though the end goal is important, the journey there is a learning wits that I should embrace.   Wonderful dinner with spanking-new company.   Unconfinedexperience, thank you!   For increasingly information well-nigh the Opening Dinner, please contact Professor Brian Newsome.   Majors & Minors Fair Are you thinking of subtracting a minor, a second major, or perhaps switching majors? Come trammels out all of your opportunities, as well as programming misogynist through Study Abroad, BCA, Career Services,Polityand Civic Engagement, Prestigious Scholarships, the Purposeful Life Work Program, and the Honors Program. For increasingly information, please contact Professor Brian Newsome. Sophomore Retreats  The SYE features an yearly Sophomore Retreat where participants learn increasingly well-nigh themselves, their talents and strengths; what truly matters to them and why it matters; and their own unique sense of purpose. The retreat was held at Cameron Estate, a trappy location just fifteen minutes from campus. After peekaboo the Retreat during her sophomore year, Irene Snyder was inspired to make a difference in the lives of others. A member of the Class of 2017, Irene majored in Mass Communications, minored in Sociology, and served as programming director of ECTV-40. Irene partnered with the Carter Bowman Foundation to create a toy momentum that provided games for child and teen cancer patients. Instead of just toys in general, the momentum included workbench games, “to go” games, and vellum games that children can play with nurses, visitors, friends, and family. The toy momentum was a huge success and was worldly-wise to bring a little bit of fun to those going through a rough time! For increasingly information, please contact the Chaplain's Office. Emergent Scholars Luncheon Selection criteria for Emergent Scholars are as follows: Emergent Scholars have attained at least a 3.75 cumulative grade point stereotype at the end of their first three semesters. Qualified students are full-time students who have not previously attended flipside higher or university for full-time study and have earned at least forty-two credits in three subsequent semesters as a student at ElizabethtownHigheror one of its united programs. The Dean for Curriculum and Honors hosts an yearly springtime luncheon to recognize Emergent Scholars and their invited mentors.  Sophomore Class Dessert Reception The Sophomore YearWitscloses with a Dessert Reception. You'll get to come together as a group once more, this time to gloat the upbringing of the sophomore year and to squint superiority to the junior and senior years. At the end of the evening, each attendee has an opportunity to write words of translating to the college’s rising sophomores. In April 2015, students “signed” their notes with handprints. These creations were displayed on the walls at the Sept. 2015 Sophomore Year Opening Dinner. Since 2016, students have penned their words of wisdom on dozens of sticky notes that are subsequently fashioned into tabletop centerpieces for the Opening Dinner the pursuit fall semester. For increasingly information, please contact Prof. Brian Newsome. Mentoring Programs: Blue Jay Vics - Peer Mentors Blue Jay Vics are seniors who are misogynist to mentor sophomores. Keeping with the Blue Jay theme, when birds fly in a V insemination they take turns leading the flock as the lead bird. The British Royal Air Force flies in the same V insemination and the lead plane, or lead bird, or in our specimen lead Blue Jays are tabbed "Vics". Blue Jay Vics mentor sophomores as they discern a major, a minor, or a concentration in a major, and in selecting from among the five Signature Learning Experiences required for graduation.  If you're interested in studying abroad, for example, then you will be paired with a student who has studied upalong so you can learn increasingly well-nigh it from a student perspective. Reflections from recent mentees: This widow a unconfined sense of belonging, and I appreciated the one on one mentoring with an older student to learn increasingly well-nigh the college. It helped me grow as an individual, which has helped me have a largest overall wits at E-town.  I have learned to utilize the college’s resources increasingly effectively, like Career Services, through my mentor’s help and guidance. I really like that I got to know an upperclassman and their overall wits at E-Town.  I received helpful translating on how to modernize myself for the next two years here.     Purposeful Life Work Network Purposeful Life Work mentors will encourage students to understand the importance of reflection on vocation and purposeful life work for intentional decision-making during their Elizabethtown career and beyond. For increasingly information, please visit Purposeful Life Work webpage. Ready To Join Our Flock?  Campus visits are the weightier way to determine if ElizabethtownHigheris the right “fit” for you. 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