Student Assistance
What would you like to do?
Explore Majors
- Download the Beginning Your Quest guide (pdf) to help me choose a major or select a career path
- What Can I Do With A Major In...
- Learn more about myself and career opportunities
- Find student organizations matching my interests
- Take entry-level courses to explore majors
- Find a part-time job
- Participate in community service to build my resume
Discover Career Options
- Write a resume
- Find a part-time job
- Talk to professionals in fields I am exploring
- Attend a job fair to learn about career options
- Find leadership opportunities
- Participate in community service to build my resume
- Find out where Urbana University alumni have gone after graduation
Gain Experience & Skills
- Update my resume
- Learn about graduate schools & entrance exams
- Find an internship or field experience
- Learn proper etiquette for networking or dining
- Find leadership opportunities
- Learn about professional organizations
- Attend a job fair to find internship or summer job opportunities
- Learn to write cover letters and thank you letters
Conquer Your Career Goals
- Download the Job Search Toolkit (pdf)
- Refine my interviewing skills
- Download a guide to interviewing (pdf)
- Apply to graduate schools
- Find job titles appropriate for my major
- Find entry-level job postings
- Update my resume
- Attend career fairs to learn about entry-level opportunities
- Find an internship or field experience
- Be prepared for networking receptions and dinners by learning proper etiquette
- Discover professional organizations related to my career interests
- Build my professional network
- Discover what kind of salary to expect
From Our Alumni
"Because of Urbana, I grew into a man. UU nurtured me. I was a first generation collgee student and, even though I was a commuter; professors took me under their wing and gave me a home."
-Bill Bean
Class of ‘71
