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Career Development

  • °Ä²Ê¿ª½±'s women in law panel
    Four women working in law came to °Ä²Ê¿ª½± in March to share their stories as participants in roundtable and panel discussions. Christine Amalfe, Avery Blank ’08, Natalia Delgado ’03, and the Honorable Karen Peters talked about how they got into law as well as the triumphs and challenges of their careers. Here are some highlights.
    April 15, 2016
  • Wolk Medical Conference attendees ask a question of Michael J. Wolk '60.
    Students seeking their vocation in America’s challenging health care system could benefit from a liberal arts mix of biology, economics, and philosophy. Kicking off the 2016 Michael J. Wolk ’60 Conference on Medical Education last month, the nationally renowned cardiologist and conference namesake stated that just five percent of the population consumes 50 percent of […]
    March 2, 2016
  • ctor Michael Shannon prepares for a scene in the filming of Pottersville in Hamilton, N.Y., in January
    When actor and director Ron Perlman cast °Ä²Ê¿ª½±â€™s hometown of Hamilton, N.Y., as the setting for his new movie, Pottersville, in January, °Ä²Ê¿ª½± film and media studies students were ready for internship opportunities in movie-making magic. The light-hearted comedy stars Michael Shannon and Judy Greer, and includes the acting talents of Michael Torpey ’02. The […]
    February 12, 2016
  • Students receive alumni career advice at SophoMORE Connections, January 15-16.
    From January 15 to 16, the sophomore class got to experience one of the many amazing opportunities °Ä²Ê¿ª½± has to offer students when it comes to figuring out what the heck all of us are going to do when we graduate. This weekend to remember was called SophoMORE Connections, during which tons of alumni traveled back […]
    January 27, 2016
  • When siblings Caroline ’19 and Jake Danehy ’16 set out to make the eco-friendly clothing line that would eventually become Fair Harbor, Caroline was still in high school, and the idea was firmly rooted in soil, not the sea. “We had an initial idea called Three R Clothing. It stood for reuse, refresh, and revitalize. […]
    January 25, 2016
  • Portrait of Sian-Pierre Regis ’06
    This weekend, January 15–16, SophoMORE Connections returns to °Ä²Ê¿ª½±. Keynote speaker Sian-Pierre Regis ’06, Swagger founder and pop-culture/social contributor to CNN/HLN, heads a long list of alumni arriving on campus. They’ll talk with students about life after commencement — and how to take advantage of the full suite of °Ä²Ê¿ª½± resources between now and then to […]
    January 13, 2016
  • Casagrande accepts the Day of Impact Award from the Presidents' Club.
    Social entrepreneur Gregory Casagrande ’85 spent three days this month on campus as the Robert A. Fox ’59 Executive in Residence at the Center for Career Services, sharing his extensive business knowledge with the campus community. Having provided more than $65 million in micro-enterprise financing and small business training to about 60,000 women through his […]
    November 18, 2015
  • Students and alumni stand together at networking event
    More than a dozen °Ä²Ê¿ª½± alumni made the trip to Hamilton this October for the first-ever Be the Change: Careers for the Common Good Symposium, sponsored by the Max A. Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education (COVE) and the Common Good Professional Network. The symposium focused on building alumni-student relationships and advancing careers in the common […]
    November 12, 2015
  • A GIS map of karst topography in Madison County, N.Y.
    Thanks in part to research conducted by a °Ä²Ê¿ª½± geography and environmental studies student, Madison County will receive more than a half-million dollars in federal funding for well-water testing and remediation to take place during the next five years. Kayleigh Bhangdia ’16, of Poughquag, N.Y., worked with the Madison County Department of Health this summer, […]
    November 4, 2015