WAVE-MAKER SUCCESS FRAMEWORK A framework for achieving college, career, and life dreams
Discovering Inner Forces
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Strengthening Competencies
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Navigating College Life
This Wave-Maker Success Framework is meant to open a pipeline for student success in college, career, and life by making explicit the supporting intentions, actions, and resources in ways that are authentic to Wave-Makers’ sense of self and community.
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WAVE-MAKER SUCCESS FRAMEWORK A framework for achieving college, career, and life dreams
Discovering Inner Forces Identity
Purpose
Agency
Who am I? Who do I want to be?
What am I passionate about? What do I want my contribution to the world to be?
How do I make intentional choices to shape my life path?
Strengthening Competencies Achievement
Interpersonal
Cognitive
For realizing goals
For productive and supportive relationships
For independent thinking and application of knowledge
• Adaptability • Growth Mindset • Planning and Prioritization • Resilience • Responsibility • Self-Efficacy
• Collaboration • Communication • Interdependence • Leadership • Networking • Self-Awareness
• Creativity • Critical Thinking • Curiosity • Decision-Making • Intellectual Humility • Judgement
Navigating College Life Career
• Mapping a path to timely graduation • Navigating the rigor and demand of college level courses • Studying, class participation, projects, exams, etc. • Deciding on a major
• Exploring career options • Professional networking • Pursuing internships, jobs, and graduate school • Preparing for applications – resume, interviewing, etc.
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Academics
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Scholarships and Finances
• Creating a college budget • Managing scholarships and loans • Managing day-to-day scholarship payments
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Wellness • Establishing practices and routines that support balance, bring joy, and facilitate physical and emotional health
Community and Connection • Developing a “home away from home” • Building new relationships • Getting connected on campus • Navigating relationships and life happenings with friends, family, coaches, professors, mentors, etc.
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