Our campus is designed to help students grow and develop in their personality, career and character. The institutions of higher learning are designed to help students get more than just education.

If you graduate with just a degree, you will have wasted your time in campus. There is so much on campus and you will be missing out if you don’t take advantage of these opportunities.

Sports
It’s a good way to pass time, work out and get skills of playing a certain game. The beauty of campus sports is the facilities and abundance of time and energy. Universities heavily rely on sports to boost their reputation which in turn leads them into investing heavily in the sporting activities. Therefore, it’s smart to take advantage of these resources while still having fun.

Clubs
One club you can take advantage of is the Park University Model United Nations (AMUN) which provides a wide variety of opportunities. Since I joined the club two weeks ago, AMUN has shaped the way I think and has transformed me to always focus on the big picture. I have known myself better- my strengths and my weaknesses.

It is one of the unique clubs on campus because it develops students to become global leaders and to familiarize themselves with the history of the United Nations, and the changing role the organization plays in international affairs.

Gym
Working out on campus doesn’t cost anything extra and campus gyms are usually equipped with modern machines.

Everyone is given the freedom to use any work out machine plus you have more than eager “personal trainers” in the form of dedicated gym addicts. Campus gyms don’t have many restrictions and you have a lot of time to trim and shape up.  There is no excuse for a student to gain weight in college, not with gyms, the track  and other campus health options available.

Boot camps
Multi-national corporations like Intel, Microsoft and Google have active student programs where they select student ambassadors.

There are many opportunities in these programs during your education and after. The programs include boot camps for interested students to learn about different aspects of their products.

Free tutorials are resources availed to students which can lead to your main job after campus.

It’s not just for computer science majors. Other companies also search for brand ambassadors and this is a good opportunity to interact with managers in senior positions.

For instance this semester, all interested computer science students at Park University and around the U.S. and Canada, will have an opportunity to participate in the “IBM 2014 Master the Mainframe Contest”.  IBM wants students to learn about mainframes in order to consider a career working with them.

Toward that end, they’ll provide prizes and incentives in return for you learning a little bit about what it takes to work with mainframe computers.

As a growing Park student, it’s important to keep your eyes open for opportunities and it’s up to you to make the most of your college experience. The possibilities are endless, just keep looking.