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Breakout Sessions
How to Scale Career Advising: A Pilot Group Advising Program
Presented by: Cynthia Kossan, Assistant Director, Career Education and Advising, Occidental College Career Center
Office Politics: Enhancing Job Retention for the Under-Privileged
Presented by: Eric D Fan, Gen Z & Millennial Whisperer, Squarage
The Modern Professional - Redefining How We Talk to Students About Professionalism
Presented by: Rebecca McDonald, Senior Career Coach, University of Utah
101 Collaborations: Growing Your Village Through Story-Sharing, Relationship Building, and Mentoring
Presented by: Roshni D. Lal, Assistant Director of Alumni Career Services, West Coast – Syracuse University
Breaking Status-Quo: Re-Designing DEI Programming Using Design Thinking Strategies
Presented by: Jennifer Mojarro, Director, Career Center and Stephanie Reyes, Senior Associate Director of Career Education and Campus Engagement, California State University, Fullerton
Career Workshop Series for Graduate Students Seeking Non-Academic Paths: A Collaboration between Career Center & Graduate Division
Presented by: Dr. Vanessa Lee, Career Specialist, Graduate Students and Dr. Yelda Serin, Graduate Student Resource Center Coordinator, University of California, Riverside
Leveraging Cultural Capital in First-Generation Students During the Job Interview Process
Presented by: Kara Ward, Program Coordinator, University of California, Irvine - School of Physical Sciences and Dr. Gabriela Castañeda, Assistant Director, Career Services, Argyros School of Business & Economics, Chapman University
Rethinking Diversity Recruitment
Presented by: Connor Damon Cole, Talent Acquisition Manager, iCIMs and Meagan Dizon, Programs Manager, Office of Diversity Affairs, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder
Your Story Matters: A Collaborative First Destination Survey Marketing Campaign Which Leads to Enhanced Career Outcomes
Presented by: Michelle Gomez, Associate Director, Employer Relations, University of California, Riverside - Career Center, Abhilasha Sachdeva, Industry Outreach Specialist, STEM, University of California, Riverside - Career Center, and Angela Meluski, Assistant Dean of Strategic Initiatives and Marketing
Supercharge Employer Engagement: Strategic Relationship Management
Presented by: Angelina Lee, Director of Employer Engagement, Career & Professional Development and Thomas Kjolsing, Application Systems Analyst, Loyola Marymount University
Use Campus Employment to Grow Career Development & Workplace Skills for Your Students
Presented by: Lisa Laird, Director, Career Center and Stacie Durrance, Instructor, Snow College Education & Family Studies Department, Snow College
Bridging the Career Center and Academic Advising Gap: A Pilot Classroom for Exploratory Students
Presented VIRTUALLY by: Brent Fujinaka, Career Counselor and Leilani Takeuchi Harjati, Director, TRIO Student Support Services, University of Hawaii at Manoa
The Virtual Candidate Experience: Students Benchmarks and Differentiators
Presented by: Mary Scott, Managing Consultant, Scott Resource Group
Academics and Careers - Tackling the Second Year Slump
Presented by: Megan Martinez-Montano, Senior Career Advisor and Lindsay Siegmund, Internship Advisor, California State University, Fullerton
Going Farther Together: Equipping Asian American Pacific Islander Students with Tools to Navigate Their Workplace
Presented by: Chanda Ishisaka, Career Specialist and Melody Lim, Career Specialist, California State University, Fullerton
A JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion) Approach to Career Development & Programming
Presented by: Ramona Acuna, Career Programming & Employer Outreach Counselor and Melissa Gonzalez, Career Development & Diversity Engagement Coordinator, San Diego State University
Other Duties As Assigned: How Creating “Greater Goods” Teams Helped Move DE&I Initiatives from the Backburner to the Forefront
Presented by: Tonie Zhu, Associate Director, Employer Relations, Brittany Deneau, Associate Director of Specialty Masters Career Services – MSBA Program, and Joina Hsiao, Associate Director, Career Services - Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAc), University of California, Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
Own Your Experience: Engaging Faculty and Students in Career Readiness
Presented by: Sherami Jara, Director/Assistant Dean and Sam Prestwich, Assistant Director, Brigham Young University
