GPS Panel Presentations

The DYN workshop helps students examine how to use their experiences at university to build a convincing narrative that prepares them for their post-graduation plans. We walk through a series of exercises that help students reflect on everything they’ve done at AUP, both in the classroom and outside of it. Students will leave the workshop with the tools they need to confidently share their story with prospective employers, graduate school admissions teams, investors, etc., as they work towards their post-graduation goals. 

Find all DYN workshops on Engage. All DYN workshops take place at the GPS Lab in the ACE Center (3rd floor of the Learning Commons).

One of the most difficult tasks you will face after you graduate (or even just before) is telling your story. The objective of the Personal Narrative exercise is to empower you to connect the dots between your curricular and co-curricular experiences in meaningful and compelling ways. 

For your Personal Narrative, you will identify a specific objective. For example: Get a communications internship at Dior. Be accepted to the Master’s Program in Public Policy at Sciences Po. Attain funding for my startup company. Be awarded grant money to fund my research project. You will then craft a narrative imagining you are presenting yourself in the context of that objective – to an employer, graduate school admissions counselor, angel investor, etc. You will receive detailed guidelines on how to build your personal narrative when you attend the Design Your Narrative workshop.

Students must have completed Design Your Narrative (DYN) to participate in and complete this, the final workshop of the Program. Students will learn how to present their personal narrative coherently and effectively to an audience, focusing on honing public speaking and creating supporting visual aids. 

Find all DYC workshops on Engage. All DYC workshops take place at the GPS Lab in the ACE Center (3rd floor of the Learning Commons). 

The GPS Program offers specially designed GPS panel presentation coaching sessions in the weeks ahead of the GPS Panels every Spring.

Come to the GPS Lab in the ACE Center (3rd floor of the Learning Commons) to meet with a GPS advisor and discuss your personal narrative during open office hours (Tuesdays, period 4) or by appointment. You are welcome to discuss your personal narrative outline or draft, to practice delivering your narrative, and to discuss your choice of visuals to illustrate and support your narrative.