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SYRACUSE - The Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University is using a new program to help its students prepare for life after college, including pursuing and keeping jobs.
The Goodman Impress program works to help students focus on their "soft skills," such as exhibiting self awareness, confidence, resilience, communication and social skills, and the ability to "synthesize classroom content into the broader global context"
That's according to a section on the Whitman website describing the Goodman Impress program.
The Goodman Impress program is named in honor of Kenneth Goodman, who graduated from SU in 1970, to recognize his generosity in helping the Whitman School "mold future generations of professionally prepared business leaders," according to the website.
The 2014-15 academic year marks the first time the Whitman School is using the program. Students and faculty held a launch gathering on Sept. 11 inside the school.
"It's a program intended to help our students develop outside the classroom," Amanda Nicholson, associate dean for undergraduate programs, said while speaking with reporters at the event.
The program is the result of feedback from Whitman stakeholders, Joseph Personte, Impress program manager,...