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  Career Services Center
University of Delaware
401 Academy Street
Newark, DE 19716
Phone: 302.831.2392
Fax: 302.831.1452
udcareers@udel.edu

21st Annual Multi-Ethnic Career Development Conference

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Saturday, March 8, 2008
Trabant University Center
Multipurpose Rooms
9:30am - 3:00pm

The theme for this year's program is "Your Future Begins Now, Get Ready…Set Go!" The program will provide freshmen and sophomores an opportunity to meet recent alumni and to learn how to utilize University resources to build a successful career. The keynote speaker for this year's program will Bonnie St. John, a motivational speaker and author.

Students -- Register Here
Deadline: Monday, February 25

Student Transportation Schedule

Agenda

9:30 - 9:45 am Student Registration Lobby
9:45 - 9:50 am

Welcome

 

Introduction of Speaker

Michael Vaughan, Sr. Assistant Dean College of Engineering
Theatre-Downstairs

Jackie Aldridge, Coordinator HHMI Nucleus Program

9:50 - 10:45 am Keynote Address

Bonnie St. John
Motivational Speaker & Author

Theatre- Downstairs

2 Sessions:

10:50 - 11:35 am
&
11:40 am - 12:25 pm

Alumni Panels

Marketing Yourself...What Makes you Unique? -- Room 209

Lead and Not Follow ...Developing Leadership Skills -- Room 206

Graduate School ...Prepare Now -- Room 211

Navigating a Diverse Workplace ...Building Multi-cultural Relationships -- Room 219

12:30 - 1:30 pm

Lunch

 

About Career Services

Multipurpose Rooms A & B

Dr. Jack Townsend, Director
Andrew Licata, Career Ambassador
Antonia Donato, Career Ambassador
Bank of America Career Services Center

1: 30 - 1:45 pm Closing Remarks

Dr. Terry Whittaker, Assistant Provost
Student Diversity and Success

1:45 - 2:45 pm Employer Networking Corporate Co-sponsors
Multipurpose Room C
2:45 - 3:00 pm Incentive Drawing

Grand Prize: Gateway® E-265M Laptop
Joyce Dennis Henderson, Assistant Director
Bank of America Career Services Center

Student Dress Code: Business Casual.

For more information regarding the 2008 Multi-Ethnic Career Development Conference, contact Joyce Henderson, Assistant Director, Career Services Center at joyceh@udel.edu or 302-831-1232.

Co-sponsors: Air Liquide, AstraZeneca, Bank of America, Eli Lilly & Company, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, JPMorgan Chase, and PricewaterhouseCoopers

Sponsors: ASPIRE Program, Bank of America Career Services Center, Center for Black Culture, Center for Counseling and Student Development, College of Arts & Sciences, EXCEL Program, HHMI NUCLEUS Program, RISE Program, and Student Diversity and Success

Planning Committee: Kyle Byard (Student Representative), Kavi Chokshit (Student Representative), Antonia Donato (Student Representative), Sasha Fray (Student Representative), Jessica Gonzalez (Student Representative), Julian Hoberman (Student Representative), DashLee LeCorps (Student Representative), Andrew Licata (Student Representative), Joy Tydings (Student Representative), Dionna Tyson (Student Representative), Lauren Zirpolo (Student Representative), Ms. Marcia Rollison & Ashleigh Brown (The Excel Program), Dr. David Usher (NUCLEUS Program), Jackie Aldridge (NUCLEUS Program), Ms. Marianne Johnson (RISE Program), Ms. Kasandra Moye (Center for Black Culture), Ms. B. Vandornt (ASPIRE), Dr. Nicole Boyd-Douglas (Counseling & Student Development Center), Cindy Shenkle & Cheryl Robinson, (College of Arts & Science), Dr. Jack Townsend, Ms. Joyce Dennis Henderson, and Tiffany Cradle (Career Services Center).

 

Last updated: February 28, 2008