Center for Career & Professional Development

 The Center for Career & Professional Development (CCPD) guides students through the entire career development process, through students’ involvement in our new Career Exploration Communities (CEC). This includes working with students throughout their four years and partnering with academic advisors on students’ career readiness as they develop their plans and direction for their post-graduation careers. To facilitate this exploration, each CEC has its own career coach in the CCPD and at least two faculty liaisons.

The career coaches for each CEC, plus a career coach for undecided students, will guide students through the career readiness process, including providing guidance and self-assessment tools for undecided students, targeted career advice and information on specific career fields, and information on researching graduate schools; and guiding students through the processes of finding and applying to internships, undergraduate research, post-graduate jobs and graduate school.

The faculty liaisons will work with all faculty to help students connect the dots between what they are learning in their classes to the skills needed for a variety of potential careers. They will also help promote student and faculty involvement with the CECs and bring the CCPD and faculty together to facilitate career readiness programming and information for students.