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The fourth 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. |
Dress for this event was business casual (button down shirt and khaki slacks or equivalent).
Below are the events that SAND 2015 offered, with photographs from last year's event.
* Cultural Events Credit eligible
Alumni Participant Page
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Networking 101 Workshop: How to and Practice
This workshop will provide hands-on, practical tips for adept, productive relationship building at a network event. This workshop prepares students for the actual networking event held at the end of the day.
Tips will include how to:
- Introduce yourself
- Properly shake hands
- Converse while balancing food and drink
- Listen while multi-tasking
- Plan for effective, meaningful conversation
Hors d'oeuvres and refreshment provided.
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 share 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
- Planning for the next step
Scheduled Alumni participants:
Molly Connor '14
Mera Kathryn Corlett '10
Van Green '10
Career Fields: Quality Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Research and Development, Management www.dowcorning.com
Clint Horine '13
Heather Nichols '12 |
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Mini-Mentoring with an Alum
Alumni meet one-on-one with you to answer questions and give advice and suggestions on transitioning from Hanover to your first job. Possible topics to discuss with an alum are:
- 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?
Scheduled Alumni participants:
Chris Powell '97, facilitator
Career Fields: Pharmaceutical Sales, Management, Operations, Training, Account Management
Jason Crawford '11
Ashley Crays '08
Sarah (Oblon) Distelrath '03
Angela Kara '08 Don Kobak '89
David Northam '71
Career Fields: Legal/Judicial
John Pollom '03 Ron Starks '83 Chuck Summers '10 Jon Welty '92 John Wittich '79 |
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Graduate School Panel
Whether attending grad school in the fall after graduation, or waiting for years, these alumni share inside information about graduate school.
Hear tips and advice from these alums on:
- How to find mentors
- Where to find job openings
- What you can do now to prepare for obtaining your first job
Scheduled Alumni panelists: Dawn Doup '98 Kip McDonald '07 Levi Milliron '13 Ann Tock Morrisette '01 Misty Wick '02
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Business: What Employers Want Panel
Find out what employers are looking for and how to demonstrate that you can do the job.
Hear 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 skills developed within a liberal arts major 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
Scheduled Alumni panelists:
Eric Ballenger '81
Jason Crawford '11
Lisa Mills Hawker '94
Career Fields: Insurance / Employee Benefits / Business www.hylant.com
Ted Merhoff '92 Ron Starks '83
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Arts and Humanities: Integrating Your Interests with Your Career
Discover how to express your interests at work. Topics include:
- 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
Scheduled Alumni panelists: Mera Kathryn Corlett '10 Jessica Gordon '02 Ann Tock Morrisette '01
Jeff Studds '77
Career Fields: Education, Telecommunications/Internet Development, Non Profit Management www.startin5.org
Susan Martin Studds '76
Career Fields: Higher Education, Intelligence, National Security www.ni-u.edu
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Sciences: Careers Related to Understanding the World
Explore careers in the sciences with these alumni. Topics include:
- 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
Scheduled Alumni participants:
Travis Clegg '02
Sarah (Oblon) Distelrath '03
Van Green '10
Career Fields: Quality Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Research and Development, Management www.dowcorning.com
Heather Nichols '12
Chris Powell '97
Career Fields: Pharmaceutical Sales, Management, Operations, Training, Account Management
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Social Sciences: Understanding and Making a Difference to Others
Explore the variety of work within the scope of the Social Sciences and meet 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
Scheduled Alumni participants:
Molly Connor '14
Dawn Doup '98
David Northam '71
Career Fields: Legal/Judicial
Emily Burks Perry '99
Career Fields: Sociology, Psychology, Non-Profit Management, Social Work, Criminology/Criminal Justice www.susiesplace.org
John Wittich '79
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Student-Alumni Networking Session
This session is a great opportunity to connect, and discuss career questions in a supportive environment of alumni. Some sample questions:
- "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?"
Hors d'oeuvres and refreshment provided. Cash bar for those over 21 years of age. Please bring photo i.d.
Scheduled Alumni participants:
Beth Waters Alexander '79
Career Fields: Data Management Specific to the Thoroughbred Industry www.tjcis.com
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
Career Fields: Legal/Judicial
Ali O'Leary '09
Career Fields: Higher Education; Higher Education Development and Alumni Relations; Non-profit Philanthropy
Chris Powell '97
Career Fields: Pharmaceutical Sales, Management, Operations, Training, Account Management
Greg Smith '78 Ron Starks '83 Chuck Summers '10
Janet Wells '77
Misty Wick '02
Andrew Wignall '01
Cindy Wise '79
John Wittich '79
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