Academic Support Services

The Center for Career Engagement and Opportunity

The Center for Career Engagement and Opportunity (CEO) empowers every unique student to achieve post-graduation success and connect to a world of possibilities. CEO professional and student staff collaborate with faculty to provide individualized career coaching to students throughout their academic experience ensuring they develop, apply, and communicate skills gained from their liberal arts education, make intentional and strategic career decisions, connect to opportunity, and are successful in pursuing any professional goal.

The CEO leads the Career Quest, New College’s four-year career and life design plan for undergraduates. At the start of their first year, new undergraduate students are assigned a professional career coach who partners with students to navigate the career development process and complete the steps of the Career Quest. Career coaches ensure all students prioritize their professional development, explore careers, have a career plan, and are career-ready by gaining experiences that complement their liberal arts education and provide for a successful transition after graduation.

Career coaches help students with:

• Strategic career planning
• Career/AOC exploration and decision-making
• Resumes, CVs, and application documents
• Interviewing skills and networking strategies
• Internships and experiential learning
• Mentorship through the New College Network and Mighty Banyan Mentorship Program
• Tools to search for and secure job and internship opportunities
• Graduate and professional school applications
• Entrepreneurship education
• Access to professional dress through the CEO Career Closet

The CEO also provides support to students applying for New College's Student Research and Travel Grants (SRTGs), which fund research and travel associated with thesis work, tutorials, independent study projects, study abroad, and conference presentations. In addition, the CEO offers specialized advising about prestigious scholarships and fellowships that help students achieve their professional and career goals through funding opportunities for graduate school study, research, study abroad, language study, and teaching abroad. New College students are very competitive for prestigious awards and have been recipients of Fulbright, Gilman, Boren, Freeman-Asia, National Science Foundation, Goldwater, and Truman fellowships, among many others. 

The CEO actively fosters recruiting relationships with employers, internship sites, and graduate and professional schools, hosting a variety of networking and career events and programs for all students throughout the academic year.

Students can connect to opportunities and the CEO through the online platform, Symplicity, in myNCF.

Pre-Professional Communities

New College’s Pre-Professional Programs are designed for students to continue their studies in their chosen Area of Concentration while developing additional skills and experiences that further prepare them to stand out as applicants when applying to a professional school.

Through professional development opportunities, support resources, programming, admissions test preparation, and immersive experiences outside of the classroom, students have the opportunity to expand their knowledge and challenge themselves as they build key skills to help them become successful professionals.

In addition to active student clubs and career support through the Center for Career Engagement and Opportunity, each Pre-Professional Program has a program advisor who advises on course selection and planning, the professional school application process, letters of recommendation, and relevant academic experiences and resources.

• Pre-Law Program: The CEO supports the Pre-Law Program and collaborates with faculty in this discipline to help connect students pursuing legal careers to special programs, activities, experiences, and preparation that set them apart from other law school applicants.
• Pre-Health Program: Through individualized comprehensive advising and career coaching, in addition to a world-class science education necessary for health-related professional programs, the Pre-Health Professional Community helps to ensure Novo Collegians are well prepared to pursue professional school after graduation including medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and other healthcare careers. The Pre-Health Club is an active student organization and helps students pursuing health professional programs find volunteer opportunities, mentors, assistance with courses and the MCAT, and guidance in applying for research opportunities. The Pre-Health Advisor is available to students in the CEO and appointments are scheduled through Symplicity.

Global Education & Study Abroad

As an institution that values intellectual curiosity and fearless learning, New College of Florida encourages its students to expand their education beyond the classroom and beyond borders by studying and interning away, in the United States and abroad. Students have access to a wide variety of programs, from exchanging at other institutions within the United States via the National Student Exchange (NSE) and EcoLeague, to studying abroad on programs offered by New College, other U.S. institutions, and select third-party providers. As the primary on-campus resource for students seeking these invaluable experiences, the Office of Global Education & Study Abroad offers one-on-one advising to help students identify a program that best fits their academic interests and needs and provides assistance with the entire process, from initiating the application through re-entry. Throughout the year, the office hosts information sessions, discussion panels, and collaborative events with campus departments and third-party providers to connect students with these opportunities. 

The Office of Global Education & Study Abroad is located in the Center for Career Engagement and Opportunity (CEO) in LBR 157. The Associate Director of Global Education and the Global Education Student Assistant are available in the CEO and appointments are scheduled through Symplicity.

Career Quest: Designing Your Life & Future

New College prioritizes career exploration, planning, and preparation as an essential part of the academic program. Undergraduate students are expected to complete the Career Quest, ensuring that career education is prioritized throughout their studies. The Career Quest consists of simple steps that students complete to gain valuable skills and experiences to increase career readiness and post-graduation early career success. Using life design principles as the foundation, this innovative program is about exploring boldly, learning as you go, and building your path step by step with the support along the way!

Steps of the Career Quest can be customized to meet students where they are in their career planning journey and are integrated into work with courses and other curricular and co-curricular activities. Students are encouraged to collaborate with their career coach to complete each step in the Career Quest. Students will earn digital badges along the way for each completed step through their Career Quest: Designing Your Life and Future Canvas page, which will provide them with credible credentials to enhance employability. Appointments with the CEO can be made online through Symplicity in myNCF.

Career Quest Steps

Explore

• Examine Your Career Portfolio
• Complete a Career Assessment
• Establish Your Design Team
• Engage in a Prototyping Experience

Earn your Explore master badge and highlight your competency in Career and Self-Development!

