StrengthsQuest
Mississippi College began a journey toward becoming a “strengths-based campus” in 2009. Using Gallup’s StrengthsQuest assessment tool, we are committed to helping students identify their top five strengths and providing resources for setting goals that put those strengths into meaningful action.
Grounded in positive psychology theory, a strengths approach starts with identifying an individual’s positive traits and helps them develop their full potential by using their strengths to make decisions involving academics, careers, leadership and relationships.
MC began piloting the use of StrengthsQuest in 2009 with many of our student leaders. Beginning in the fall of 2012 and going forward, all incoming freshman will take the assessment as part of their Blue&Gold 101 course. This will begin building a common language and culture of strengths.
We believe every student at Mississippi College has the potential to do well. We want to help MC students identify their talents, develop those talents into strengths, and direct those strengths toward activities and experiences that will help them succeed.
- You can find more information about StrengthsQuest at www.strengthsquest.com. If you have already taken the assessment you can log back into the StrengthsQuest website to explore your strengths and what they mean.
- If you would like to discuss the implications of your top 5 strengths as they relate to majors and careers, please contact the Career Services Office for an appointment at 601.925.3901 or career-services@mc.edu.
- If you are interested in taking the StrengthsQuest assessment contact the Student Success Office at student-success@mc.edu.