Archive for August, 2009
The Career Development Center will coordinate a bus trip for students interested in attending Idealist.org’s Graduate Degrees for the Public Good fair Monday Sept. 21 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. At the fair, students will have an opportunity to meet graduate admissions representatives from various programs to discuss professional development through graduate education. Students can also attend a free information session offering advice on graduate degree options, the application process, financial aid, and deciding when to attend graduate school after spending time in the working world.
For more information about the fair, visit http://www.idealist.org/if/idealist/en/CareerFair/Viewer/default?career-fair-id=226
Students wishing to reserve a spot on the CDC’s bus, must register via SpiderConnect by logging in and clicking “Events” and then “Programs & Workshops.” In addition, students must bring in the $10 fee (cash or check only) to the CDC on the third floor of THC by Sept. 11.
Today’s college students are no strangers to social media and all that it can do for our social interactions. 85% of students at 4-year universities have Facebook profiles. However, while populating most of the major sites, many students have not yet embraced the great amount of other social media tools available to them.
Read the full article at: http://mashable.com/2009/04/16/social-media-college/
CDC announces fall 2009 walk-in hours, locations
The Career Development Center will begin walk-in hours for the fall semester on Monday, Aug. 24.
Walk-ins will be held Monday through Friday, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the CDC, located on the third floor of Tyler Haynes Commons. Students can see an advisor and get answers to quick questions without an appointment during this time. Sessions are typically 15 minutes.
In addition to walk-in hours at the CDC, students can see a CDC advisor during walk-in hours at satellite locations around campus:
Mondays at the Robins School of Business Atrium
Tuesdays at the Modlin Center First Floor Lounge
Wednesdays at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies
Thursdays at the Gottwald Science Center Atrium
Peer advisors are also available Wednesday nights from 8 to 10 p.m. in the Boatwright Library and during walk-in hours at the CDC.
For more information, call (804) 289-8547.
Idealist is partnering with Mozilla (the organization behind the Firefox internet browser) on its first annual Mozilla Service Week, which will match thousands of “techie” volunteers around the world with nonprofits in need of help with IT, web design, programming, blogging, and more.
Mozilla Service Week will take place September 14-21, 2009, and organizations are so eager for volunteers that a couple of thousand of them have already posted their opportunities.
If you are comfortable with technology and would like to help out, or if your organization could use some help, visit http://mozillaservice.org
And to help spread the word to nonprofits and techies around the world, please go to:
