During the quarantine for COVID-19, here are some on-line resources to help with classes, careers, and mental health.

CAREER DEVELOPMENT: Career and Professional Development is available to help with crafting your resume, getting an internship, looking for a job, or any other career-related issues. For information on scheduling an on-line appointment or accessing resources, click here.

ON-LINE CLASS HELP: The Center for Academic Success has many resources to help you with your on-line classes. Click here for a list.

WRITING: Foley Writing Center offers on-line sessions for all GU students across the curriculum. You can schedule an appointment via https://gonzaga.mywconline.com. Also, you can access the SBA Writing Resource Blackboard page. Instructions are here.

MENTAL HEALTH TOOLKITS: Take care of your mental health as well as your physical health. Student Life has a toolkit to help with things like mindfulness, life balance, sleep, stress, and transitions. You can find resources here.

ACADEMIC TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS SUPPORT
Turnitin support for faculty or students (Gonzaga’s Turnitin support site)
Qualtrics survey support for faculty or students (Gonzaga’s Qualtrics support site)
Foliotek portfolio support for faculty or students (Gonzaga’s Foliotek support site)
atasupport@gonzaga.edu
Click here for more information
509-313-3972

FOLEY LIBRARY
Assistance with research, instruction, reference resources, online chat service
Updated site with student and faculty information during disruption
foley-refdesk@gonzaga.edu
Click here for more information
509-313-5931

Dr. Mary Heitkemper, the Career and Professional Development liaison to the School of Business Administration, is available to provide career development support for you over the phone, via e-mail exchange or through a virtual Zoom meeting.  You can request an appointment through Handshake at https://gonzaga.joinhandshake.com/login or by calling CPD at 509-313-4234. 

Even though most of CPD’s in-person programs and services have been postponed or cancelled, CPD would like to remind you of a few things you can do right now to keep your career goals moving forward: 

• Set up a one-on-one appointment with a CPD team member via Handshake to discuss your career goals. 
• Search job and internship opportunities in Handshake. 
• Log in to CareerShift to research employers, peruse job & internship opportunities, and identify contacts within specific organizations. 
• Practice interviewing through InterviewStream. 
• Write or update your resume. 
• Write or update your job search correspondence (cover letters). 
• Create a ZagsConnect account to start networking with other Zags. 
• Explore career options by visiting the “What Can I Do With This Major” website.
• Create or enhance your professional profile on LinkedIn.   

In addition, you will find a variety of online resources to support you 24/7 as you work with CPD remotely.  These resources can be found at: 

https://my.gonzaga.edu/student-life/career-services/career-planning-tools-resources/downloadable-documents.

https://my.gonzaga.edu/student-life/career-services/career-planning-tools-resources/online-resources

The School of Business offers on-line resources for writing via Blackboard. To enroll in the Blackboard course:

• Begin by signing into Blackboard (learn.gonzaga.edu) and searching for the course “School of Business Student Resources” or by clicking here
• If you are not already enrolled, you will likely get the following warning message: “User is not enrolled in course.”
• To enroll, click on “Click here to enroll” and on the next screen, click on “enroll.” Click “select” on the next screen.
• Click OK to proceed to the course after you have self-enrolled.

Gonzaga’s School of Business offers one-credit weekend classes to all students each semester. These classes can often serve as general electives in a student’s pursuit of a degree. Registration is open to ALL MAJORS.

TO REGISTER, CALL THE REGISTRAR’S OFFICE AT 313-6592. REGISTRATION IS NOT AVAILABLE ON ZAGWEB.

BUSN 255 CRN: 25157 Effective Negotiations
April 17-19
Leadership today requires a skillset of flexibility in the face of change, resourcefulness in our unique roles and industries and the ability to be agile as a leader in negotiation. Negotiation in leadership requires a foundation of trust and an understanding of multiple perspectives to successfully navigate a variety of challenges. In this course, you will learn to build trust in preparation for negotiation, understand the dynamic nature of business relationships and approach each negotiation with a plan for maximizing the negotiation and long-term relationship. Negotiation is an essential tool in the skillset of leaders at any level, in any industry as we strive for excellence in our business relationships.

