BATON ROUGE, La. – Freshmen and transfer LSU student-athletes gathered in the Bo Campbell Auditorium on Tuesday, Sept. 24, to begin thinking about life after sports and away from the competition field.
Blake Winchell, Job Search Manager, from the University's Career Services department gave the student-athletes an assessment before the presentation to help gauge their personality types in the hopes of choosing the best career path for the future and how to get there while in school.
"Researching and thinking about other careers now does not mean giving up on your athletic opportunities, it just makes you a better planner," Winchell said.
Based on a series of questions, the assessment gave each student-athlete their specific personality type and a list of possible careers that matched their answers.
Winchell described the importance of first-year students receiving this message early in their career at LSU to help them take advantage of the academic amenities offered. He also imparted the importance of mixing personality and career paths will being a catalyst to success.
The Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes is a 54,000 square foot facility comprised of an academic affairs, student affairs and an information technology team, serving more than 530 student-athletes. The purpose is to provide an all-inclusive, student-centered support structure for all student-athletes from matriculation, through graduation and life beyond.
