Career Center Presentations and Memberships

EXTERNAL PRESENTATIONS

  • NACE Conference – Researching the Intersections of Identity & Career Development
  • EACE Conference – Researching the Intersections of Identity & Career Development
  • EACE Conference – Leveraging Technology to Drive Engagement and Provide Personalized Content for Students
  • CEIA Conference – Designing an Internship Course
  • CEIA Conference – Vetting Internship Employers
  • Career Leadership Collective Conference – Researching the Intersections of Identity & Career Development
  • Career Leadership Collective Conference – The Enhancement of Career Everywhere
  • Regional Graduate Career Consortium Conference – Career Wellness Presentation
  • Regional Graduate Career Consortium Conference – Membership & Belonging Welcome
  • Big East Career Consortium – Moderator; Sports Management Symposium
  • American Association of Collegiate Registrars (ACRO), Negotiating Job Offers
  • NASPA – Panelist; Leveraging Alumni Career Data, Equitable Career Practices, and Related Career Innovations
  • NACE Webinar – Prioritizing DE&I as an Entire Career Center Team
  • EACE Webinar – Extending Beyond a Committee: Promoting DEI as an Entire Career Center Team
  • UConn Alumni Elevate Series – Panel Moderator; Career Hacks. Online, The Great Resignation
  • UConn Alumni Elevate Series: Leveraging LinkedIn
  • UConn Women’s Advance Conference: Leveraging LinkedIn
  • PowerToFly – Panelist; Executive Forum
  • CTNEXT Webinar – Panelist; UConn Partnerships
  • 4-Town Consortium – Internship Best Practices
  • 4-Town Consortium – Tapping UConn Talent
  • UConn Assessment Institute – Student Outcomes
  • UCPEA – Negotiating Job Offers
  • UCPEA – Resumes
  • UCPEA – Interview Preparation
  • UCPEA – LinkedIn

ACTIVE EXTERNAL MEMBERSHIPS & COMMITTEES

  • National Association of Colleges and Employers (Board Member) 
  • Northeast Career Center Directors Forum (Co-Lead)
  • Universitas 21 (Chair, Employability Council)
  • The Career Leadership Collective (NACM Partners Forum Member)
  • Cooperative Education & Internship Association (Grant Writing Committee, Think Tank on EL/WIL Best Practices)
  • Graduate Career Consortium (Co-Chair, Membership & Belonging Committee, Communications Committee)
  • National Board of Certified Counselors (Board Certified Coach)
  • Eastern Association of Colleges and Employers (Membership Committee)
  • Big East Career Consortium                                  
  • Connecticut Career Consortium                                                  
  • Society for Human Resource Management
  • National Career Development Association
  • Professional Association of Résumé Writers and Career Coaches  
  • Middlesex Chamber of Commerce  
  • Metro NY College Career Planning Officers Association
  • International Association of Administrative Professionals

Awards

  • The Center won the Annual Excellence in Career Center Innovation Award from The Career Collective, a national consortium of career centers.
  • For six of the past seven years, the Career Center has been recognized as a finalist for a national award presented by the National Association of Colleges and Employers… This year the Career Center was recognized as one of two finalists for the NACE Members Choice Award for innovation, and received Honorable Mention for excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programming.
  • Within the UConn community, members of the Career Center’s team have been recognized as finalists at the annual UConn Spirit Awards every year since the program began, most recently in 2020 for our team’s innovation in diversity and inclusion programming and again in 2021 receiving two of the five Spirit Awards; one for University Citizen and the other for Inclusive Excellence.
  • In partnership with the Stamford Campus Director’s Office, developed the Summer Virtual MicroInternship Program for Stamford students impacted by COVID-19 internship cancelations with 10 students participating in the program. The program was recognized as one of two finalists for the NACE 2021 Member’s Choice Award.

