Fall 2014
EMPLOYER RELATIONS & RECRUITING SERVICES NEWSLETTER
Recruit-A-Duke J a m e s
M a d i s o n
Un i v e r s i t y
Inside the Issue JMU Welcomes You................................. 2 Bold New Vision at JMU.......................... 3 A Letter From Our Director...................... 5 Life of a Liaison....................................... 6 Fall Career & Internship Fair.................. 8 Spotlight: Intelligence Analysis............ 9 Recruiting Snapshot..............................11 Innovative Ways to Engage JMU .........12 Employer Shoutouts.............................13 Connect with CAP...................................14
JMU Welcomes You! “More than ever, a university has a critical role in preserving and
enhancing the heritage of democracy. It is up to us to develop educated
and enlightened citizens who will participate actively in the world, who have the knowledge and skills to meet and confront new challenges, and to work with people from different backgrounds. Certainly, higher
education can be an economic engine for our communities and the world
at large. In the marketplace of ideas that we represent, faculty, students, alumni and others can debate and address the big issues of our time and
challenge assumptions. That is how a democracy flourishes and grows.” -President Jonathan Alger
James Madison University’s
6th President on “the engaged university”
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Strategic Plan 2014 - 2020
Bold New Vision at JMU “To be the national model for the engaged university: engaged with ideas and the world.” This new vision was part of the strategic planning work that was led by the Madison Future Commission in 2013. It was approved in January 2014 by the university’s Board of Visitors as our guiding statement up to and through 2020. Our central pursuit in the coming years as we seek to fulfill our mission will be to become the national model for what it means to be engaged.
Mission We are a community committed to preparing students to be educated and enlightened citizens who lead productive and meaningful lives. Values Academic Quality, Community, Diversity, Excellence, Integrity and Student Focus Who We Are James Madison University is a community of higher learning that reaches beyond the pursuit of instruction, developing well-rounded citizens who make a real difference in the world. We are continually building a culture marked by strong relationships, engagement, teaching excellence, ethical reasoning, discovery and a commitment to the liberal arts and sciences. Students often describe their experience as one where we “hold the door open” for each other. We see this as both literal – reflecting a warm and welcoming community – and figurative, where we open opportunities for our students by fostering the cultivation of ideas in and beyond the classroom. We offer the benefits and resources of large scale and mass while providing close relationships between students and faculty – the benefits of big with a small feel. We will be the national model of the engaged university because we believe engagement is a critical pathway to student enlightenment. As a reflection of our namesake, our most important intended outcome is to help create high-character citizenleaders who contribute to improving the human condition.
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And, for JMU, engagement means: Engaged Learning Developing deep, purposeful and reflective learning, while uniting campus and community in the pursuit, creation, application and dissemination of knowledge.
Civic Engagement Advancing the legacy of James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, by preparing individuals to be active and responsible participants in a representative democracy dedicated to the common good.
Community Engagement Fostering mutually beneficial and reciprocal partnerships, ranging from local to global, that connect learning to practice, address critical societal problems and improve quality of life.
OCR Blackout Days (No On Campus Recruiting) •JMU Assessment Day: February 10, 2015 •Career Fair Day 1: February 17th •Spring Break: March 6th- March 16th, 2015 •Teacher Recruitment Day: March 26th, 2015
Important Dates Spring OCR & Spring 2014 Career and Internship Fair registration opens: November 3rd:
First Day of Spring Recruiting: February 3, 2015
Spring 2014 Career and Internship Fair: February 17th & 18th, 2015
JMU Teacher Recruitment Day: March 26, 2015
Last Day of Spring Recruiting: April 17, 2015 4
A Note from
Our Director
Dear Employers, Partners, As the new Director of Career and Academic Planning, I want to introduce myself and extend a warm welcome to you and your organization. My experience working in Career and Academic Planning in various direct service and administrative roles provides for a unique understanding of our student population, our academic programs, and ways we can facilitate your connection with our students earlier in their college career. I am fortunate to work with the entire staff in Career and Academic Planning, a team of dedicated professionals striving to provide you and our students with the best services possible to help you each achieve your goals. I look forward to working with you this year, and meeting you during any visits to our campus. Thank you for including James Madison University in your recruiting plans. Our goal is to help your organization connect with students who possess the knowledge, skills and academic training that best meet your hiring needs. Our staff is ready to help you communicate opportunities, establish a presence, and determine the best way to find the high quality talent you are seeking. There are many exciting things happening at JMU, and you are an important part of that. Our recruiting space in the new Student Success Center was specifically designed to better meet your needs, and we look forward to showing it to you. This new facility offers expanded interview capacity along with a wonderful environment to interact with CAP staff, faculty and students. JMU’s vision is to be the national model of the engaged university. Our office is dedicated to facilitating your connection to our campus community and foster engagement which will further our common goals. I appreciate the opportunity to partner with you on these efforts, and look forward to working with you in the year ahead. Sincerely,
Mary D. Morsch Director, Career and Academic Planning
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& Kristin Sowden
Life of a Liason in CAP Q A Kristin Sowden is one of Career and Academic Planning’s Advisors and more specifically, liaisons for The College of Integrated Science and Technology which is in an umbrella over Computer Science, Engineering, Geographic Science, Intelligence Analysis, and ISAT majors. Learn more about Kristin’s role and responsibilities as a CAP liaison.