HOW ON-LINE WILL WORK: The Effective Negotiations course will kick off at 6 pm Friday evening for lecture and class exercise.  Recorded Zoom sessions will take the student through Saturday’s work at his or her own pace with written response exercises including class Discussion Board.  Sunday will kick off at 9 am live with a Zoom online session class exercise, recorded Zoom sessions will take the student through Sunday’s work at her or her own pace and a wrap-up session exercise at 3:00 pm on Sunday.

Greg Husted, Organizational Development Manager, Kootenai Health

BUSN 269 CRN: 25153 The Expert Within
April 24-26
What does it take to be an Expert? If you are just starting out in your working life or career, it might seem impossible to imagine. But YOU could be an expert if you have the right tools and understand how to use them. In this course, we’ll examine an idea from nature that the most complex system – an expert system – is really a simple matter of applying just four very basic rules. If you master these four rules, applying them over-and-over again, you can become an expert in any subject. This course will involve readings, on-line research, collaboration, writing, and a short subject matter presentation.
Robert Ruder, IDIC Designs

HOW ON-LINE WILL WORK: Class will be available in synchronous and asynchronous format. We’ll follow a 3-day format for our class: Friday 4pm-8pm, Saturday 10am-6pm, and Sunday 10am-3pm. Our class time will be a mix of on-line zoom sessions with the instructor, peer-to-peer Zoom break-out rooms, and on-line/off-line time to complete course digital content and assignments. The format will allow for Instructor lecture, Instructor-Student Q&A, as well as Peer Group dialogue and review. A details schedule and pre-class preparation will be provided approximately 3 days before the class to get us off to a great start on Friday night.
Course Modules will be:

1. Why we don’t listen to Experts anymore.
2. Understanding the DSRP Model for Expert Development
3. How Elon Musk became the Expert of Electric Cars…and Rockets, and Satellites…
4. Finding the Reasons Why YOU Should be an Expert
5. Your Continuing Growth as an Expert

BUSN 270 CRN: 25154 Rhetoric, Influence, and Power
April 24-26
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to concepts involving power and influence in organizations. By the end of the course, students should have a basic proficiency in recognizing how they are being influenced from the outside, as well as providing tools to be more intentional in their own use of influence. Starting with an introduction to general power theory, the course will provide a basic understanding of what power is and how it is obtained. The course will then proceed to analyze different tactics of influence and how they relate to power itself. Students then examine three forms of rhetoric, and how they can be applied to influence others. Finally, the course will explore ethics in relation to the use power and influence.
Tom Buck, Infrastructure Architect, Gonzaga University

BUSN 268 CRN: 25179 Personal Financial Planning
April 24-26
Introduction to the fundamental principles of comprehensive personal financial planning. Class will include an analysis and evaluation of financial strategies, current topics in wealth management, and career options for financial planning.
Steve Larsen, President, Columbia Advisory Partners

HOW ON-LINE WILL WORK: Class will begin at 5 p.m. Friday, April 24 with a live Zoom session that will last approximately 1 hour. Live Zoom sessions will also take place Saturday from 9am -11am and 1pm -3pm. The remainder of class instruction will take place on recorded video and will include exercises that are due by the end of the day Sunday.

In light of the COVID-19 on-line nature of our courses, rather than listing “office hours,” this blog provides information on getting in touch with your instructors and advisors.

To register for an internship, please see this blog. Internship credit is not awarded retroactively. Students must be registered for internship credits BEFORE internship hours are started. In other words, students cannot apply for credit for an internship that is already completed. All internships must receive prior approval to count toward academic credit.

Internship assignments and deadlines are described on the Canvas page that accompanies the student’s registration in the Internship “class.” The descriptions below are meant to provide students considering an internship with information on what is expected.

Generally, to complete the internship, a student must complete the following assignments:

1. Short description with picture, intern’s name, logo of organization at which internship was completed, job title at the organization, major and concentration, and expected graduation date. This description might be broadcast on the screens in the Jepson Lobby.

2. Longer description of less than 400 words for publication on website. Description will answer the following questions.

Who am I?
Where did I intern?
What did I do?
How did my GU business education prepare me for success?
How did having an internship set me up for future success?

3. Final project. There are two choices for the final project. Only one is required. The first is to make a poster presentation to fellow students and faculty in the SBA. The second choice is to write a paper on the experiential learning outcomes outlined by the student at the beginning of the internship. The paper requires three pages for each credit earned. Parameters and instructions are in the Canvas class.

