10 Ways to Show Appreciation to Your Student Employee

The Week of April 12th is Student Employee Appreciation Week! It’s an entire week to recognize student employees’ contribution to the campus and community through their work while attending college. Effective recognition should be fair (everyone should be appreciated in …

By Stacey Stevens
Stacey Stevens Executive Director, Employer Connections & Alumni Career Engagement
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Orientation for Student Employees in Canvas

Great news! 

All newly hired student employees who have not worked on-campus in the past year are auto-enrolled in Student Employee Orientation through Canvas. Given the often-hectic and varied schedule of our student employees, we designed a course suited to …

By Stacey Stevens
Stacey Stevens Executive Director, Employer Connections & Alumni Career Engagement
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On-Boarding Checklist for Student Employees

Follow the checklist below to successfully on-board your student employee(s).
Prior to First Day
Create training & 1:1 meeting plan for the quarter.
Schedule time to greet student and complete first day agenda items.
Send the New Hire Survey via …

By Stacey Stevens
Stacey Stevens Executive Director, Employer Connections & Alumni Career Engagement
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Career Skills for Students & Student Employees

Students and student employees have the opportunity to learn important career skills in their positions. Learning these skills now, in an educational environment and with a great supervisor, makes them more prepared for the world of work.

Based on extensive …

By Stacey Stevens
Stacey Stevens Executive Director, Employer Connections & Alumni Career Engagement
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Supporting Your Doctoral Students’ Career Exploration Beyond Academia

Being a faculty advisor to your doctoral students is a lot of responsibility and part of your role involves providing advice about the career options that your advisees can pursue. These conversations while difficult are increasingly important as the job …

By Patty Hickman
Patty Hickman Director, Serves Graduate Students
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Burwell Center for Career Achievement Welcomes Students

By Sarah Satterwhite

The Burwell Center for Career Achievement opened its doors to students in September, ushering in a new era for DU students and alumni. Within the new building, the most recent of the Denver Advantage campus transformation, undergraduate …

By Sarah Satterwhite
Sarah Satterwhite
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2020 Faculty Career Champions

The 2020 Faculty Career Champions have been selected!  For the past four years, Career & Professional Development has asked students what faculty members have made a significant contribution to their career and professional development path.  This year over 400 students …

By Jane Kolb
Jane Kolb Career & Professional Development
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Faculty Tips for Integrating Career Development into the Classroom

Integrating career development into the classroom is a great way to ensure students see the connections between coursework and their future career or continuing education goals.  According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), or Higher Education, Below …

By Jane Kolb
Jane Kolb Career & Professional Development
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Undergraduate Research for Career Preparation

Have you ever thought about scholarly research in your field as career preparation for your students? It’s clear that research is helpful for students on a grad school track, both for helping them decide if they really want to do …

By Mark Siemens
Mark Siemens Director. Undergraduate Research Center | Associate Professor, Physics & Astronomy
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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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