My favorite workshop that I attended was the Impression Management workshop, hosted by the Starr center. It was led by a man that works there, and he showed us a powerpoint, in which he discussed how to give off a good impression in the classroom and to potential employers. I thought that the workshop was my favorite one because he seemed to have genuine interest in the topic — he was very engaging, and the workshop was a lot more interactive than the other ones I have attended. He asked us questions about how we think giving off a good impression would affect us in our chosen career paths, and what our impressions in the classroom give off to the professor; what showing up late makes the professor think about us as people, and what it means to give off a misguided first impression. I was surprised by how much giving off a good impression is important, and how things we don’t even realize we’re doing can affect us and become the difference between passing or failing.
I thought this workshop was very interesting, and will recommend it to any future freshmen.