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.
Entrepreneurs Haley Segar and Kayla Simon shared their entrepreneurial journeys and how resources at UConn helped them get their businesses started. Read on to learn more about their unique stories and businesses.
Learn about senior Economics Major Nidhi Nair ’23, her career journey so far and the Schwartzman Scholar Program she will be participating in after graduation!
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.
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.
In 2021, the Center for Career Development facilitated an Identity and Career Development survey. The primary focus of the research was identifying unique career experiences facing affinity groups, and ways in which the Career Center can provide support to each group.
GREENBOX can grow high-quality food in existing indoor urban spaces and meet the need for local, sustainable food.
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.
State turns to CLAS faculty for expertise on Black and Latino history, Asian American and Pacific Islander studies, and more.
With a lifelong desire to help animals, UConn alumna Liz Underwood now provides critical care at one of the largest private practices in the Southern United States.








