Programming
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Weekly Insights is hosted by the Program Coordinator once every week in the evening. This is a weekly meeting where the Program Coordinator spends the first 15 minutes going over any announcements needed for that week. Then the remaining time will be spent on an activity focused on building a sense of community and teamwork.
Thinking Thursdays are hosted by the Academic Coordinator and Director of Academic Initiatives from IMCC once a week during the fall semester. Thinking Thursdays will give students a chance to continue discussions and case studies from the Impact class in a setting outside of class. It will also provide returning students with the opportunity to be in a peer mentor role by helping those in the class.
The speaker series is hosted by the Academic Coordinator and Director of Academic Initiatives from IMCC once every 1-2 weeks during the spring semester. Impact brings in guest speakers from across different data analytic fields to share their experience within data analytics.
The IMCC will plan social events for Impact members throughout the semester with the guidance of the program coordinator. One of these events may include the end of fall semester event, Hot Ones challenge, etc..
The IMCC will plan the workshops for Impact throughout the semester with the guidance of the program coordinator. Workshops will be held throughout the year. Workshops will focus on professional development (i.e. resume-writing, LinkedIn, etc.) and data analytic tools (i.e. Excel, Tableau, R, etc.).
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