Career Connections Program

Our program’s mission is to assist students in developing, implementing, and evaluating career and life plans.  We strive to connect with students as early as possible, emphasizing exploration strategies and activities, experiential learning opportunities and reflection to assist them in this complex and evolving process.  Students commonly utilize our office to choose a major, assess their sense of self, sort out their vocational direction, develop an experiential learning plan, undertake an internship, or for assistance with senior year transition planning (ie., into full-time service programs, graduate/professional school, or work).  Faculty and staff play an integral role by partnering with our office in advising students on life after “the Hill.”  We appreciate your support, and your referrals to our workshop series, web and library resources, and career counselors.  A variety of tangible tools for discovering, planning, and pursuing career and life goals are linked on the “Resources for Students” page.

Furthermore, the Career Connections program partners with individual faculty members, academic departments, and academic programs throughout campus to infuse and enrich experiential learning into students’ curricular pursuits.  We have embedded vocational planning into coursework, programs and majors.  Please contact Kirsten Cahoon ’98, Senior Associate Director for Career Connections, or Megan Rivera, Career Counselor, to discuss the possibilities.  Follow the links at the left for examples of our collaborative work with academic departments and programs.