Learning for a life worth living” is the vision for engaged teaching using experiential activities and field research. These strategies develop professional competencies, such as goal setting, creative problem-solving, team building, community mapping, case analysis, and interviewing. This session will offer student engagement activities to develop workforce readiness competencies. Participants will receive ready-to-use activities, resources, and guidance from implementing strategies in accounting, entrepreneurship, international business, personal finance, management, and marketing.