Not Just Our Work: Inspiring Campus to Join In
Presented by: Kelly Dries, Executive Director and Lauren Wooster, Associate Director, University of Redlands
Second Star to the Right, and Straight on to Grad School - 3 Magical Steps to Advising Students for Graduate Programs
Presented by: Sterling May, Career Director, College of Life Sciences, Derek Jack, Associate Director, Career Service Team, Ben Drewry, Career Director, Human Services, Candilyn Newell, Career Director, College of Life Sciences and Jodi Chowen, Managing Director, Careers and Experiential Learning, Brigham Young University
REAL TALK: Women Leadership Perspectives on a Post-Pandemic Shift in Career Education & Leadership Lives (Private, Public, and Community College Insight)
Presented by: Nicole Rodriguez, EdD, Director, Career Center, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Dr. Elizabeth Zavala-Acevez, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs, California State University, Fullerton, Dr. Kelly Dries, Executive Director, Office of Career & Professional Development, University of Redlands, Ella Aho, Director, Career Services, Salt Lake Community College (SLCC), Sandra Arana, Director, Center for Career and Professional Development, Whittier College
Understanding and Creating Industry Partnerships in Native American Communities
Presented by: Cynthia O’Dale-Higgins, Career Coach, Utah State University-Blanding Campus, Doyle Anderson, Ph.D, CEO/Founder and Blaine Jensen, Director of Operations, Facilitators of Innovative Education, Leadership Development, and Sustainability
Travel Further Together: Igniting Inclusive and Equitable Employer Practices through Student Leader and Employer Relationships
Presented by: Melissa Minato, Associate Director of Career Education, Seattle University
Whistle While Your Work Place Changes: How Employers are Combating “The Great Resignation” Through Reimagining Their Recruitment, DE&I, and Employee Engagement Strategies
Presented by: Cameron White, University Recruiting & Relations Operations Lead, Northrop Grumman, Jeff Brzozowski, University Relations Manager, Travelers Insurance, Kasey Stricklin, Senior University Recruiter, Uber, and Tracy Hill, Group Talent Acquisition Manager, Enterprise Holdings
Building Experiential Learning for Historically Marginalized Students
Presented by: Alma Orozco, Internship Coordinator and Veronica Heiskell, Associate Director, Experiential Learning & Student Employment, University of California, Santa Cruz
Career Services: Examining our Role in the Equity Gap
Presented VIRTUALLY by: Sarah Trzeciak, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Career Development and Immersive Learning, University of Colorado Denver
To Infinity and Beyond: Using Design Thinking to Reimagine the Organizational Structure of the Career Design Center at Utah State University
Presented by: Joseph Banks, Assistant Director, Dannon Loveland, Career Specialist, Marissa Armitstead, Career Specialist, Sophie Bassett, Career Design Specialist, and Paige Geslin, Career Design Specialist, Utah State University
Ideas to End Oppressive Hiring Practices
Presented by: Jeffrey Harrington, Career Advisor, California State University, Chico and Sophia Gaither, Associate Director, Carson College of Business, Center for Student Success, Washington State University
Re-Imagining the Etiquette Dinner: A Virtual Move to be More Inclusive
Presented by: Amanda Morgan, Associate Director, Academic Success & Career Center, Washington State University
A Digital-First Approach to DEI: Scaling Impact Through Curated Communities
Presented by: Briana Randall, Executive Director, Career & internship Center, University of Washington
State of the Profession: Trends and Predictions
Presented by: Matthew Brink, National Association of Colleges and Employers, David Ong (NACE President) - Vice President of Talent Acquisition, Maximus, and Jen Lasater (NACE Past-President) - Vice President for Employer and Career Services, Purdue University Global
Language Rooted in Racism: Building Our Awareness Of The Words And Phrases We Employ, To Help Create A More Inclusive And Welcoming Space
Presented by: Daniel Levitch, Career Counselor, California State University, Northridge
Getting Creative and Filling the Gaps: Maximizing Connections in a Virtual World
Presented VIRTUALLY by: Katie Ramirez, Director of Career Services, Center for Experiential Learning and Career Success and Maranda Larsen, Associate Director, Trinity University
