When You’re Not Certain, You’ve Got to Become an Explorer of Your World!

“What are you going to do after DU!?” With two months away from graduation it’s likely that most encounters with family, friends, and professors lead to some variation of this question and you might not have an answer.

And, if …

By Carolyn Sommers
Carolyn Sommers Associate Director, Serves Undergraduate CAHSS & Exploring Students
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Why is networking beneficial to undergrads?

What comes to mind when you hear the term networking?

The idea of “networking” conjures up a lot of feelings for students – anticipation, hesitation, reluctance – and it’s easy to understand why. We often define networking as a structured, professional, and …

By Kimberly English
Kimberly English Career Advisor
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How Faculty Can Infuse Career Development Into the Classroom

Faculty Career Champions at DU have helped students in their career development journeys in so many ways. We asked one of the 2018 faculty champions, Jessica Reinhardt, to share some successful tips for infusing career into the classroom that can …

By Jane Kolb
Jane Kolb Career & Professional Development
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What to do with a communications major?

Careers for Communication Majors
WHAT IS COMMUNICATION STUDIES?

Communications majors (and minors) study a range of contexts, including communications in families, friendships, schools, workplace groups, cross-cultural performances, nonprofit organizations, social movements, politics and the media.

The major is flexible and …

By Austin R Rowe
Austin R Rowe
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What do do with an international studies major?

Careers for International Studies Majors
WHAT IS AN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES MAJOR?

The University of Denver’s program in international studies focuses on providing students with exposure to world views, which shape perceptions concerning the future, and prescriptions for action by individuals.

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By Austin R Rowe
Austin R Rowe
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What is Integrated Sciences?

Integrated Sciences is a great program of study to pursue if you are interested in forging your own path in science, breaking down silos that often exist between the natural and physical sciences. At DU, the major is interdisciplinary; students who …

By Kimberly English
Kimberly English Career Advisor
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Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, and Environmental Science

If you are interested in Chemistry, you may notice that the University of Denver offers five options for undergraduate study. The first two years of coursework look quite similar for Chemistry students across programs, allowing for time to reflect on …

By Kimberly English
Kimberly English Career Advisor
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Careers for Physics Majors

Physics majors are fortunate to build a significant technical skill set that suits them well for careers in research, medicine, industry, academia, and so much more. Many Physics majors at DU engage in research both on and off campus, are …

By Kimberly English
Kimberly English Career Advisor
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Staying in Denver after graduation? Don’t give up your college roommate!

As anyone working or attending college in Colorado, you know the quality of life it can bring.  You already realize it is a great place to live, work and play.  Each year  Career & Professional Development surveys DU recent graduates …

By Jane Kolb
Jane Kolb Career & Professional Development
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How an English Professor Integrated Career Development into the Classroom

When DU English professor, Donna Beth Ellard, wanted to make her First Year Seminar (FSEM) course an engaging and meaningful experience she began to ask herself “How can poetry assist a student over four years by helping them decide what …

By Jane Kolb
Jane Kolb Career & Professional Development
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