“More engaging. More intuitive. More supportive.” That, in a nutshell, is how Karen Stevenson describes the newly revamped MyYU student portal. “For me, it was all about asking ourselves, ‘What support elements are students lacking, and what can we bring to the forefront to help them?’” said Stevenson, Yorkville University’s Director of Learning Experience Design, about the newly unveiled …
Yorkville University’s Career Services team recently launched a brand-new job board aimed at connecting students with work opportunities in their fields of study. “Despite the chaotic world we’re living in, full of uncertainty and changes day-by-day, hour-by-hour, there are still lots of jobs out there,” said Linda Folster, Yorkville’s Director of Career Services. “And people are getting jobs …
Yorkville University has a new Student Life Coordinator – and in just one month on the job, Ali Noor has already slithered, striked and shimmied his way to kingpin status amongst his on-campus charges. Since assuming his new role on Sept. 3, Noor has taken up the task of rejuvenating all non-academic facets of …
Networking opportunities. Professional development. Career guidance. Those are just a few of the perks to student membership at the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA), as listed by Alissa Vincenti – Yorkville University’s designated student representative for the national association of professionally trained counsellors. “Being a CCPA member gives students the opportunity to network with …
You hand in your last paper, sit your last exam, and then glance over your schedule – clear for the first time in years – and wonder ‘Well, now what?’. For many graduates, the leap from education to your first or next step in the working world can feel dizzying. Sometimes family and friends don’t …
Yorkville University will once again honour Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation by providing its faculty and staff with a day of reflection. “I would like to reinforce Yorkville University’s commitment to Indigenization and creating meaningful opportunities for Truth and Reconciliation between Indigenous communities and settler peoples,” said Yorkville University President, Dr. Julia Christensen Hughes. “As …