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| Alumni available to students Sept. 27 |
Carrie Baker
Senior Staff Writer
Chancellor/ Student Development Beat |
The Appalachian Alumni Association
will be conducting the first Student Alumni Career Management Symposium
Sept. 27.
The symposium is part of Career Week, held Sept.
23-37 and organized by the Career Development Center, said Jill Sparks,
director of Career and Planning for the College of Business and Alumni
Council member.
The conference will include, from 10 to 3 p.m.,
five separate one-hour workshops conducted by Appalachian alumni. |
“Career Action Week
is a week long marketing blitz of career related seminars designed
to generate excitement among students and prepare our students for
success during their internship and job search as well as for life
after college,” said Sparks.
The Sept. 27 Student Alumni Career Management Symposium will cover
a variety of career-related topics geared towards the needs of students.
The conference will begin with “Real World 101: Success in the
Early Years.” The 11 p.m. session will be “Managing Your
Money,” focusing on handling money after graduation and large
investments such as purchasing a home.
The noon session, “Networking and Community Involvement,”
will concentrate on the importance of networking and community involvement
in the job world today.
“Job Searching for Non-Business Majors” at 1 p.m. will show
students where to go and how to get started in their job search.
The 2 p.m. “JobFit Self-Assessment” will provide a free
tool for Appalachian students to use in their job search.
Appalachian Alumni available to students at the Sept. 27 symposium
include Damien Carper, director of marketing and public relations
with Domino’s Pizza; Scott Kelly, assistant vice president of
Bank of America; and Cyndi Caldwell, general sales with Disney/ABC
radio.
Sparks said she hopes Appalachian students will take advantage of
this opportunity to create connections with alumni in the business
world.
“A lot of alumni graduates come back [to Appalachian] to recruit,”
said Sparks. “It’s a good way to keep it all in the Appalachian
Family.”
The Student Alumni Career Management Symposium comes after the installation
of the alumni’s student outreach initiative.
The initiative is an effort to reach out to students at Appalachian
and create future involvement in the Appalachian Alumni Association,
said Julia Ross Adams, current president of the Alumni Council.
“We want to know how we can be of better assistance to students,”
said Adams.
“Individual chapter events are also a great way for students
to meet alumni and network,” said Assistant Vice Chancellor for
Alumni Affairs Barbara Burgin. Burgin said the alumni has five chapters
in North Carolina including Catawba Valley, the Forsyth area, the
Guilford area, Mecklenburg County and the Triangle area.
“We encourage students to attend events held by the chapters,
especially the ones near their hometown when they are home for summer,”
said Burgin.
In addition to events such as the Sept. 27 symposium, the Alumni Association
awards five scholarships every year to children of alumni, help with
scholarships in departments across campus and wish to further reach
out to students.
“We would be delighted to have feedback from students about ideas
they might have about how we can help them,” said Adams.
Adams and Burgin said they also hope to educate students about the
benefits of joining the Alumni Association.
“The Alumni Association provides an avenue to maintain friendships
developed and foster fellowship among alumni by providing events on
campus and in regional areas,” said Adams. “We had a wonderful
experience here and want that for students now as well.”
For more information about the Appalachian Alumni Association, visit
the chapter website at www.alumni.appstate.edu. |
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