It is vacation time from classes at Fapuga, but the first semester of 2023 was full of activities. We covered all the most notable activities here on the blog, but if you haven’t seen everything, this roundup is meant to highlight and celebrate a very successful first semester.
In March, the lecture series began, bringing in various professionals with significant market experience, who came to help broaden perspectives on the possibilities students have ahead of them.
Fapuga’s lecture series
The talk that opened this lecture series addressed QR Code technology, and how creativity combined with technological possibilities can lead to great disruptions. Businessman Wagner Marcelo used the QR Code in this meeting as an example, but mainly talked about creativity and what a great tool it is, even when you have no financial resources to invest in an idea.
Next, the representative of the Regional Council of São Paulo (CRA SP) Luciano Baldarena came to talk about the importance of professionals trained in Business Administration having their professional registration. And, even before finishing the program, he talked about the student card, which gives access to events the CRA promotes, internship opportunities and a greater connection for networking.
University professor Claudio Scheidt Guimarães was the one who set the tone in the third lecture of this series. A business management instructor, Claudio brought valuable information about certifications in companies, their importance in the current scenario and how this relates to new technologies and companies’ social and environmental responsibility.
Fapuga’s general coordinator, Gladis Linhares, also took an active part in the conversations during this period, in a chat about the institution, covering pedagogical projects, actions aimed at students’ employability, and the NAP (Psychopedagogical Support Center).
On that occasion, Gladis commented on this integration with the students: “We managed to make everyone feel more welcome and familiar with the spaces offered. They even really liked knowing that we work with technology all the time and that we care about employability from the start.”
And, besides the lectures we covered earlier here on the blog, psychologist Dr. Myrt Tânia was present and spoke about soft skills, more precisely about how to use these skills in the workplace.
Eduardo Ferreira Blatt brought his authority on the textile industry to speak on the subject with great expertise. This lecture addressed something that is not under common view and knowledge, even though it is part of everyone’s reality. Having an understanding of subjects like this deepens one’s outlook and makes students truly immerse themselves in what is relevant to their professional future, whether directly or as knowledge that shapes their own perspective on reality.
And that’s only the lecture series so far, but events like these really bring important perspectives that students might not come across outside the college environment. It makes it easier to set goals when students have access to what they can achieve through their education.
Many other projects under development
The Psychopedagogical Support Center, mentioned earlier, also began to be implemented in this first semester of 2023, in an effort for Fapuga to get even closer to students’ needs, through the professional perspective on the subject, doing active-listening work that is reflected in increasingly effective action plans.
Another project that started in the first half of the year is the Fapuga Podcast. With two episodes and still many conversations ahead, our podcast has been a space to talk about the undergraduate experience combined with the job market. After all, one of Fapuga’s missions is to contribute to students’ employability.
So, the podcast is a project that shines a light directly on that. In it, instructors and students talk openly about their perspectives on each proposed subject. The first episode covered college combined with market practice, while the second episode covered the search for career growth.
While these conversations are beneficial for students, they are a way for the college to communicate with the community, leaving the topics open to anyone who wants to access them.
And speaking of community access, 8 free extension courses have already been made available this year. They are content focused on the Business Administration and Hospital Management fields, and allow certificates to be issued based on studies through video lessons, supporting text materials, case studies and reinforcement activities. There are also articles here on the blog if you want to see more details about each of these courses.
Fapuga has no class days on Fridays, but this first semester there was even study on a Saturday, when Prof. Dr. Bruno Gomes led a workshop on how to write a good résumé, a skill that is often crucial. It was a moment closer to the students, to actually work on their main difficulties and transform the way they present themselves when looking for new opportunities.
Phew. That was a lot, right? And it’s only the first semester of 2023
We wanted to bring a bit of what happened beyond the main events: the everyday exchanges that students and instructors have had, the fundamental content, the exams and assignments – which can be tense moments, but also play their role in education – the team spirit and development in community.
In short, the study routine and the extra activities, all of this, has contributed to a rich education that has been filling with possibilities the horizons of those building this very important path, which is education.
