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The Honourable Ted Todd with Lara Phillips HC '04.

 



Introduction

Career Connections

These encourage you to prepare for your career during your years at Hanover College. Through active participation in the program, you will establish marketable career credentials while earning your degree.

"[Job shadowing at] the newspaper reaffirmed what I already knew... It also made me realize I really need to get myself organized as far as this summer's internship goes. The publishing firm was good... but not for me."

-Katie Tammen

History Major '07

Career Connections Overview
What is a Career Connection?
An initiative of the Academic Vision Plan, Career Connections are meant to encourage you to prepare for your career within the context of a liberal arts education. While there are general recommendations for all students participating in each program, there is ample flexibility to build a specialized program that meets your individual needs and aspirations.

Visit our F.A.Q section for more detail about Career Connections.

Current Career Connections

Actuarial Science
Athletic Training
Coaching
College Teaching

Community Organizing and Advocacy
Computer Programming

Counseling

Design Your Own

Early Childhood Development
Environmental Science
Event Management

Foreign Service

Grant Writing

Information Technology
International Education
Journalism (Print & Broadcast)
Law
Librarianship

Marketing
Medicine
Ministry
Museum Studies

Public Policy

Public Relations

Sport Management
Theater & Film

 

 

“My internship has provided me with practical skills... knowledge, experience in research and a close relationship with my advising professor.”

- Greg Dowling

Biology Major '08

Components of Career Connections
There are four key components to each Career Connection explained below:
1. Exploring the career path
2. Taking course work related to the field
3. Participating in specific co-curricular activities
4. Gaining related work experience and internships

1. Exploration
Through the Career Connection, you have the opportunity to speak with a Career Connections advisor to begin exploring your possible career options. Advisors are available to offer real world advice and to answer questions about the career. You can also take advantage of the resources in the Career Center to start exploring your interests, strengths and possibilities. Assessment instruments such as SIGI PLUS, Myers Briggs Type Indicator, and the Campbell’s Interest Skill Survey are available to help you narrow your focus to find what you are most interested in doing.

2. Academics
A broad-based education allows you to use specific course work to begin developing an intellectual basis for the field. A liberal arts education, regardless of major, will be helpful in preparing you for the career of your choice. You should work with your Career Connection's advisor, as well as your academic advisor, to arrange a schedule which optimizes your opportunities to build your education and to establish a strong foundation for the field you would like to enter.

3. Co-curricular Activities
There are numerous clubs, organizations and activities that already exist at Hanover that can be useful in building your experience base. There are also countless off-campus activities to help prepare you and to broaden your experiences. Participation in these can give you insight onto your own career interests and can enable you to develop related skills for employment.

4. Internships and Summer Jobs
Would you like to see what the job is really like? Internships give you a chance to explore specific career fields, to gain marketable skills in your career field and to apply the knowledge received in class to actual work situations.

Internships for Credit: Hanover offers the option to earn credit for internship experience. Requirements include a minimum of 160 hours on-site, development of a substantial reading list, and an analytical essay and presentation at the completion of the internship.

 

“It surprised me how much the theories of communication could be applied to any profession... I can take interpersonal and organizational theories and apply them to a hospital atmosphere... the stuff I learned is actually useful.”

-Amanda Harsin
Psychology Major ‘06

Current Career Connections
The following Career Connections are currently available to Hanover students. Additional programs will be added in upcoming years.


Actuarial Science (Advisor: Carl Jagels)    

 
Athletic Training
(Advisor: Myra Stockdale)


Coaching 
(Advisor: Mike Beitzel)


College Teaching 
(Advisor: Barbara Garvey )

  

Community Organizing and Advocacy  (Advisor: Keith Roberts)


Computer Programming 
(Advisor: Computer Science Faculty)

Counseling   (Advisor: Skip Dine-Young)

  

Design Your Own    (Advisor: Career Center Staff)

Early Childhood Development    (Advisor: Judy Roberts)


Environmental Science  
(Advisor: Ken Bevis, Daryl Karns, Darrin Rubino, Pete Worcester)


Event Management  
(Advisor: Katy Lowe-Schneider)

Foreign Service  (Advisor: Mi Yung Yoon)

Grant Writing

   

Information Technology  (Advisor: John Collins)


International Education 
  (Advisor: Uschi Appelt)


Journalism (Print & Broadcast) 
(Advisor: Kay Stokes, Elizabeth Winters)


Law 
(Advisor: Matt Vosmeier, William Kubik, Margaret Krantz)


Librarianship  
(Advisor: Kelly Joyce)

Marketing  (Advisor:Chris Gage)


Medicine  
(Advisor: Margaret Krantz, Walter Bruyninckx)


Ministry  
(Advisor: Carter Aikin)


Museum Studies
(Advisor: Sarah McNair Vosmeier)


Public Policy
   (Advisor: Ron Smith)

Public Relations  (Advisor: Eric Freeman)

Sport Management   (Advisor: Molly Jones)


Theater & Film
   (Advisor: Jim Stark, Paul Hildebrand, Rob Doenges)