4. Self-evaluation by intern will be emailed to intern at end of the internship.

5. Supervisor’s evaluation of intern will be emailed to supervisor at end of the internship.

Considering an internship? For an undergraduate business student, an internship can count toward the three required experiential credits in a business concentration. An internship is an experience that allows a student to apply academic knowledge and skills – while learning new knowledge and skills – within a professional work environment.
 
Here are a few reminders about internships for credit and two options for registration.
 
Reminders:
 
1. To receive academic internship for an internship, a student must be of junior or senior standing (60 or more credits) and have a 3.0 cumulative GPA. There is an option for sophomores to receive credit for internships, but it is limited to one credit.
2. A student can receive up to three academic credits for an internship. For each credit, the student must work 60 hours. To receive three credits, the student must work 180 hours. (Again, sophomores can only earn one credit.)
3. Internship credit is not awarded retroactively. Students must receive approval for internship credits BEFORE internship hours are started. In other words, students cannot apply for credit for an internship that is already completed. All internships must receive prior approval to count toward academic credit.
4. Only three internship credits can count toward a student’s degree. A student can take as many zero-credit internships as desired, but only three credits can count toward the student’s degree.

Getting registered:

1. Download and complete the School of Business Administration Learning Agreement and Internship Registration form.  Note:  Read the requirements before signing. If you are a graduate student (MBA, MTAX, MAcc), reach out to your advisor for the form.
2. Make an appointment with Vicki Hucke in Career and Professional Development by logging into ZagsIgnite and booking an appointment. Students are NOT registered until Vicki Hucke reviews and signs the forms.

Am I doing this for credit or a waiver of a requirement?

Option 1: Student registers for credits and pays tuition (in summer semester) or counts credits toward 18 credits (in fall and spring semesters). Number of credits is based on number of hours worked. Each credit requires 60 hours of work. Student completes all internship requirements as outlined above.
 
Option 2: Student registers for zero-credit internship and does not pay tuition or fees. Student completes all internship requirements as outlined above. This option allows for SBA experiential requirement to be waived but no credits are awarded. Each waived experiential credit requires 60 hours of work. To have experiential requirement fully waived requires 180 hours of work.

Students using either option must still meet all degree requirements and reach 128 credits to graduate. Option 2 is a common summer strategy for fulfilling the experiential requirement without paying summer tuition.

Requirements for completing the internship

Internship assignments and deadlines are described on the Canvas page that accompanies the student’s registration in the Internship “class.” The descriptions below are meant to provide students considering an internship with information on what is expected.

Generally, to complete the internship, a student must complete the following assignments:

1. Short description with picture, intern’s name, logo of organization at which internship was completed, job title at the organization, major and concentration, and expected graduation date. This description might be broadcast on the screens in the Jepson Lobby.

2. Longer description of less than 400 words for publication on website. Description will answer the following questions.

Who am I?
Where did I intern?
What did I do?
How did my GU business education prepare me for success?
How did having an internship set me up for future success?

3. Final project. There are two choices for the final project. Only one is required. The first is to make a poster presentation to fellow students and faculty in the SBA. The second choice is to write a paper on the experiential learning outcomes outlined by the student at the beginning of the internship. The paper requires three pages for each credit earned. Parameters and instructions are in the Canvas class.

4. Self-evaluation by intern will be emailed to intern at end of the internship.

5. Supervisor’s evaluation of intern will be emailed to supervisor at end of the internship.

Gonzaga’s School of Business offers one-credit weekend classes to all students each semester. These classes can often serve as general electives in a student’s pursuit of a degree. Registration is open to ALL MAJORS. The classes are listed on Zagweb.

BUSN.252.01 24693 Career Formation
JEPSON 113
Feb. 21, Friday, 4-10 p.m.
Feb. 22, Saturday, 9 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Brittany Leland, Associate Director, Career Education & Experiential Engagement in Career and Professional Development at Gonzaga.
What is the process for determining what you want to do with your life? Whether it is choosing a major or starting a career, students often struggle with narrowing down options and identifying what career paths might be good options for them. This course is designed to help students who are undecided about their major or career walk through the process of self-reflection and research. Students who complete this course will have a better understanding of the process and factors involved in making a career decision. Time will also be spent on understanding and utilizing tools that can be helpful in this process, such as LinkedIn, job search sites, and Gonzaga-specific resources.