Presentations

  • Career Leadership Collective Annual Conference: Scaling Engagement with Liberal Arts and Sciences Using a Peer Career Ambassador Program
  • Career Leadership Collective Annual Conference: Supporting the Career Everywhere Initiative with Alumni Career Data
  • Career Leadership Collective Annual Conference: Extending Beyond a Committee: Promoting DE&I as an Entire Career Center Team
  • NACE Webinar Series: Beyond a Committee: Promoting DEI as an Entire Career Center Team
  • NACE Webinar Series: Revamping the Career Center’s DE&I Efforts
  • Firsthand International Panel: Launching a Successful Virtual Career Fair
  • UConnect National Panel: Advocating for Career Services
  • NEOA Conference: Don’t Go It Alone! Re-envisioning Your Relationship with Your Career Center (Co-presented with SSS)
  • SSS Regional Conference: Re-Envisioning Your Relationship with your Career Center
  • ECSU Leadership Development Cohort: Personal Branding & Virtual Engagement
  • Northeast Modern Language Association Panel: Career Diversity
  • Regional Graduate Career Consortium Conference: Graduate Student Program Development at UConn
  • Collaborated with UConn Foundation/Alumni Relations to present to over 100 alumni on Résumés During a Pandemic

Memberships

  • American Counseling Association
  • Big East Career Consortium
  • Connecticut Career Consortium
  • Connecticut’s Military and Veterans Support Coalition
  • Cooperative Education & Internship Association
  • Downtown Stamford Special Services to Promote Commerce
  • Eastern Association of Colleges and Employer
  • Fairfield County Business Council
  • Graduate Career Consortium
  • International Association of Administrative Professionals
  • Metro NY College Career Planning Officers Association
  • Middlesex Chamber of Commerce
  • National Association of Colleges and Employers
  • National Board of Certified Counselors
  • National Career Development Association
  • New England Association for Cooperative Education and Field Experience
  • North-East Career Center Directors
  • Professional Association of Resume Writers and Career Coaches
  • Society for Human Resource Management
  • Staffing Management Association of New England
  • The Career Leadership Collective

Awards

  • NACE – Technology – Honorable Mention
  • EACE – D & I – Winner
  • Collective – Innovation – Winner
  • UConn Spirit Award Finalist

Memberships

  • American College Personnel Association
  • American Society for Engineering Education, Cooperative and Experiential Education Division
  • Connecticut Cooperative Education & Internship Association
  • Connecticut’s Military and Veterans Support Coalition
  • Cooperative Education & Internship Association
  • Downtown Stamford Special Services to Promote Commerce
  • Eastern Association of Colleges and Employers
  • Fairfield County Business Council
  • Graduate Career Consortium
  • Middlesex Chamber of Commerce
  • NASPA – Student Affairs Professional in Higher Education
  • National Association of Colleges and Employers
  • National Career Development Association
  • New England Association for Cooperative Education and Field Experience
  • Professional Association of Resume Writers and Career Coaches
  • Society for Human Resource Management
  • Staffing Management Association of New England
  • The Career Leadership Collective

Awards

  • Award Recipient – Eastern Association of Colleges and Employers, Annual Innovation in Diversity & Inclusion
  • Nominee – UConn Stamford – Joy Nuckols Memorial Staff Award
  • Nominee – UConn’s Spirit Awards – Center for Career Development Diversity & Inclusion Committee

Conference Presentations

  • NACE Annual Conference: Infusing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into Your Career Center
  • NACE Annual Conference: How to Build Your Corporate Partner Relationships with Intent and Purpose
  • EACE Annual Conference: Squad-Care: Self-Care, But Not Alone
  • EACE Annual Conference: Thinking About Attending Medical School? Parallel Career Plans
  • CCEIA/SMA Professional Development Day Panelist: Employer Branding on Campus
  • CCEIA/SMA Professional Development Day: Tabled at “reverse the search” networking event
  • Fairfield County Business Council: How to Build Your Corporate Partner Relationships with Intent and Purpose
  • Careers in Student Affairs Conference, Eastern Connecticut State University – Building your Student Affairs Résumé
  • University Advising Conference, High Impact Practice Roundtable with George Kuh
  • University Advising Conference, Panel Participant for It Takes a Village and High Impact Practice Panels
  • UConn Career Elevate – moderated Hartford event panel

Memberships

  • American College Personnel Association
  • American Society for Engineering Education, Cooperative and Experiential Education Division
  • Connecticut Cooperative Education & Internship Association
  • Connecticut’s Military and Veterans Support Coalition
  • Downtown Stamford Special Services to Promote Commerce
  • Eastern Association of Colleges and Employers
  • Fairfield County Business Council
  • Graduate Career Consortium
  • Graduate Career Consortium Conference
  • Middlesex Chamber of Commerce
  • National Association of Colleges and Employers
  • National Association of Student Personnel Administrators
  • National Career Development Association
  • New England Association for Cooperative Education and Field Experience
  • Professional Association of Resume Writers and Career Coaches
  • Society for Human Resource Management
  • Staffing Management Association of New England
  • Susan Vogt Leadership Fellows Program
  • The Career Leadership Collective

