Career Advocates of the Year Honored at the Career Everywhere Year-End Celebration

The career readiness journeys of UConn students happen in every facet of their college experiences. Faculty, advisors, student employment supervisors, coaches, employers, and alumna are all having conversations about post-graduation success with students, and they may not even realize it. …

By Evan McMunn
Evan McMunn Publicity and Marketing Administrator
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Career Champion Spotlight: Stephanie Chow

Stephanie is a Regional Manager with Techtronic Industries (TTI). She connected with TTI at a career fair during her senior year. In her current role, she interacts with students in similar ways, attending career fairs and networking events, having discussions with students about how their career goals and TTI can match.

By Evan McMunn
Evan McMunn Publicity and Marketing Administrator
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Career Competency Series: The What and Why

What exactly are NACE Career Competencies? This blog covers that and more, by understanding what the competencies are and why they are important, you can better support students in their career journeys and set them up for success!

By Kaitlyn Anderson
Kaitlyn Anderson Career Readiness Program Designer
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Career Champion Spotlight Blog: Leah DeLorenzo

Leah is an alumna of UConn and holds a Master’s in Accounting. Before being hired at her current position she worked as an auditor at a Big 4 firm, later realizing that she wanted to work in recruiting. According to Leah this transition “to an entirely different field was pretty terrifying” but she found confidence in her network of UConn alumni who stepped up to help guide her career in a new direction. She now works as a University Relations Consultant at The Hartford in their University Recruiting & Talent Mobility department.

By Lily Guberman
Lily Guberman Marketing Assistant
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Presentation of Career Readiness at the American Economic Association Annual Conference

Dr. Smirnova, Economics, and Dr. Kalnova, Communication, were selected to present their pedagogical innovation on career preparation at the undergraduate level at the American Economic Association’s Committee on Economic Education’s sponsored poster session at the 2023 annual AEA conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.

By Natalia V. Smirnova
Natalia V. Smirnova Associate Professor In Residence
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The Center for Career Development’s first Faculty Fellow – Dr. Natalia Smirnova

As the Career Center continues to move toward its vision of ‘creating a university-wide career readiness culture that prepares all students for post-graduation success’, they have been extending their reach to partnering with faculty and staff more intentionally over the past several years. In addition to Career Everywhere and the Career Champion program, staff at the Career Center determined it would be beneficial to hire a faculty fellow to continue to bridge the gap between the academic side of the house and the Center.

By Gillian Bullock
Gillian Bullock
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Career Champion Spotlight: Zongjie Wang

Zongjie Wang, PhD is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. She received her joint PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University and joined the University of Connecticut’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2021.

By Lily Guberman
Lily Guberman Marketing Assistant
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Career Champion Spotlight: Cody D. Ryan

This month’s Career Champion, Cody D. Ryan, is Innovation Zone Makerspace Supervisor for the Office of First Year Programs & Learning Communities. He was motivated to become a Career Champion after working with the Center for Career Development in various capacities and receiving recommendations from colleagues. Learn more about how he integrates career into his course and how being a Career Champion impacted how he gives students career advice.

By Lily Guberman
Lily Guberman Marketing Assistant
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My Takeaways from the Inaugural Career Everywhere Conference

On September 9, the discussion about our students’ career preparation was buzzing at the Peter J. Werth Tower in Storrs. More than a hundred people – faculty, career professionals, and employers – gathered to examine various aspects of preparing UConn students …

By Natalia Smirnova
Natalia Smirnova Associate Professor In Residence, Department of Economics
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Career Champion Spotlight: Manish Roy

Dr. Roy is an Assistant Professor in Residence in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the School of Engineering. He integrates career readiness modules into his courses for his students’ benefit.

By Heidi Pineda
Heidi Pineda DE&I Career Ambassador Program Coordinator
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