BUSN.253.01 24694 Career Activation
April 3-4
This course is designed to help students understand and succeed in the job/internship search process and beyond! From finding job postings and tailoring resumes and cover letters, to interviewing both in-person and online, to negotiating that offer and succeeding in the workplace, students will learn how to prepare for a successful transition from college to career. Students will leave this course ready to continue their job search with tangible skills and resources that will help them stand out amongst other applicants and shine in their first professional positions.

Brittany Leland, Associate Director, Career Education & Experiential Engagement in Career and Professional Development at Gonzaga.

HOW ON-LINE WILL WORK: All class materials will be available on Friday, April 3 at 4 pm. You can work at your own pace and submit all assignments by the deadline of Friday, April 18 at 11:59 pm.

BUSN.254.01 24692 Image & Reputation Management
JEPSON 120
Feb. 22, Saturday, 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Feb. 23, Sunday, 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Vigil,S A
Whether it’s personal or professional, everyone has an image. You have a self-image and others have an image of you. Over time, you develop a reputation. What does your image say about you? Whether through social media, personal interaction, or word of mouth, your image and reputation can determine whether you prosper. This course is designed to support you in your endeavors to build, maintain, and even repair your personal and professional image and reputation.

BUSN.255.01 24691 Effective Negotiations
JEPSON 120
Feb. 8, Saturday, 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Feb. 9, Sunday, 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Bryan Blair, Sports Agent, Sports Consulting Northwest
This course aims to develop the learners leadership competencies, influence outcomes and achieve greater success moving forward. Negotiation and Conflict Resolution are two subjects you will be dealing with forever, it doesn’t matter which industry or walk of life you pursue. Your salary, problems in the workplace, selling goods for an employer, your kids bed time, there are an infinite number of ways you will utilize these skills.
The class material is drawn heavily from the Harvard Negotiation Project. The learner will develop these skills through real life examples and targeted role play. The learner will also explore the basics of conflict resolution that go hand in hand with negotiation.

BUSN.267.01 24695 Leadership
JEPSON 124
April 18, Saturday, 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
April 19, Sunday, 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Gena Hoxha, Clinical Experience Coordinator at Gonzaga University School of Nursing and Human Physiology
Business leaders influence followers to use their skills and abilities to help achieve an organization’s mission. This course provides a case study of the art and science of leadership.

BUSN 268 CRN: 24883 Personal Financial Planning
April 17-18
Introduction to the fundamental principles of comprehensive personal financial planning. Class will include an analysis and evaluation of financial strategies, current topics in wealth management, and career options for financial planning.
Steve Larsen, President, Columbia Advisory Partners

HOW ON-LINE WILL WORK: Class will begin at 5 p.m. Friday, April 17 with a live Zoom session that will last approximately 1 hour. Live Zoom sessions will also take place Saturday from 9am -11am and 1pm -3pm. The remainder of class instruction will take place on recorded video and will include exercises that are due by the end of the day Sunday.

BUSN 269 CRN: 25156 Economics of the Side Hustle
April 3-5
Do you have a business idea, a charitable organization, or a hobby that you would like to turn into a business? All businesses or non-profit organizations do not have to start out as well capitalized entities where the founder devotes their entire life and stakes their fortunes on the pursuit of a business or a charitable organization. You can start small and develop over time, or keep the organization small through the use of a side hustle project. This class will cover the economics of the side hustle project by having you select and refine your own side hustle, determine the basic cost and financing of your business idea or organization, review different pricing strategies, and help determine a strategy to launch and maintain the project.
John Lyons, Senior Resource Policy Analyst, Avista

HOW ON-LINE WILL WORK: This class will start at 9 a.m. Saturday morning on Zoom. We will be working off-line and on-line until 5 p.m. on Saturday. We will start again on Sunday morning at 9 a.m. with more on-and-off line activities until Sunday at 5 p.m. Class materials will be available on Blackboard before the class starts on Saturday. You will have time during the class to work on your side hustle project and ask questions. The final project will be due by April 12.