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Huskie Life Skills offers a five-year series to help student-athletes navigate the challenges they will face. Every semester student-athletes will attend a Life Skills Speaker, a Huskie Workshop, and a Team Workshop. The purpose of each session is to enhance the awareness of student-athletes regarding major issues commonly faced by intercollegiate athletes and to address the personal and professional needs of student-athletes.
*Student-athletes are required to attend three sessions each semester.
Life Skills Speaker Series
The Life Skills Speaker Series is intended to address major issues commonly faced by all student-athletes. The fall guest speaker and topic is based on a five-year rotation to ensure that speakers are not repeated and that student-athletes are made aware of the challenges and strategies for success related to major issues (social media, hazing, gambling, sexual assault, leadership/impacting the community). In addition to the fall speaker rotation, student-athletes are required to attend a spring speaker dedicated to the topic of Alcohol & Drugs.
Huskie Workshop (By Year in School)
Every semester, student-athletes will attend a Huskie Workshop specific to their year in school. These topics pertain to the specific challenges student-athletes face as they move from year to year and including the following:
FIRST-YEAR WORKSHOPS: My Playbook Interactive Guide (Fall) & Financial Responsibility/Budgeting (Spring)
SECOND-YEAR WORKSHOPS: Healthy Eating & Meal Planning (Fall) & Mentors in Violence Prevention (Spring)
THIRD-YEAR WORKSHOPS: Team work Leadership Institute (Fall) & Résumé Building & Professionalism (Spring)
FOURTH-YEAR WORKSHOPS: Career Fair & Grad Prep Seminar (Fall) & Life After Sports (Spring)
Team Workshops
In addition to attending the Life Skills Speaker and Huskie Workshop every semester, athletic teams will also participate in one team workshop every semester decided on by their coach. This service helps meet the individual needs of athletic teams by providing a variety of Life Skills topics and Campus Resources. Topics for these workshops are as follors:
