Success Coaching - Southwestern Illinois College

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Develop Skills for Success 

1-on-1 coaching can help you harness your strengths and determine which short-term goals lead to lasting success.  

In coaching, students dig deep and explore their values, interests, personal strengths, and how they will achieve success. 

Holistic Support

Students face complicated challenges today: 

  • Many lose sleep to do homework. 
  • Some have doubts about the major they’ve chosen – or not chosen  
  • Others need a support team that understands the demands that college puts on a student’s time and mental energy 

These are just a few of the directions that Success Coaching may take.  The student chooses the priority. 

Coaching provides accountability as the student becomes the person who meets their goals, maintains motivation, and finds balance between school, work, family, and other life commitments. 

Navigate College

With a Success Coach, a student has the opportunity to design action steps that align with their academic and career objectives while building connections on campus.   

Coaching provides support in eight key areas connected to academic success: Study Strategies, Major & Career Planning, Identity and Inclusion, Health and Wellness, Financial Advocacy, Networking and Support Systems, Time Management, and Motivation and Goals. 

Your coach can connect you to campus resources to understand financial aid, tuition, scholarships, and to explore major and career options that match your interests and strengths. 

Have questions or want to learn more? Email us at successcenters@swic.edu.

The Success Experiment

A Blog dedicated to helping students find success written by success coaches and students!

  • New Attitude
    Want to know how I made tests go from soul-crushing failures to exciting puzzles I wanted to solve?  Well let me tell you a little story.  It was summer, and I recall everyone …

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  • Take the Time Management Tiger by the Tale
    I’ve been spreading the word about time management for a long time, and I wondered how students – such as peer tutors in the Success Center – scheduled their assignments and study time. …

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  • Calm Down
    With a nod to Rema and Selena Gomez, today’s topic is about what most college students need but rarely get enough of: rest and relaxation. I will never forget waiting for Spring Break …

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  • Gratitude
    Did you know? Did you know you can do one single thing to reduce pain and insomnia, as well as strengthen your immune system. But that’s not all!  This miracle activity can also …

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  • Find Your Purpose with Success Coaching
    Sometimes, on that freeway of life, we find that we would like to make a turn. For instance, it  happened to Jami Houston, Director of Success Programs here at SWIC. Before she even …

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  • Lead with Strengths
    It’s true, everyone will face complications or obstacles at some point in their lives.  When you hit that rough patch, how you react often determines whether or not you are successful.  Like, if …

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