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VIRTUAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
VIRTUAL
Friday, November 3, 2023
All times listed are Eastern Time for the Virtual Conference
11:00-12:00 Opening main stage session: Jeremy Podany
12:00-12:30 Breakouts
12:30-1:00 Main stage session: President Sarah Willie-LeBreton, Smith College
1:00-1:45 Special Collective Breakouts
1:45-2:15 Breakouts
2:15-3:15 Panel: Faculty Perspectives on Career Success
3:15-3:45 Breakouts
3:45-4:00 Break
4:00-4:30 Breakouts
4:30-5:15 Fireside Chat with Ro-Anne Royer Engle, VPSA at Ball State University
KEYNOTE
Career Services in the Age of Change
Jeremy Podany is the Founder and CEO of The Career Leadership Collective, a consultancy that has done business with over 1,000 colleges and universities since 2017 on the systemic career development needs of higher education. The Collective is the inventor of the National Alumni Career Mobility (NACM) survey and the EMBARK first destination data service, which were both acquired by Lightcast in 2023.
Jeremy enjoyed nearly 20 years working in higher education, primarily in career services. His inventions and consulting solutions have systemically helped thousands of university leaders and hundreds of thousands of college students with career education and career mobility.
MAIN STAGE SESSION
President Sarah Willie-LeBreton, Smith College
Sarah Willie-LeBreton is the 12th president of Smith College. She earned a bachelor of arts degree from Haverford College in 1986, and an M.A. (1988) and Ph.D. (1995) from Northwestern University, all in sociology. After having taught at Colby College (1991–1995) and Bard College (1995–1997) in tenure-track appointments, she was tenured at Swarthmore, where she served as coordinator of the Black Studies Program and chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology for a total of 17 years. She was appointed as provost and dean of the faculty at Swarthmore in 2018 and served in that role until 2023.
FIRESIDE CHAT
Ro-Anne Royer Engle, VPSA at Ball State University
Ro-Anne Royer Engle started serving as the interim Vice President for Student Affairs in January 2019. The Division of Student Affairs works closely with Academic Affairs and other administrative areas to provide a holistic student experience.
In her role, Ro-Anne provides leadership for Ball State University’s efforts to support student co-curricular engagement and success.
SPECIAL COLLECTIVE BREAKOUT
Learn from Career Launch Partners about How they are Measuring Career Readiness
You will hear directly from Career Launch partners from public and private colleges who've implemented the Career Launch Readiness Assessment. You will learn:
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about the value of having data on where students are when they enter your college (student value and institutional value),
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why students (who take the assessment close to graduation) say, "I wish you would have had me take this sooner!",
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how the macro and segmented data is being used to make more informed strategic decisions, and
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what a "super carrot" is and how it can help you achieve your retention and career outcome goals and objectives.
Emerald Hames
Associate Director of Inclusive Career Design
University of Arkansas
Aviance Taylor
Director of Career Education
Offices of Career Connections
University of Arkansas
Lori Brown
Director of Impact & Partnerships
Career Launch
Former Director of Career Center @ Seattle Pacific University
Katie Gaither
Director of Student Engagement
College for Creative Studies
Shannon McPartlon
Executive Director
Office of Partnerships
College for Creative Studies
Panel: Faculty Perspectives on
Career Success
MODERATOR:
Monique Frost
Consultant
The Career Leadership Collective
Amy R. Frederick
Associate Professor of Art History
Centre College
Jennifer McGuire Illig Professor of Biology
St Thomas
Brenda Shaffer
Professor of Marketing
University of Delaware
Amy Lee
Professor and Director of University First Year Writing
University of Minnesota
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Experiential Engagement through Employer Challenges
Meagan Hart-Molloy and Elizabeth Schaller | The University of Michigan
Supporting the Unique Career Development Needs of Graduate Students
Yas Hardaway, Rachel Coleman, and Michelle Ponce | Pepperdine University, Graduate School of Education & Psychology
Recruiting, Onboarding, Activating, and Retaining Diverse, Multi-generational Staff Members
Carolyn Serdar | Carthage College
Helping Students Get Unstuck with Small Group Internship Cohorts
Chelsea Moore and Meagan Hart-Molloy | The University of Michigan
Transforming Student Employment at Arizona State University and Beyond
Scott Travis and Amy Michalenko | Arizona State University
Integrating Career Readiness into UAB's FYE Curriculum through the Core Curriculum
Brandon Wright | The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Residential Student Engagement Specialist: Bringing Career Development Home
Lexie Avery and Erin Hansen | Binghamton University
Career Tutorials for Students - Scaling Our Reach
Jillian Morley | Utah State University
Seamless Synergy: Integrating Career Services into the Academic Curriculum through Self-Directed Learning Modules
Patrick Massaro and Dr. Stephen Fleming | Rowan University
Creating an Experiential Learning Ecosystem at a Global Scale
AJ Merlino | Harrisburg University
"Concierge Service" - Providing Proactive & Intentional Service to Employers & Students
Benjamin Cantu | Sam Houston State University
The Career Collaborative: Scaling Career Education through Faculty and Staff Partnerships
Aly Novi and Jessica Lane-Rwabukwisi | Binghamton University, State University of New York
Start Where You Are: Leveraging Life Design Principles Across the Student Life Cycle for Student and Career Development
Lisa Novack | Carlson School of Management, The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
SPECIAL COLLECTIVE BREAKOUT:
Using Alumni Data to Transform Practice In the Age of Change
Going beyond defining ROI and career mobility, National Alumni Career Mobility (NACM) data cycles back to the student experience, providing valuable insights that help career professionals focus change efforts on resources and practices that make the most difference to student success. This session highlights the latest NACM findings and how career professionals can use the data to transform practice.
Speaker: Dr. Kim Yousey-Elsener, Senior Manager for Career Data and Research, Lightcast
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