Student Alumni Networking Day (SAND) 2015
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The fifth annual Student-Alumni Networking Day (SAND) took place on Saturday, March 14, 2015. Sponsored by the Career Center, Alumni Board, and Alumni Relations Office, SAND included workshops and panels culminating in a networking session with students and alumni. |
Recap and Photos from SAND 2015 |
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Networking 101 Workshop
This workshop provided hands-on, practical tips for adept, productive relationship building at a networking event. It also prepared students for the actual networking event held at the end of the day.
Tips included how to:
- Introduce yourself;
- Properly shake hands;
- Converse while balancing food and drink;
- Listen while multi-tasking; and
- Plan for effective, meaningful conversation.
Presenter: David Harden, Director,
Office of Experiential Learning
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Recent Grads: From Student to Professional Panel
Not far from graduation, recent alumni shared advice and stories about:
- Taking the first step - job, grad school, volunteering, or gap year?
- Finding a first job;
- Relocating;
- First job disasters/triumphs;
- Developing a social life;
- Navigating office politics;
- Budget challenges; and
- Planning for the next step.
Alumni participants:
Molly Connor '14
Mera Kathryn Corlett '10
Van Green '10
Clint Horine '13
Heather Nichols
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Mini-Mentoring with an Alum
Alumni met one-on-one with students to answer questions and give advice and suggestions on transitioning from Hanover to the first job.
Topics included:
- I have no career goal or only a vague one, what do I do?
- I have a career goal, what do I do next?
- Did you have a career goal by senior year?
- Did your career path go as you expected?
- Where do I look for open jobs?
- What strategies should I use to find my first job after college?
- What if I don't like my first job, what do I do?
- What can I do now to increase my chances of finding employment after college?
Alumni participants:
Chris Powell '97, facilitator
Jason Crawford '11
Ashley Crays '08
Sarah (Oblon) Distelrath '03
Angela Kara '08
Don Kobak '89
David Northam '71
John Pollom '03
Ron Starks '83
Chuck Summers '10
Jon Welty '92
John Wittich '79 |
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Graduate School Panel
These alumni shared inside information about graduate school. Students heard tips and advice from them on:
- How to prepare for graduate school;
- How to know if you are qualified;
- How to choose schools;
- What the application process involves.
Alumni panelists:
Dawn Doup '98
Levi Milliron '13
Ann Tock Morrisette '01
Misty Wick '02
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Business: What Employers Want Panel
Students found out what employers are looking for and how to demonstrate that they could do the job.
Students heard tips and advice from these alums on:
- Ideal qualities in an employee and how an applicant can demonstrate them;
- How skills developed within the liberal arts make one a good candidate for a job;
- How to show the employer you really want the job;
- How to follow-up without being annoying;
- What a student can do now to increase their chances of obtaining a job;
- What a successful job performance looks like to an employer.
Alumni panelists:
Eric Ballenger '81
Jason Crawford '11
Lisa Mills Hawker '94
Ted Merhoff '92
Ron Starks '83
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Arts and Humanities: Integrating Your Interests with Your Career
Students discovered how to express their interests at work. Topics included:
- Job skills developed within Arts and Humanities majors;
- How to discover related career options;
- A typical day at work;
- Rewards/challenges of following your passion;
- How to gain required experience;
- How to find mentors;
- Finding job openings;
- Creating a strategy to prepare for your first job, starting now.
Alumni panelists:
Mera Kathryn Corlett '10
Jessica Gordon '02
Ann Tock Morrisette '01
Jeff Studds '77
Susan Martin Studds '76
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Sciences: Careers Related to Understanding the World
Students explored careers in the sciences with these alumni. Topics included:
- Job skills developed within the sciences;
- How to discover the variety of related career options;
- A typical day at work;
- How to gain required experience;
- Rewards/challenges of these careers;
- How to find mentors;
- Finding job openings;
- What you can do now to prepare for obtaining your first job.
Alumni participants:
Travis Clegg '02
Sarah (Oblon) Distelrath '03
Van Green '10
Heather Nichols '12
Chris Powell '97
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Social Sciences: Understanding and Making a Difference to Others
Students experienced the variety of work within the scope of the Social Sciences and met alumni who are making a difference.
- Job skills developed within the Social Sciences majors;
- How to discover career options;
- A typical day at work;
- How to gain experience;
- Rewards/challenges of these careers;
- How to find mentors;
- Where to find job openings;
- What you can do now to prepare for obtaining your first job.
Alumni participants:
Molly Connor '14
Dawn Doup '98
David Northam '71
Emily Burks Perry '99
John Wittich '79
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Student-Alumni Networking Session
In this session students had the opportunity to connect, and to discuss career questions in a supportive environment of alumni. Some sample questions included:
- "I'm unsure of my career choice. Do you have any advice for integrating my interests into a career?"
- "Do you know anyone in my career field that I can talk to?"
- "What can I be doing now to increase my chances of finding employment after graduation?"
- "What strategies should I use to find my first job after college?"
Alumni participants:
Beth Waters Alexander '79
Travis Clegg '02
Molly Connor '14
Mera Kathryn Corlett '10
Jason Crawford '11
Ashley Crays '08
Sarah (Oblon) Distelrath '03
Dawn Doup '98
Darin Edwards '90
Clint Horine '13
Angela Kara '08
Donald Kobak '89
Janet Huber Lowry '71
John Maudlin '61
Theodore Merhoff '92
Levi Milliron '13
Ann Morrisette '01
Phil Mullins '72
Heather Nichols '12
David Northam '71
Ali O'Leary '09
Chris Powell '97
Greg Smith '78
Ron Starks '83
Chuck Summers '10
Janet Wells '77
Cindy Wise '79
John Wittich '79
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