Your Brand on Campus

You’ve made it to college. Congrats! There are so many dreams and ideas wrapped up in college but the hard part is figuring out which parts of those dreams and ideas help shape who you want to become. As you move through time as a college student, ideally, you will discover things about yourself that help guide you to the place of ‘who you want to be.’

Here are some useful steps to start building your “Brand on Campus”

Take Note of Those Around You

While you are on campus, you will be interfacing with faculty, staff, and classmates regularly. All of these groups have the potential to help you understand your goals albeit, personal, academic or professional. The important question becomes: What is the best way to present myself to each of these groups?

Classmates/Peers
Members of this group share a common bond with you in that everyone is working towards a degree. All of you can relate to the struggle of juggling classes, work, family and more. Engage with your peers! Talk to people about your shared experience and get to know people working towards similar goals.

• Join a Campus Club, Organization or Activity
  • Kingsborough has over 50 clubs and organizations on campus. This is the perfect way to meet other people in this group who share the same interest as you!
• Attend Campus Events
  • Job Fairs, Musicals, EcoFest, Blood Drives
• Connect on Social Media and Keep in Touch

The important thing with peers is to be yourself!

Staff
The Staff are here to help you. Be respectful, polite, courteous and patient.  If you are not sure about something, ask us questions.  Staff want to see you succeed and find answers to questions. We appreciate when students engage with us and utilize their time interacting with us positively. This always resonates with us.

Faculty
Again, be respectful, polite, courteous and patient. Faculty want to assist you in enjoying whatever you may be in their classroom to learn. They want to invigorate you with what they have to offer on the subjects they teach.

• Be Professional. While school is not a ‘job’ it is a great practice arena on how to interact with someone who has set expectations for you.
• Communicate Openly. When you communicate readily and openly with faculty they are able to gain a better sense of where you are coming from. This helps if issues arise for any reason.
• Ask for Help. When you don’t understand something, let a faculty member know. After all, you are here to learn and faculty are here to teach.
• Keep in Touch. Maintaining your relationships with faculty goes beyond the academic calendar, these relationships are the spring board to your professional networks.

 

How you choose to conduct yourself will make an impact on everyone around you. It is important to start to think about what kind of interactions you would like others to have with you as this will help shape the choices you make.

 

For more on how to cultivate your own personal brand, please see us in C102!