Can you describe your education and experience? Where did you graduate? Previous jobs?
Please describe the Career and Academic Planning Office and what it can do for student.
I grew up in rural New Jersey, where I attended The
Career & Academic Planning provides opportunities
College of New Jersey, right outside of Trenton, and
and support that engages students in the process of
majored in English and Secondary Education. College didn’t start out so smoothly for me - I transferred in the middle of my Freshman year to TCNJ and struggled for the next two years to feel like I belonged in the community. By sheer luck, I got a job as a Student Ambassador as a
programs and careers. In short, we work with all students in the university, on all paths of their collegiate experience. In my opinion, there are so many confusing and overwhelming decisions to make in college – we
Junior and it changed my life. As soon as I adopted my
help empower students to make decisions that they can
first Freshman floor for Welcome Week I was hooked
be proud of, in every step of their journey at JMU.
on making a difference in college students’ lives. I taught 8th grade Language Arts for a year and then found JMU through my Master’s program, the College Student Personnel Administration Program, which I graduated from in 2013. I worked in CAP as a Graduate Assistant, and I was lucky enough to find a full-time job right after graduation!
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exploring, evaluating, and choosing academic
What type of CAP programs have you been working to implement for CISE students? How will these impact their experiences with CAP? What was involved in the reorganizing of Recruit-a-Duke for CISE students? How is it different now? What was the goal of reorganizing these programs? CAP is one of the few offices in the country that is an integrated office, meaning we work both in advising and career services, and so, for that reason and many more, CAP has a history of setting the national standard for best practices in advising and career development. What I have tried to work towards is helping CISE students see how we (being CAP) can suit their specific needs throughout their time at JMU. Before this summer, Recruit-A-Duke had a “one size fits all” framework. We posted all opportunities to all students with the intention that students would seek the opportunities which fit them best. What I found specifically in CISE was that type of approach was often overwhelming for students. So instead, I found a way this summer to make everything customizable for our specific student population. The announcements, the document library – even the e-newsletter now only displays what opportunities there are for an ISAT student, or GS, and so on. The feedback that I have received is that students are really responding to these changes because it provides some direction and purpose to their job search. Simply put, the goal of reorganizing Recruit-A-Duke was to help streamline all the behind the scenes career development efforts that we in CAP and the CISE departments are formulating day in and day out. The new features really just make Recruit-A-Duke more accessible for students – it helps them to see exactly what kind of opportunities are out there just for their major or industry.
What is involved with being a liaison for the College of Integrated Science and Engineering?
Are there any future projects you are working on for
As the liaison for CISE, I partner with both the faculty
My largest project for now and for the future is to con-
in CISE and employers seeking Technology and Engineering students to assist students through every step of their career journey. From learning how to write a resume, to searching for jobs or internships, to asking for letters of recommendation, attending interviews, even negotiating offers – I can help with all of it. Most times, I help students find resources and build their network so
CISE students or faculty? tinue pursuing CISE student engagement with Career and Academic Planning. I meet so many students who say, “This is so amazing! I wish I knew about you before!” To that, I always say, “please go tell your classes, your friends, your roommates about CAP!” There are so many talented professionals in our office that can help.
they can begin their post-graduation life in wonderful and exciting ways.
