{"id":1397,"date":"2018-10-09T13:21:40","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T18:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/?p=1397"},"modified":"2018-10-10T11:37:12","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T16:37:12","slug":"i-do-declare-preparing-for-majors-declaration-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/2018\/10\/09\/i-do-declare-preparing-for-majors-declaration-day\/","title":{"rendered":"I Do Declare: Preparing for Majors Declaration Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At MIAD, advising works to support your student in both their passion and future profession!\u00a0Majors Declaration Day is Thursday, November 8. At this event, your student will be able to declare their major and interact with department chairs, other students and alumni with a more intentional focus and direction.<\/p>\n<p>For First-Year Experience (FYE) students, it\u2019s time to declare. This semester, students received a <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/files\/2018\/10\/PPP-compressed.pdf\">Professional Preparation Plan (PPP) guidebook<\/a> that can help them on their journey toward academic engagement as well as career development as an aspiring professional.<\/p>\n<p>Use the guidebook as a conversation-starter to ask your student:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What mediums do you use in class? Which do you enjoy using to demonstrate a concept?<\/li>\n<li>Have you identified your interests and skills?<\/li>\n<li>Are you researching the majors and occupations that derive from degrees offered at MIAD?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is never too early to begin investigating majors and career opportunities. Below are videos on each academic major, as well as academic and career development tools for your examination:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/284968669\">Communication Design<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/285199847\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1400 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/files\/2018\/10\/illustrationvideoscreenshot-300x168.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/files\/2018\/10\/illustrationvideoscreenshot-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/files\/2018\/10\/illustrationvideoscreenshot-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/files\/2018\/10\/illustrationvideoscreenshot.png 968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/285199847\">Illustration<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/285199279\">Industrial Design<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/285200459\">Interior Architecture + Design<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/285201023\">New Studio Practice: Fine Arts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/files\/2018\/10\/PPP-compressed.pdf\">Professional Preparation Plan<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/files\/2018\/10\/MIAD_Careers_Art_Design_Booklet-2.pdf\">Careers in Art &amp; Design<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Students with questions about academic programs and\/or career options may contact Director of Advising Alea Cross at <a href=\"mailto:aleacross@miad.edu\">aleacross@miad.edu<\/a> or Assistant Director of Career Services Christina WickHeiser at <a href=\"mailto:christinawickheiser@miad.edu\">christinawickheiser@miad.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At MIAD, advising works to support your student in both their passion and future profession!\u00a0Majors Declaration Day is Thursday, November 8. At this event, your student will be able to declare their major and interact with department chairs, other students and alumni with a more intentional focus and direction. For First-Year Experience (FYE) students, it\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/2018\/10\/09\/i-do-declare-preparing-for-majors-declaration-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I Do Declare: Preparing for Majors Declaration Day<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}