LIVE BLOG – Meet 12Twenty: The Career Center’s new one stop shop!

Live blog – Updates will be added here as they become available.

By Evan McMunn
Evan McMunn Publicity and Marketing Administrator
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Breaking Free from Career Misconceptions 

Learn how Jessica Grove’s career journey led her to finding her passion for advising students, and hear her advice for other career champions.

By Katie Nguyen
Katie Nguyen Graduate Assistant, Career Everywhere (She/Her/Hers) 
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A Career Built on Care: Tessa Kalin’s Career Journey in Animal Science 

Tessa Kalin recounts her experiences as an animal science student and professional. Learn about her educational journey and advice she has for current students!

By Mia Keazer
Mia Keazer
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Work+ UConn SUPERvisor Summit: Empowering Student Employee Supervisors

Never fear, guidance on leading practices in supervising and mentoring working learners are here!

By Evan McMunn
Evan McMunn Publicity and Marketing Administrator
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Hillside Ventures: My Experience with Student Business Innovations at UConn

Have you ever watched Shark Tank and thought about the excitement of pitching your ideas to a panel of experts? Hillside Ventures is an opportunity for UConn students to get involved with business investment and analysis.

By Eadaoin Clarke
Eadaoin Clarke Outreach and Engagement Intern
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The Integration of Metacognition and Career Readiness Competencies  

Learn how Dr. Shinae Jang developed two pillars to help incorporate career readiness into a large class, and how her own career journey has shaped the way she mentors students.

By Katie Nguyen
Katie Nguyen Graduate Assistant, Career Everywhere (She/Her/Hers) 
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Enhancing Career Readiness: Doctoral Students at Work Featuring Timothy Brown, Graduate Assistant at the Humanities Institute 

How his Graduate Assistantship has contributed to PhD student, Timothy Brown’s, career readiness.

By Damiao Zoe Xu
Damiao Zoe Xu Graduate Assistant, Graduate Student and Postdoc Career Programs and Services (She/Her/Hers)
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Career Center Work+ Team Recognized with 2025 NACE Career Services Excellence Award

The Oscars? The Tonys? The Grammys? All incredible honors, but they pale in comparison to what we’re striving for in Career Services, the NACE Awards! Well, we’ve done it again… the Center for Career Readiness and Life Skills is proud …

By Lily Guberman
Lily Guberman Marketing Assistant
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A Community of Champions: 2025 Career Everywhere Recognition & Celebration Recap

Thank you to everyone who attended the 2025 Career Everywhere Recognition & Celebration! It was a pleasure to see so many Career Champions in-person and virtually. We are appreciative of the work you have done the past year and the passion …

By Lily Guberman
Lily Guberman Marketing Assistant
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What Are Religious ERGs, and Why Do They Matter? 

Recently, I helped organize a career panel for our religious-affiliated affinity group on campus. The idea was to connect students with employers who not only value diversity, but also actively support religious inclusion in the workplace. We were especially hoping …

By Olufemi Fagun
Olufemi Fagun Graduate Assistant, Diversity Equity and Inclusion (He/Him/His)
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