Members of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society chapter at the 这些城市的校园 are writing PTK Posts for their 2021 College Project. College Projects are a way for PTK chapters to engage and give back to their colleges.
The goal of PTK Posts is for 这些城市的校园 PTK members to share student stories and information to help current and prospective BHC students be successful and happy with their college experience.
在这篇文章中, Black Hawk College alumna and former Phi Theta Kappa officer Alexa马奥尼 shares what she wishes she had known when she was a Black Hawk student.
名称: Alexa马奥尼
家乡: Colona,伊利诺斯州
计划: 文科副学士(2019届毕业生)
六氯活动: Phi Theta Kappa, Sigma Kappa Delta, and All-USA Academic Team
I attended Black Hawk College from the fall of 2017 to the spring of 2019. I graduated with my Associate in Arts degree by taking a mixture of both in-person and online classes. 在bbin信誉网站的两年里, 我是Phi Theta Kappa的官员, a member of Sigma Kappa Delta English honor society and a member of the All-USA Academic Team. I 转移red to Northern Illinois University in DeKalb and earned my Bachelor of Arts degree as an English major. 我很享受在这两所大学的时光, but looking back on my four-year undergraduate journey, there are some things I wish I would have known to make my 转移 process and overall college experience smoother.
一:准备转学
当我在bbin信誉网站的时候, I focused on meeting the degree requirements necessary to graduate and did not put much thought into my 转移 school. 我知道我会的 
转移 to a four-year university when I started Black Hawk, but I did not think about streamlining my current education with my future education.
Black Hawk College advisors can help you make sure the classes you are taking meet your 转移 需求，你甚至可以探索 转让指南和协议 Black Hawk has in place with four-year colleges and universities online.
除了更多地利用BHC转移信息, I also wish I had connected with advisors at potential 转移 universities while I was still taking classes at Black Hawk. This would have helped me learn about what course tracks are available, 哪些会转移，哪些不会, 以及每所大学与其他大学相比提供了什么.
二:利用BHC资源
Black Hawk offers many free services to its students to help promote better learning and career opportunities. 在就业服务中心之间, 辅导和三人组, there are a lot of services that target specific needs. Black Hawk also hosts career and college fairs where different vendors and universities come in and make themselves available for questions and resources. 我真希望我对这些交易会更留心一些, where information about options of what to do after Black Hawk was easy to obtain, instead of having to search for all of this information by myself.
三:尽早参与
Although I became an officer for Phi Theta Kappa and a member of Sigma Kappa Delta, I spent my whole first year – which was half of my time at Black Hawk – not involved. 我没有参加过PTK或SGA主办的任何活动, and I didn’t participate in any club meetings or special events. I just focused on showing up, going to class, and going home.
在现实中, I was too scared to get involved my first year at Black Hawk because I didn’t want to overcommit. 在参与了这些组织之后, I realize that these events and organizations put on by students are for the students. Attending one meeting or fun event does not mean that you are committing all of your time to said organization, 而是, it is a great way to connect with new people who may have the same interests as you, as well as a way to feel like part of a school community.
In summary: know what your educational and career goals are, 找到必要的资源来帮助你, 和利用!
Phi Theta Kappa is the largest honor society for two-year college students. bbin信誉网站在每个校区都有PTK分会. The honor society focuses on leadership, fellowship, service and scholarship. 我们的会员每年都领导这个分会, hold meetings and activities to help students build a network with other students, participate together in service opportunities on campus and in the community, 他们在学业上的成功是公认的. PTK为会员提供许多奖学金机会, whether they are 转移ring to another college or joining the workforce after BHC. 有关PTK的更多信息，请访问 www.强.org 或发邮件给我们的四城校园分会顾问 妮可银行.