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U.S. executives acknowledge that applicants are often lacking the “soft skills” necessary for the modern American workplace. UC’s Bachelor of Professional Studies in Creative Leadership addresses those skills—and offers 50% off tuition scholarships for NYS residents!

Soft skills like communication, critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration are important in the global workplace, but are hard to find in today’s workforce. SU’s Bachelor of Professional Studies degree in Creative Leadership can be earned part time. Read more about the soft skills gap and consider the benefits of a BPS degree. It’s an affordable and practical option for today’s professional.

• Former Mexican Ambassador to London and current Consul General Diego Gómez Pickering accompanied by Consul Alexia Núñez visited campus on Friday, July 22 to meet with the 20 Mexican English Language Institute students from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) sponsored by the Mexican government’s Proyecta 100K program. The General Consul based in New York City met with Chancellor Kent Syverud, Provost Michele Wheatly, and Dean Bea González. Dr. Rafael Fernández de Castro, from the Maxwell School escorted the delegation and organized a meeting with Maxwell School Dean Van Slyke followed by a working lunch.

Close to 60 executives attended the Blue Courage training session held at Syracuse University on June 8. Officers and law enforcement officials from across Upstate New York, including Secret Service agents, New York State police, and members of the Department of Defense, learned how to address personal challenges associated with their jobs.

            Blue Courage is a leadership development workshop designed for all levels of the law enforcement. The session is designed to address many of the personal challenges officers face such as cynicism, relationships, identity, integrity, health, and stress issues. The program teaches skills for self-improvement, critical thinking, open mindedness, respect and intellectual curiosity. Officers explored their moral compass and discussed how to act in a variety of circumstances that ensures justice and fairness and results in legitimacy and procedural justice.

“As part of Syracuse University’s commitment to our community and beyond, hosting the Blue Courage Executive Overview offered law enforcement leaders from around New York State an opportunity to learn about principle and value-focused training which highlights the emotional and spiritual wellbeing of police officers,” said Tony Callisto, SU’s senior vice president and chief law enforcement officer.

“We intend to continue our relationship with Blue Courage and with the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, in offering the Blue Courage program to our own law enforcement officers within the Department of Public Safety, but also to line and supervisory officers in the various law enforcement agencies around the region,” he said.

Callisto believes that targeted training will help officers in their own emotional and professional growth, which in turn will improve their relationships and interactions with the communities that they protect and serve.

            The program was a partnership between University College, the Department of Public Safety, and the Office of Government and Community Relations.

For more information, contact Andrea Willis at 315-443-5241 or ajgerman@uc.syr.edu.

University College of Syracuse University is hosting 50 Brazil Scientific Mobility Program engineering students from universities across the United States. As participants in the Engineering for Economic Growth program, the students will develop and apply the skills most valued by employers in the key industries driving economic growth in Central New York and in the global market.

            Over the next eight weeks students will actively engage with leaders as they hear presentations, tour facilities, and implement projects with local organizations such as C&S Engineers, Cayuga Milk Ingredients, NUAIR Alliance, Sunoco Ethanol, and Upstate Medical University. Class instruction is focused on developing the skills the 2016 Bloomberg Job Skills Report identified as harder to find and more desired by recruiters in today’s market; skills such as leadership, communications, creative problem solving, project management, and collaboration.

Participation in the program will benefit both employers and students. Employers will have support to complete projects significant to their business and students will gain valuable experience and expertise that will give them a competitive advantage as they begin their careers.

            “While students will leave the program with new sets of skills and experiences, the real goal of the Engineering for Economic Growth program is to give students an understanding of how their role can positively impact growth in their local economy,” says Karen DeJarnette, University College.

            The Brazil Scientific Mobility Program is part of the Brazilian government’s initiative to grant 100,000 scholarships to students from Brazil to study abroad at the world’s best colleges and universities. The program is funded through organizations within the Brazilian Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and Technology and is administered by the Institute of International Education.

            University College is the home of part-time and summer studies at Syracuse University. UC offers both credit and non-credit programs for full-time, part-time, and visiting students. For more information, contact Eileen Jevis at 315-443-3527 or ejevis@uc.syr.edu.

Tatia Campbell was just 21 credits shy of a bachelor’s degree when she lost her job and the tuition-free classes that went with it. Never one to give up, Tatia enrolled as a part-time student in UC’s Bachelor of Professional Studies degree program, and graduated from SU on May 15. As the University College Class Marshal, she proudly carried her school’s banner, and was featured in a Syracuse Post-Standard article.