Events

2012-2013 Career Planning Workshop/Program Schedule


Fall 2012 Workshops

Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012: Writing Effective Resumes and Cover Letters

Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012: Networking Skills

Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012: Creating a Four-Year Plan

Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012: Conducting an Internship/Job Search

Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012: Writing Effective Resumes and Cover Letters

All workshops are at 6 p.m. Stop by the ACP Office (lower level of the library), call 463.7247, or e-mail Anneliese Fox to reserve your spot.


On-Campus Programming

Friday, Oct. 5, 2012: Career Exploration, Graduate School and Off-Campus Studies (Stone Recreation Center)

Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012: Seminary Fair (Faculty Dining Room)

Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013: Sumer Camp and Internship Fair (Van Dusen Rotunda)

Friday, Feb 8, 2013: Alumni Speed Interviewing (Dow L-1)


Off-Campus Programming

Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012: Meet the Recruiters, Finance and Accounting (Central Michigan University’s Bovee University Center)

Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012: Rehmann Recruiting Night (Saginaw, MI)
Event runs 5:30 to 8 p.m. RSVP to ann.hoppe@rehmann.com prior to Sept. 23.

Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012: Idealist Grad School Fair (Chicago, IL)
To register and RSVP, please go to http://www.idealist.org/view/fair/kcFcHN8ZNhSP.

Friday, Oct. 12, 2012: Spectrum Health Information Services Internship Program Networking Event (Grand Rapids, MI)

Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012: Hope College Gap Year Fair (Holland, MI)
To register, please email Anneliese at foxal@alma.edu.

Friday, Nov. 16, 2012: Michigan Collegiate Job Fair (Livonia, MI)
Event runs from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Register at www.mcjf.org.

Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012: Whirlpool Recruiting Fair (Benton Harbor, MI)

Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012: Northwestern Mutual Financial Network Headquarters Reception (Troy, MI)

Friday, Feb. 1, 2012: ePrize Career Fair (Southeast MI)

Friday, Feb. 15, 2013: Job Pursuit: The Internship and Interview Fair (Lansing, MI)
Event runs from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. To register, please email Anneliese at foxal@alma.edu.

 

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Student Profile

Olyvia Brown

Olyvia Brown
Graduation: 2014
Major: Theatre and English

With hours of reading and rehearsal, English and theatre can be two time-consuming majors.

Fitting both into one schedule is nearly impossible, but for Olyvia Brown ’14, it’s a labor of love.

“English feeds my love of theatre,“ she says.