Co-Curricular InvolvementRebekah Karth Chojnacki

Academic Advisor, Honors BA UTA ‘11 and MA UTA ’13March 23, 2016

Leadership Honors Program

Academics and InvolvementYou can be involved and have a high GPA!Making both a priority takes balance and

time management skills.You won’t be able to do everything, but you

can get the most out of everything that you do.

What Can You Get From College?

What Can You Get from College?KnowledgeReferencesJob skills/trainingLearning your strengths/weaknessesFriendsHobbies

Who Inspires You?

Why Do You Want to Do It?What will you gain from this experience?Is this something that will help you

Academically?Professionally?Socially?

When Are You Going to Do It?Plan out what you want to do during the time

you have left.What are your priorities?What does your class schedule look like each

semester?Are there things that you absolutely want to

do vs. things that would be nice to do?

Where are You Going?What’s your next step?Graduate school?

GPA should be a high priorityReferencesResearch experiences

Professional life?ReferencesInternshipJob/people skills

Give back—mentor others!UTA HOSTS!Peer leader positionsTutoringLeading organizations as an officer

How Do I Make It Work?

Junior Year Fall 2009Apartment and Residence Life

Hall Council at Kalpana Chawla Hall Vice President

Honors CollegeHonors College Council

Student Governance and OrganizationsPublic Relations Student Society of America

TreasurerStudent Congress

Liberal Arts SenatorUniversity Classics ClubUniversity Martial Arts AssociationUTA HOSTS!

Mentee

Junior Year Spring 2010 Apartment and Residence Life

Hall Council at Kalpana Chawla Hall President

Honors College Honors College Council

Honor Societies Eta Sigma Phi

Student Governance and Organizations Association for Women in Communication Liberal Arts Constituency Council

President Public Relations Student Society of America

Treasurer Student Congress

Co-Chair Community Affairs Committee Liberal Arts Senator

University Classics Club University Martial Arts Association UTA HOSTS!

Mentee

Junior Year Summer 2010Apartment and Residence Life

Residence Hall Association President

Honors CollegeUndergraduate Research Assistant

Student Governance and OrganizationsPublic Relations Student Society of America

TreasurerStudent Publications

The Shorthorn Reporter

Senior Year Fall 2010 Apartment and Residence Life

Residence Hall Association President

Honors College Honors College Council

Honor Societies Eta Sigma Phi Omicron Delta Kappa Phi Kappa Phi

Student Governance and Organizations Association for Women in Communication Liberal Arts Constituency Council

President Public Relations Student Society of America

Treasurer Student Congress

Co-Chair Community Affairs Committee Liberal Arts Senator

University Classics Club University Martial Arts Association UTA HOSTS!

Mentor 

Senior Year Spring 2011 Apartment and Residence Life

Residence Hall Association President

Honors College Honors College Council

Honor Societies Eta Sigma Phi Omicron Delta Kappa Phi Kappa Phi

Student Governance and Organizations Association for Women in Communication Liberal Arts Constituency Council

President Public Relations Student Society of America

Treasurer Student Congress

Chair Community Affairs Committee Liberal Arts Senator

University Classics Club University Martial Arts Association UTA HOSTS! Mentor

Senior Year Summer 2011Apartment and Residence Life

Conference Assistant, Lipscomb Hall 

Graduate Year 1 Fall 2011 Department of Communication

Graduate Research Assistant Honors College

Honors College Advocate Honor Societies

Eta Sigma Phi President

Omicron Delta Kappa Phi Kappa Phi

Student Governance and Organizations Graduate Student Senate

Public Relations Director Lutheran Student Center

Graduate Student Intern University Classics Club

President University Martial Arts Association UTA HOSTS!

Mentor

Graduate Year 1 Spring 2012 Department of Communication

Graduate Research Assistant Honors College

Honors College Advocate Honor Societies

Eta Sigma Phi President

Omicron Delta Kappa Phi Kappa Phi

Student Governance and Organizations Graduate Student Senate

Vice President Lutheran Student Center

Graduate Student Intern University Classics Club

President University Martial Arts Association UTA HOSTS!

Mentor

Graduate Year 1 Summer 2012Apartment and Residence Life

Office Assistant, Arlington HallStudent Governance and

OrganizationsGraduate Student Senate

Vice PresidentLutheran Student Center

Graduate Student InternUniversity Events

Graduate Advisor

Graduate Year 2 Fall 2012 Honors College

Honors College Advocate Honor Societies

Delta Alpha Pi Eta Sigma Phi

President Omicron Delta Kappa

Graduate Advisor Phi Kappa Phi

Student Governance and Organizations Graduate Student Senate

Vice President Lutheran Student Center

Graduate Student Intern University Classics Club

President University Martial Arts Association UTA HOSTS!

Mentor University Events

Graduate Advisor

Graduate Year 2 Spring 2013 Honors College

Honors College Advocate Honor Societies

Delta Alpha Pi Eta Sigma Phi

President Omicron Delta Kappa

Graduate Advisor Phi Kappa Phi

The Leadership Center Teaching Assistant (EDAD 4390)

Student Governance and Organizations Graduate Student Senate

Vice President Lutheran Student Center

Graduate Student Intern University Classics Club

President University Martial Arts Association UTA HOSTS!

Mentor University Events

Graduate Advisor

Be open to new experiences

Be a Leader! What impact can you make on the UTA

campus?What can you do to help another student?