The Career and Professional Development Center has been established and will be housed in Suite 320 of the Carl M. Hill Student Center. The redesign of the space to adequately accommodate the needs of students and employer activities is delayed until mid-May. The decision to delay will provide the eight weeks needed to properly prepare the space. The lack of personnel in facilities resulted in not attending to the suggested timelines and a six month delay. Installation of new carpet and paint will be completed by January 13. Ms. Elizabeth Marcum, the Recruiting Coordinator, and Ms. Francene Gilmer will initially occupy the suite to provide these student services. Students are currently being offered services in Suite 330 Carl M. Hill Student Center. Ms. Dionna McDonald has received thorough instruction for the Symplicity System and is training Ms. Marcum to utilize Symplicity to the extent possible until PeopleSoft is available.
The following activities will be planned for these time frames:
Kentucky State University CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER Spring 2017
Week 1 - 2
January 16 - 27Welcome back activitiesStudents take career assessmentsHost resume writing, job search and interviewing sessionsAdvertise job openings, graduate school opportunitiesStudents sign up to take the GRE, LSAT, MCATPromote summer internships
Week 3 - 5
January 30 - February 17Introduce Strengths Finder assessmentsHost Thurgood Marshall College Fund representatives to interview for the Fall 2017 Leadership Institute and provide workshops on interview preparation
Week 6 - 8
February 20 - March 10Invited employers to conduct mock interviewsPromote summer internships
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