WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.700 align:middle line:84% MISTY BURRUEL: The entire academic and career community 00:00:02.700 --> 00:00:07.868 align:middle line:84% structure has been an important change for ÐÔÊÓ½ç. 00:00:07.868 --> 00:00:09.910 align:middle line:84% GARRETT KENEHAN: An academic and career community 00:00:09.910 --> 00:00:11.770 align:middle line:84% is really a collection of students 00:00:11.770 --> 00:00:15.770 align:middle line:84% that all share a common area of interest. 00:00:15.770 --> 00:00:19.600 align:middle line:84% So the programs within relate to each other somehow. 00:00:19.600 --> 00:00:22.060 align:middle line:84% JEFF LAGUNA: ACCs are kind of like freeways. 00:00:22.060 --> 00:00:24.310 align:middle line:84% You have a lot of people moving in the same direction 00:00:24.310 --> 00:00:25.720 align:middle line:90% all going to different places. 00:00:25.720 --> 00:00:26.980 align:middle line:84% But they're all still have that one 00:00:26.980 --> 00:00:28.420 align:middle line:84% thing in common, that they're going East 00:00:28.420 --> 00:00:29.380 align:middle line:90% or they're going West. 00:00:29.380 --> 00:00:31.390 align:middle line:84% And what the ACC does is it helps students 00:00:31.390 --> 00:00:33.940 align:middle line:84% pick the right freeway so that they're 00:00:33.940 --> 00:00:35.320 align:middle line:90% moving in the right direction. 00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:37.570 align:middle line:84% While the students are all kind of making progress 00:00:37.570 --> 00:00:40.270 align:middle line:84% towards a direction in this case, a career, 00:00:40.270 --> 00:00:43.300 align:middle line:84% they have the opportunity to explore and what various exits 00:00:43.300 --> 00:00:45.790 align:middle line:84% or programs are on that pathway and choose 00:00:45.790 --> 00:00:46.840 align:middle line:90% the best one for them. 00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:48.965 align:middle line:84% VANESSA GONZALES: I was originally a nursing major. 00:00:48.965 --> 00:00:52.160 align:middle line:84% I realized that maybe nursing wasn't necessarily for me, 00:00:52.160 --> 00:00:53.740 align:middle line:84% but I did love the health care field. 00:00:53.740 --> 00:00:55.630 align:middle line:90% So I discovered public health. 00:00:55.630 --> 00:00:58.450 align:middle line:84% The transition wasn't that hard just because I was already 00:00:58.450 --> 00:00:59.068 align:middle line:90% in that path. 00:00:59.068 --> 00:01:00.610 align:middle line:84% YOLANDA FRIDAY: We find that students 00:01:00.610 --> 00:01:03.970 align:middle line:84% who are in sort of like a community or cohort model 00:01:03.970 --> 00:01:06.690 align:middle line:84% tend to be more successful as they're going along 00:01:06.690 --> 00:01:07.815 align:middle line:90% in their academic journeys. 00:01:07.815 --> 00:01:09.190 align:middle line:84% NICK CHARLAND: The community here 00:01:09.190 --> 00:01:11.320 align:middle line:84% is what's going to help you develop your own love. 00:01:11.320 --> 00:01:12.700 align:middle line:90% I learned so much from my peers. 00:01:12.700 --> 00:01:14.410 align:middle line:84% I learned so much from the people 00:01:14.410 --> 00:01:17.290 align:middle line:84% who thought like me from people who also were last 00:01:17.290 --> 00:01:17.862 align:middle line:90% at one point. 00:01:17.862 --> 00:01:20.320 align:middle line:84% ASH TANDOC: I wouldn't have been able to pursue my passions 00:01:20.320 --> 00:01:23.980 align:middle line:84% otherwise without their feedback and their understanding 00:01:23.980 --> 00:01:25.790 align:middle line:90% and sympathy. 00:01:25.790 --> 00:01:28.040 align:middle line:84% The workforce is changing, and it's actually 00:01:28.040 --> 00:01:31.610 align:middle line:84% a highly valued skill set to be able to work in collaboration 00:01:31.610 --> 00:01:32.450 align:middle line:90% with one another. 00:01:32.450 --> 00:01:33.680 align:middle line:84% ISATU N'DIAYE: Once we enter the work field, 00:01:33.680 --> 00:01:35.940 align:middle line:84% we will likely be working alongside each other. 00:01:35.940 --> 00:01:37.850 align:middle line:84% And while we're setting right now, 00:01:37.850 --> 00:01:39.350 align:middle line:84% we're able to learn from each other. 00:01:39.350 --> 00:01:41.142 align:middle line:84% CHRIS PRICE: Being able to work with people 00:01:41.142 --> 00:01:43.670 align:middle line:84% that are giving different perspectives even though we 00:01:43.670 --> 00:01:46.400 align:middle line:84% have the similar education is very important. 00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:48.290 align:middle line:84% GARRETT KENEHAN: The goal is to have 00:01:48.290 --> 00:01:51.350 align:middle line:84% all of these separate entities work on the strengths 00:01:51.350 --> 00:01:53.210 align:middle line:84% that they have between them to create 00:01:53.210 --> 00:01:55.825 align:middle line:84% something that is really better than the sum of the parts. 00:01:55.825 --> 00:01:57.200 align:middle line:84% MISTY BURRUEL: So now that you've 00:01:57.200 --> 00:01:59.840 align:middle line:84% been introduced to our academic and career communities, 00:01:59.840 --> 00:02:02.960 align:middle line:84% we invite you to spend a little more time exploring 00:02:02.960 --> 00:02:08.140 align:middle line:84% the community and identify those best align with your interests. 00:02:08.140 --> 00:02:13.000 align:middle line:90%