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2014 Fall Career & Internship Fair Recap & Highlights
Fall 2014: The bi-annual
Following the fair, CAP
Career and Internship
held a networking
Fair was held over two
reception in the Leeolou
days, September 29th
Alumni Canter for JMU
and 30th in our Festival
faculty, staff, and senior
Ballroom. The event was
administration.
open to all majors.
At A Glance:
Total Employers: 140 Total Attendees: 1,338 Academic Level: Freshman- 227 Sophomore- 171 Junior- 320 Senior- 589 Career and Internship Fair and Networking Reception
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Looking Forward to the Spring Career and Internship Fair February 17th & 18th, 2015 Registration begins November 3rd, 2014 on Recruit-A-Duke.
Major/Program SPOTLIGHT :
Intelligence Analysis
The concept for the Intelligence Analysis degree program was developed in 2002, when an interdisciplinary group of JMU faculty from the Colleges of Arts and Letter, Business, and Integrated Science and Technology began working with industry and government agencies to develop a program that would “emphasize critical thinking skills, pattern matching, data fusion, technical writing, and creating intelligence from existing data”. The curriculum for the major emerged in 2004 from JMU’s unique interaction with the intelligence community through applied research in infrastructure and information assurance along with advanced research in the philosophy of critical thinking. An information-centric model of intelligence analysis with special emphasis on advanced critical-thinking skills and use of modern information technology tools was developed. The new degree program was approved by the JMU Board of Visitors in 2006 and the State Council of Higher Education in 2007, the year that official IA courses were also first taught on campus at the Sophomore level. The university received a special Congressional appropriation through the Department of Defense in 2007 to create the Institute for National Security Analysis (INSA). INSA served as the initial research arm of the IA major, and provided further direction in both the content and pedagogy of the IA degree program. In 2008, IA was recognized by the Defense Intelligence Agency as a foundational school for its University Based Analytic Training Program. Since then, IA has joined the Intelligence Community’s “Centers for Academic Excellence Program” (currently run by DIA). In 2010, IA also formed a unique relationship with the Drug Enforcement Administration. By 2009, there were three classes of students in the program (freshmen, sophomores, and juniors) and the first class of students had begun to serve as summer interns in the private and public intelligence communities. Feedback from these industry and government agency sponsors has been uniformly positive. In 2009, JMU was also the host of the International “Four Eyes Analytic Training Workshop” for intelligence educators from across the US, Canada, Australia, and the UK, solidifying JMU’s position as a significant
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academic partner to the professional IA community. Since then, JMU has hosted this event (since renamed “Five Eyes Analytic Training Workshop” to reflect the addition of New Zealand two more times (Spring of 2011 and Spring of 2013). In 2014, JMU hosted the International “Intelligence and the Transition from War to Peace” Conference. The first class of students graduated in the spring of 2010. Graduates are employed across the government, military, law enforcement and private corporate analytical communities.
in compelling verbal and written products and how to
Intelligence Analysis was created for students who want
locate conclusions in the broader circumstances in which
to become intelligence analysts in either the government
they occur.
or private sector. The major is part of the Department of
Students select one of two possible concentrations:
Integrated Science and Technology, and academic unit
National Security Intelligence, for the student interested
within the College of Integrated Science and Engineering.
in a career in the U.S. government, or Global Competitive
The department has a distinctive commitment to
Intelligence, for those who desire a career in the private
developing, teaching, and integrating a systematic
sector. In addition to these concentrations, students have
information centric approach to intelligence, the newest
the opportunity to develop a customized Subject-Matter
and most advanced methods of analytical reasoning, and
Specialty to equip them to address a major national
the most critical new technologies into the intelligence
security threat, business challenge, or geographic area.
process.
The programs mission is to equip students with proficiency
Students learn innovative ways to structure their
at an integrated skill set in cognitive, communicative,
thinking to solve complex, real world problems when
computational, and contextual analytic methods, as well as
there is both time pressure and a lack of reliable
the underlying conceptual framework(s) necessary to adapt
information. The program highlights the continually
and apply these methods to any type of problem.
evolving nature of intelligence analysis, with an
The Intelligence Analysis program was developed with
emphasis on employing new academic research into
feedback from experts in the field. By choosing a degree
analytic methods. Through this program students
in Intelligence Analysis, students will gain a distinctive
develop a unique set of desirable skills such as how to
education drawing from some of the most advanced new
think and reason rigorously, how to employ relevant
methods of analysis that are available to an undergraduate
technologies effectively, how to express conclusions
student.