Awards

  • Eastern Association of Colleges and Employers – Annual Innovation in Assessment Award; “Huskies Moving On” program
  • National Association of Colleges and Employers – Member’s Choice Award Finalist; Developing Career Competencies for Supporting Undocumented & DACAmented Students
  • University of Connecticut – Rainbow Center Distinguished Social Justice Advocate
  • University of Connecticut Outreach Senior Dinner – Keynote Speaker

Presentations

  • National Association of Colleges & Employers Annual Conference – Supporting the Dream: Professional Competencies for Working with Undocumented/DACAmented Students
  • Eastern Association of Colleges & Employers Annual Conference – Supporting the Dream: Professional Competencies for Working with Undocumented & DACAmented Students
  • New England Board of Higher Education Commission on Higher Education & Employability Leadership Summit – Panelist for “Revolutionizing Planning: Advising and Career Services for Campuses Large and Small”
  • Cooperative Education & Internship Association Annual Conference – Daring to Dream: Career Development & Undocumented Students
  • American Society for Engineering Education, Cooperative & Experiential Education Division National Conference – LinkedIn and Other Social Media Networking Opportunities
  • The Council on Undergraduate Research Biennial Conference – Partnership in Practice: Undergraduate Research & Career Development (collaborated with the Office of Undergraduate Research)
  • Graduate Career Consortium National Conference – The Urge to Know is a Powerful Force
  • Graduate Career Consortium National Conference – Faculty Career Partners by Organic Design
  • Graduate Career Consortium National Conference – Telling the GCC Story
  • Graduate Career Consortium Regional Conference – Diversity Initiative – Graduate Student Career Council
  • Connecticut Students for a Dream Annual Educator’s Conference – Supporting the DREAM
  • Connecticut Cooperative Education and Internship Association Professional Development Member Meeting – Supporting the DREAM

Memberships

  • American College Personnel Association
  • American Society for Engineering Education, Cooperative and Experiential Education Division
  • Business Council of Fairfield County
  • Connecticut Cooperative Education & Internship Association
  • Connecticut’s Military and Veterans Support Coalition
  • Cooperative Education & Internship Association
  • Eastern Association of Colleges and Employers
  • Graduate Career Consortium
  • MetroHartfordAlliance
  • Middlesex Chamber of Commerce
  • National Association of Colleges and Employers
  • National Career Development Association
  • New England Association for Cooperative Education and Field Experience
  • Professional Association of Resume Writers and Career Coaches
  • Staffing Management Association of New England
  • The Career Leadership Collective

Awards

  • National Association of Colleges and Employers – Career Services Excellence Award, Finalist
  • Clemson University – Citation at full day national symposium of CCDs Internal Relationship Continuum
  • National Residence Hall Honorary – Institution Faculty/Staff Of The Month
  • UConn Spirit Awards – Rising Star Award, Finalist
  • UConn Neag School of Education – Peter J. Nicholls Scholarship in Educational Leadership
  • UConn Division of Student Affairs – Graduate Student Award of Excellence, Nomination
  • Graduate Career Consortium – Nominated for 2017-2018 Board of Directors
  • National Association of Colleges and Employers – Nominated for 2017-2018 Board of Directors