Prepare

• Convey Your Strengths Effectively in Writing
• Achieve Proficiency in Verbal Communication
• Expand Your Professional Network
• Become Internship Ready

Earn your Prepare master badge and highlight your competency in Communication!

Take Action

• Complete Your 4th Year Post-Grad Planning Appointment with Your Career Coach
• Apply to a Resume-Building Experience & Engage in Experiential Learning
• Enhance Your Career Portfolio
• Celebrate with Your Design Team

Earn your Take Action badge and highlight your competency in Professionalism!

Throughout their New College education, students are encouraged to gain experience, explore prestigious scholarships and fellowships to fund their academic and professional aspirations, meet professionals and alumni, attend employer/graduate school networking events, and build specific skills needed for their career interests by completing courses through LinkedIn Learning or pursing certificates.

Academic Resources

Academic Resource Center

The Academic Resource Center (ARC) is a comprehensive tutoring service, offering students free tutoring in any discipline taught at New College including software (e.g. R, SAS, SPSS, Excel, and other applications). Tutoring is available one-on-one or in small groups and remotely or in person. The ARC supersedes the Quantitative Resource Center which offered tutoring in quantitative disciplines. To find tutors, including contact information and office hours, go to the ARC Schedule tile on the myNCF portal myncf.ncf.edu. The ARC is located in the library in LBR 119, and you can drop in any time. To get there from the library entrance, look for the hallway on the right in front of the cafe and follow it past the elevator. The ARC is at the end of the hall on the left hand side across the hall from the Student Success Center. Students wishing to become tutors should ask a faculty member to recommend them. A recommendation can be a one-line email to Travis Lee (tlee@ncf.edu) giving the name and the course(s) or subject(s) for which they are being recommended.

Educational Technology Services

Educational Technology Services (ETS) provides faculty and student technology support for academic projects as well as a media lab with audio and video editing software, and scanning workstations. Electronic equipment (digital cameras, camcorders, projectors, and digital audio recorders) is available for student checkout for course-related projects. Large-format poster printing is available for academically-related content. Training and assistance can be provided for technology-related course projects, use of Canvas (New College’s learning management system), and other educational needs.

The Writing Resource Center

The Writing Resource Center (WRC) is open to all New College students who are interested in developing skills and strategies to improve their writing. Trained student writing assistants (SWAs) listen and respond to the needs and concerns of student writers through focused, individualized conferences. Encouraging writers to direct the conference in ways that meet their particular needs and interests, SWAs provide helpful feedback and resources about all stages of the writing process. The WRC operates on the principle that, no matter their degree of skill, students can benefit from open and objective conversations about their writing.

The WRC has a commitment to serving student writers in all disciplines. The WRC has hired SWAs from specific disciplines, including economics, biology and chemistry as well as English and the humanities to assist students. Furthermore, those same SWAs have received training to support student writing across a variety of disciplines. Finally, in response to student demand, the WRC leads group workshops dealing with writing first college papers, graduate school application essays, and theses.

Off-Campus Study/Study Abroad

The Off-Campus Study/Study Abroad Office (located on the first floor of the Library) offers one-on-one advising to help students identify the program abroad or within the United States that best fits their academic interests and needs. It offers assistance with the entire process, from initiating the application through re-entry. The Off-Campus Study/Study Abroad Office also coordinates with National Student Exchange (NSE), EcoLeague, and CIEL exchanges. Throughout the year, the Office hosts information sessions, discussion panels with students who have recently returned from abroad, special events sponsored by selected study abroad providers, as well as two Study Abroad Fairs at the beginning of Fall semester and Spring semester.

Office of Research Programs and Services

Mission

The Office of Research Programs and Services (ORPS) promotes New College’s research endeavors through resource development and research administration.

Vision

ORPS strives to attract external support for New College’s research endeavors through agreements, awards, contracts, and grants with government, foundations, and corporations.

Services Provided

Pre-Award Services

We provide pre-award support and assist New College faculty and staff by:

• discussing project ideas
• suggesting funding sources or ways to identify funding sources
• demonstrating how to use funding databases
• overseeing institutional endorsement procedures
• helping to interpret application guidelines
• advising during the early stages of narrative and budget development
• serving as educated general readers of proposal drafts
• advising on the use of human and animal subjects in research
• following up on status of proposals

Post-Award Services

Our post-award services include:

• grant management
• monitoring compliance with sponsor requirements
• monitoring time and effort reporting
• providing dissemination of policies and procedures related to sponsored agreements awarded to the College
• providing professional and helpful interaction between the College community and sponsors 

Institutional Review Board

At New College, safeguarding the rights and welfare of human subjects in research is a general institutional policy delegated to the Institutional Review Board (IRB). Any research project involving human subjects that is conducted by New College faculty, staff, or students, or that takes place on New College property, is subject to prior review and approval by the IRB.
The Director of ORPS is designated as overall Human Protection Administrator for New College’s IRB and is responsible for ensuring that it functions and operates in compliance with all federal, state, and local laws and regulations that govern human subject protection. For inquiries regarding IRB applications and information contact IRB@ncf.edu. Additional information regarding IRB policy and procedures can be found on the NCF Community Pages (MyNCF login required).

Responsible Conduct in Research (RCR)

New College of Florida is committed to the ethical conduct of research and is in compliance with Section 7009 of the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education and Science (America COMPETES) Act which requires that an institutional plan be in place to provide appropriate training in the responsible and ethical conduct of research.