NYUeVita
By the NYUeVita Team
In the spring of 2007, a dedicated group of NYU professional staff and students collaborated to develop, design, name and brand “NYUeVita,” a unique interactive e-portfolio system.
NYUeVita is a new online service that provides to students a convenient, organized place to record and archive their many experiences outside the classroom that will be of interest to potential employers and/or graduate and professional school admission officers. Designed to complement a student’s academic transcript and professional resume, NYUeVita presents information about a student’s accomplishments, interests, and level of involvement in the NYU community and beyond. The service may be accessed by students in degree programs via NYUHome’s “NYULife” tab.
Using NYUeVita’s basic template, students can quickly build, customize, and share personalized comprehensive e-portfolios with potential employers, scholarship programs, and graduate and professional schools.
Students can create personalized e-portfolios using NYUeVita.
Since its launch this past August 27, more than 2,500 students have accessed the system. Undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree students in schools ranging from the College of Arts and Science to SCPS’ McGhee Division to the Stern School of Business and the School of Medicine have all inquired about the system. Most recently, faculty, staff, and alumni have expressed a strong desire to use this new online portfolio system. NYU hopes to eventually expand this service to these groups.
The overall student response has been positive. Students are excited to have this unique e-portfolio and are eager to begin mapping their NYU experience.
“I really like that with NYUeVita I can have so many different aspects of my work collected all in one place,” expressed one member of the Class of 2010. “It’s great to have something that really highlights my personality outside of the classroom; this e-portfolio helps show who I am as a well-rounded individual, not just who I am academically. It’s also great that I can access it almost anywhere, which I’m sure will help me in the future to market myself as someone with a breadth of knowledge, interests, experiences, and skills!”
Employers at both major corporations and non-profit organizations firmly believe that NYUeVita will serve as an excellent complement to a candidate’s resume.
“At Goldman Sachs, we make an unusual effort to identify and recruit the very best person for every job,” stated Les Nelson, Managing Director at Goldman Sachs. “In order to find the right people, we consider every aspect of someone’s candidacy and look for the well-rounded individual. NYUeVita allows students to highlight such attributes as teamwork, leadership, and creativity in addition to academic merit. NYUeVita is a unique resource available for students to showcase all that they have to offer to prospective employers.”
To view a sample of the NYUeVita portfolio, please visit http://www.nyuevita.nyu.edu/.
Author Biography
The NYUeVita e-portfolio is a collaboration among the Office of Student Activities, the Wasserman Center for Career Development, and the Office of the Vice President of Student Affairs, with support from NYU Information Technology Services.