Presentations

  • National Association of Colleges and Employers, Annual Conference; Implementing a Relationship Building Continuum on Your Campus
  • Eastern Association of Colleges and Employers, Regional Conference; Top Ten Activities for your Counseling Toolkit
  • American Society for Engineering Education, Annual Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration; Connecting Tomorrow’s Engineers to Those of Today
  • Veterans Affairs and Military Programs, Veterans Administrators Conference; Eliminating Barriers to Seeking Employment for Student Veterans
  • Communicating Careers: A Conference on Marketing for Career Centers; Embracing One UConn: Developing an Internal Relations Model
  • Cooperative Education & Internship Association, National Conference; Zero to Hero: Collaborating On- Campus Through 0-Credit Internship Courses
  • Graduate Career Consortium, Annual Conference; Telling the GCC Membership Story – Benchmarking Committee Poster Presentation
  • Graduate Career Consortium, Annual Conference; Insight into the PhD & Master’s Virtual Career Fair: A Five-Year Analysis and Review
  • Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, 2017 Research and Education Biannual Conference, Panelist; Environmental Engineering Hiring Trends at Environmental Engineering Program
  • Leaders Annual Meeting
  • UConn, Women’s Advance Conference; Making Your LinkedIn Profile Work for You
  • Connecticut Campus Compact, Student Leadership Conference; Pitch Perfection: Pitching Your Social Justice Ideas to Stakeholders
  • Connecticut Campus Compact, Student Leadership Conference; Mastering the Art of Resume Writing: Incorporating Leadership and Service
  • Connecticut Campus Compact, Tri-State AmeriCorps Vista Training; Incorporating Your AmeriCorps Service on Your Resume
  • IMPACT, National IMPACT Conference; Pitch Perfection: Pitching Your Social Enterprise Ideas

Memberships

  • American College Personnel Association
  • American Society for Engineering Education, Cooperative and Experiential Education Division
  • Business Council of Fairfield County, Internship Committee
  • Connecticut Cooperative Education & Internship Association
  • Connecticut’s Military and Veterans Support Coalition
  • Cooperative Education & Internship Association
  • Eastern Association of Colleges and Employers
  • Graduate Career Consortium
  • MetroHartfordAlliance
  • Middlesex Chamber of Commerce
  • National Association of Colleges and Employers
  • National Career Development Association
  • New England Association for Cooperative Education and Field Experience
  • Staffing Management Association of New England

Awards

  • National Association of Colleges and Employers – Annual Member’s Choice Award
  • Eastern Association of Colleges and Employers – Annual Diversity and Inclusion Award
  • UConn Spirit Award – Finalist, Rising Star Award
  • UConn Spirit Award – Finalist, Departmental Award
  • Student Life Award – Graduate Assistant of the Year
  • Provost’s Award for Community Engagement – Nominee
  • Featured in NACE’s Spotlight publication
  • American Association for Engineering Education – Best New Presenter Award

Presentations

  • National Association of Colleges and Employers, National Conference; The Matrix: 7 Best Practices + 7 Core Competencies = Limitless Possibilities
  • Eastern Association of Colleges and Employers, Annual Conference; Tech Talk (Co-presenter with the EACE Technology Committee)
  • National Career Development Association, Global Career Conference; Breaking Away from the Four Year Career Plan
  • Cooperative Education & Internship Association, National Annual Conference;
    • On-Campus Internships: Elevating the Student Employee
    • Creating a Paid Summer Intern Program Exclusively for UConn Students
  • New England Association for Cooperative Education and Field Experience, Fall Conference;
    • Breaking Away from the Four Year Career Plan
    • On-Campus Internships: Elevating Student Employees and Creating a Campus Culture
    • High Tech High Touch: Engagement, Innovation & Success
  • National Association of Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA), Veterans Symposium; Career Readiness and the Military Connected Student: Identifying Stakeholders and Building Partnerships
  • Northeast Modern Language Association, Annual Convention; Panelist
  • AgCareers North American Ag & Food, Human Resources Roundtable Conference; Panelist
  • American Society for Engineering Education, Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration;
  • Innovation and Sustainability for Students and Professional Development: Teaching Students to Leverage Existing Resources for Identifying Opportunities
  • CT Technology Council, HR Forum; Panelist, Better Together: Creating a Robust Tech Talent Pipeline in Connecticut
  • Southern New England Staffing Management Association; Panelist, Building Campus to Career Partnerships
  • Fairfield County Business Council, Internship Roundtable; Best Practices in Career Development
  • Communications Careers Conference; Curating Careers: Creatively Engaging Fine Arts Students

Memberships

  • National Association of Colleges and Employers:
  • Eastern Association of Colleges and Employers
  • Cooperative Education & Internship Association:
  • Connecticut Cooperative Education Internship Association:
  • Graduate Career Consortium
  • New England Association for Cooperative Education and Field Experience:
  • Greater Hartford UConn Alumni Group
  • MetroHartford Alliance
  • Business Council of Fairfield County
  • Chambers of Commerce – Active Membership:
    • Tolland
    • Middlesex
    • Northwest CT
    • Southeast CT
  • Best Practices for Visiting Colleagues
  • External Reviewer for North Dakota State University Career Center