Stories from campuses like yours
Discover how university, college, and trade school campuses across the country use MCode For Students to support student success.
The campus impact
MCode For Students gives campuses a new way to meet students where they are. Students who see what drives them choose majors with more confidence, engage more deeply in campus life, and head into the workforce with the language to articulate their value.
Their advisors, success coaches, and career counselors gain that same understanding, which moves conversations past surface answers and into what matters most. Across every campus partner, from first-year programming to senior career prep, students who understand their motivations make stronger decisions, and the people supporting them have more to work with.
Check out these campus stories!
See how campuses like yours are deploying MCode For Students
Each story below shares how a campus partner brought MCode into their work with students, what they learned along the way, and the outcomes they’ve seen.
SUNY Oswego adds MCode For Students to FYE and career services
Now in its fourth year as an MCode For Students campus partner, SUNY Oswego brings the assessment into its FYE module and career services to help students choose majors and careers aligned with what drives them. Associate Director of Career Education Jacqueline Wallace shares how MCode For Students fits alongside the school’s broader assessment toolkit, what’s made the rollout work, and where they plan to expand access next.
University of Illinois Chicago uses MCode For Students in a storytelling-first internship course
University of Illinois Chicago weaves MCode For Students into a one-semester internship course, helping exploratory students articulate what drives them and turn that understanding into stronger resumes, sharper interviews, and full-time offers. Lauren Gallagher, Assistant Director of Career Development and Internships, shares how MCode For Students fits alongside MBTI and Strong Interest Inventory, the six career-search activities she’s built around motivations, and how one student turned an internship at Charles Schwab into a full-time offer.
Jessup University uses MCode For Students in a motivation-driven coaching model
As an MCode For Students campus partner, Jessup University runs the assessment across its Success Coach program, orientation, mentorship meetings, and Pathways Programs to help students dive deeper into what drives them. Stephanie Maus, Director of Academic Achievement Center and Pathways Programs, shares how MCode For Students pairs with CliftonStrengths, what an incremental rollout taught her about earning campus-wide buy-in, and where she sees room to expand next.
University of Northwestern St. Paul uses MCode For Students for leadership development
University of Northwestern St. Paul has built MCode For Students into a series of required leadership courses that every student takes, with applications continuing into career advising and a senior capstone on vocation. Dr. Megan G. Brown, Department Chair of Christian Ministries, shares how MCode For Students fits into the innovative coursework alongside other assessments, what it gives students for collaborating with peers, and where the school sees room to expand next.
Grand View University built student awareness and confidence with MCode For Students
After two MCode For Students pilots, one with academically at-risk students and one with incoming freshmen, Grand View University is on track to bring the assessment into its required first-year courses. Sara Anderson, Assistant Director of Grand View’s Career Center, shares how MCode For Students helped student-athletes and first-generation students find direction beyond athletics, what two pilots revealed about student engagement and confidence, and where Grand View plans to take the assessment next.
Knox College brings MCode For Students into its TRIO Student Support Services
After piloting MCode For Students with Peer Leaders in 2021, Knox College expanded the assessment across its 185-student TRIO roster to help first-generation and low-income students push past imposter syndrome and connect their personal stories to their academic and career paths. Laura Bush, Assistant Director for the TRIO program, shares how MCode For Students helped students who often struggle to tell their stories, why the assessment fits well with TRIO’s ethos, and where she plans to take it next.
