The Windy Path

The Windy Path

Draw the Windy Path that represents your four years in college. What campus programs,

resources and opportunities will be available to you as you move through your Freshman,

Sophomore, Junior and Senior years? Which of these will further your personal, professional or

vocational goals? Which will help prepare you to live a happy life? Which do you want to

participate in for other reasons? Draw them out along your Windy Path.

Are there other accomplishments you’d like

to make during your time here at NDNU?

Draw those along your Windy Path as well.

As you consider what to include in your

Path, ask a variety of members of the

NDNU campus community what they think.

Ask a respected coach or professor… ask a

mentor, a librarian, a staff member with

whom you developed a connection, a

student who has been on campus longer than

you. Ask the director of a graduate program

you’re interested in, or a person whose job

or career you think might suit you.

Think big. Be creative. Remember that the

line of your Path is just a way to help you

focus… to help you begin to organize your

thoughts. Feel free to build some flexibility

into it… after all, at the end of the day it’s

really up for debate: are you following the

line, or is the line following you?

Here are some things you might include in your Windy Path, but don’t be limited by these!

* Alternative Spring Break

* Bonner program

* Campus employment with the Center for Spirituality

* Campus employment with the Dorothy Stang Center or other office

* Community Engagement courses

* Capstone course

* Founders’ Week (help with preparations)

* Internships

* Model Arab League

* Musical, Dance or Theater performance group

* O-Team

* RA

* Student club leadership

* Student Mentor for Freshman Seminar

* Study Abroad

* Teaching Assistant for a professor

* Summer employment back at home