From Dr. Tim Walton“We have a number of former intelligence analysis practitioners here in the IA program--myself being former US Navy and CIA, and Dr. Edna Reid from the FBI. This means that the thinking and technology that we teach reflects the way actual analysts in government, the military, business, and law enforcement deal with real problems. We also have our students practice effective ways to communicate the results of their analysis through concise written and oral presentations, including team projects, which again reflects real-world procedures.”
our new space Recruiting snapshot Our new interview center is located on the 3rd floor of the
Student Success Center. This space allows for employers to engage with our staff and our students. The interview center has 14 interview rooms, a teleconference room, and employer lounge, student waiting area, and locker room. Both students and employers were kept in mind in the
See our Welcome Guide to help prepare you for On Campus Recruiting in the Student Sucess Center
design for this new space. Practice interviews, interviews for internships and full time positions all take place here on campus. During our fall 2014 recruiting season, we will have hosted over 80 employers and conducted interviews with over 1840 students.
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Innovative Ways for
Employers to Engage at JMU
From the Offfice of Corporate and Foundation Relations Our office works to facilitate and strengthen corporate and foundation partnerships with James Madison University. Working hand-in-hand with JMU’s colleges, centers and programs, we represent the University to corporate and foundation constituents, build mutually beneficial relationships, and promote JMU’s funding priorities to our external
John Meck Assistant Director meckjh@jmu.edu
partners. These activities help the university strengthen its
While providing corporations with access to James
academic programs for students, its service to the public,
Madison’s people, departments, and programs, we can also
and its position as one of the leading universities in the
guide your company’s interest in faculty support, student aid
region. We look forward to working with you.
such as scholarships, and building naming opportunities. A
By serving as the corporate world’s point-of-contact with
new value proposition is developed and implemented at James
the University, the Corporate and Foundation Relations
Madison University and we invite you to be a part of something
office acts as a gateway to James Madison University for
that will change the landscape of higher education.
business and industry.
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Cannie Campbell Director, Corporate and Foundation Giving campbecg@jmu.edu
EMPLOYER Shoutouts JMU Students Love Our On-Campus Recruiting Partners! “I think Capital One is a great company to work for. I like how they are very active with on-campus events and how they keep their candidates up to date and in contact with other JMU alums who work with Capital One.”
“I hope to hear back soon from Grant Thornton and am really excited to see if I get the chance to work with them.”
“Left a very good impression regarding employment at McGladrey. I would gladly work at this company based on my conversation with the interviewer.”
“My first impression of Cvent sparked high interest. I am attracted to the many fields and growth opportunities Cvent offers.”
“Ernst & Young provided me with great
“I think CliftonLarsonAllen would be
atmospheres during multiple occasions
a great company to start my career
and the representatives are very friendly
and expand my knowledge in the IT
and dedicated to what they do. I would
Audit field.”
be very pleased to work at EY.”
Connect With CAP #jmucap @PostCareers: So excited to welcome our newest Leasing Consultant @hschindewolf to the Post family! Thanks for the alumni @jmucap #HireTheBest “Loved meeting so many great @JMU #students today at @JMUCap #Career Fair. Missed us? Apply to @Cvent #jobs here: http://ow.ly/Bj0hz” @AngelaOrebaugh: Had a great time at the @JMU career fair yesterday. A solid line for over 4 hours. Great students! @BoozAllen @jrkoers @PostCareers: @jmucap We were blown away by the students at the Fall Career Fair! Looking forward to making many great hires in 2014/15 #JMU #hirethebest @CEBCareers: Hello @jmucap! A #JMU alum is featured in our new video: https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDEXFCPgZVM #CEBCareers @ICFInteractive: @JMUCompSci We’re hosting an info session 9/29 5:30 PM in Festival Conf Rm 4. Learn about our web dev #career opps in #RVA & #DC. @JMUcap “Connecting across campus-@GrantThornton saw over 200 #JMU students at their tailgate on campus last weekend! #jmucap”
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