Student Success Day Spring 2020

Tuesday, February 25, 2020 • Keynote Speaker: T. Mychael Rambo

Student Success Day (SSD) for spring semester is Tuesday, February 25, 2020. SSD is dedicated to helping students focus on their college goals and learn about campus resources. Time will be provided for students to meet with faculty one on one.

Full-semester day classes (face-to-face and hybrid) are cancelled to allow student, staff and faculty to participate in success-oriented events. Online courses, accelerated courses (first 8 weeks), nursing clinicals and off-campus courses may be held as usual. Please note that February 25, 2020, is also precinct caucuses day, so no events can be held after 6 p.m.

WHAT: Student Success Day Spring 2020

WHEN: Tuesday, February 25, 2020

WHERE: Inver Hills Campus

2500 80th Street East
Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: T. Mychael Rambo

More than 60 success-oriented sessions to attend on SSD

Study Skills
Career Information
Transfer Information
Test-Taking Strategies
Tips for Dealing with Test Anxiety
Travel Opportunities
Campus Resources
Time Management
Ways to Relieve Stress and Anxiety
Money Management
Student Clubs
And more!

Student Success Day Program

Online sessions also available

Here are some sessions you might wish to attend:

What I Wish I Had Known My 1st Semester of College

Leadership Is Within YOU!

Sustainability: Initiatives at Inver Hills

Chair Yoga

Using Psychological Research to Succeed

Math Study Skills and Meet Math Tutors

Careers in Anthropology

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Students

Student Trip to Puerto Rico

Funding Your Education

Testing Anxiety Tips

Meditation Methods for Love, Health, and Calm

Web/Podcasting Recording Studio

Game of Life: Financial Education Interactive Game & Resource Fair

A Defiant Requiem

SSD Frequently Asked Questions

College Fair

Same day as Student Success Day: February 25, 2020
9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
College Center
1st and 2nd floor hallways

Keynote speaker

This year’s keynote speaker is T. Mychael Rambo, a Regional Emmy Award-winning actor, vocalist, arts educator, and community organizer. His talk, “Make Them Hear You,” is an interactive and motivational look at how we use our voice, our actions and our intentions to take bold steps toward meeting our academic and personal outcomes.

T. Mychael Rambo’s presentation will be at 10 a.m. and at 5 p.m. in the Fine Arts Theatre. The 5 p.m. session will be open to the public, so feel free to invite friends and family. A shout-out to Student Life and the Black Student Union, who are supplementing the fee for this fabulous speaker.

SSD Keynote Speaker

WHO: T. Mychael Rambo
WHEN: 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
WHERE: Fine Arts Theatre

NOTE: 5 p.m. presentation is open to the public

Inver Hills is celebrating the college’s 50th Anniversary.

T. Mychael Rambo bio

T. Mychael Rambo is a Regional Emmy Award-winning actor, vocalist, arts educator and public speaker who has made an indelible mark in the Twin Cities, performing principle roles at a number of area venues, including:

Guthrie Theater
Penumbra Theater
Ten Thousand Things Theater
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
Illusion Theater
Mixed Blood Theatre
Park Square Theatre
Children’s Theatre Company

Outside the Twin Cities, Mr. Rambo’s stage credits include Carnegie Hall and performances in Africa, Europe and South America. He has appeared in local and national television commercials, feature films, HBO miniseries and other television programming.

Mr. Rambo had the honor of singing the National Anthem for U.S. presidents, Barak Obama and Jimmy Carter. He is an accomplished residency artist and affiliate professor in the College of ‪Liberal Arts, Theatre Arts and Dance at the University of Minnesota.

Mr. Rambo has released two popular CDs: Simply, a collection of jazz standards, The Gift: A Christmas with Love, a selection of original and holiday classics.

As a public speaker, Mr. Rambo shares his motivational skill set by lacing together spirited anecdotal storytelling, insightful observations, levity and song. His interactive presentation is thought-provoking, transformative and truly enriching.