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| March 2025 | Career Center |
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On Wednesday, February 12, the Career Center hosted the 8th Annual Diversity Works Expo & Awards! This year, we experimented with several new ideas that helped take this already-flagship event to an impressive new level. More than 180 students came out to celebrate the student awardees, hear keynote remarks from Leslie Osborne '05 followed by a fireside chat with Ricky Padilla, and network with dozens of employer representatives from a diverse range of inclusive companies including event sponsors Enterprise Mobility and ServiceNow.
Congratulations to Amanuel Bizuneh, Assistant Director of Employer Relations and staff lead for this event, for your thoughtful planning and execution and coordinating the involvement of so many different stakeholders including students, student organizations, employers, and faculty and staff. Thank you also to Melissa Thiriez, Director of Employer Relations, and to Shauna Strauss, Assistant Director of Career Development, for the many ways you supported this event. Special shout outs to Jim Gensheimer for the beautiful photos, our Facilities team for set-up and breakdown, Bon Appétit for catering, and Mark Litteral for pinching in to assist with distributing the award payments. Curious to learn more about Diversity Works? Email Amanuel Bizuneh at abizuneh@scu.edu. As always, I look forward to working together to deliver on the promise of higher education for all of our students: a good job, social capital, and economic mobility in pursuit of a more humane, just and sustainable world.
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Earlier this quarter, Noël Kreidler, Associate Director of Career Development and liaison to the Leavey School of Business (LSB), partnered with Iffat Bhuiyan, Director of Leadership Development and Engagement in the Leavey School of Business, to host a Mock Interview workshop for 26 sophomore students in the Accelerated Cooperative Education (ACE) program. Company representatives/recruiters from Adobe, Apple, Aprio, Crowdstrike, Gallo, Grant Thornton, Square, Techtronic Industries (TTI) and Santa Clara University graciously agreed to interview students for mock internship roles in management, accounting, finance and marketing.
A special thank you goes out to Iffat Bhuiyan for her enthusiasm, willingness to try something new, hard work and partnership, and to our four Santa Clara volunteer interviewers for supporting this effort: Shirley Mata, Melissa Minato, Juan Peralta and Colleen Withers. We learned a lot, students were thrilled to have the opportunity, and 85% of interviewers said they’d return for another mock interview workshop in the future! Questions? Email Noël Kreidler at skreidler@scu.edu. ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ Students, Alumni Pack House for Board of Regents Panel Discussion
On Thursday, February 20, distinguished members of the Santa Clara University Board of Regents hosted a panel discussion and networking event for students and alumni. Moderated by Neil Datar '17, the discussion focused on the theme of "Maximizing Mentors in Your Job Search."
Pictured at top (left to right):Jacques Bolivar '94, Guisselle Nuñez '97, Latanya Hilton '96, MBA '04, Sean Huurman '93, Kathy Chou, Bryan Neider '78, Neil Datar '17 Many students lingered after the panel to stay and network with the Regents. One student attendee, Ling Li, reflected on LinkedIn afterwards: "One of my biggest takeaways from this event was about mentorship and lifelong learning—the idea that we can learn from everyone around us and trust that opportunities come at the right time when we are prepared for them. ... I look forward to more opportunities to learn from senior leaders and continue growing through mentorship." Thank you, as always, to Mike Wallace and Kirsten Rasmussen for both of your support. Questions? Email Dylan Houle at dhoule@scu.edu. ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ Career Center, Ciocca Center Co-Host Successful Startups Meetup
On Wednesday, February 5, the Career Center's Employer Relations team partnered with the Ciocca Center to host the Startups Meetup, one of our most successful annual events. More than 100 students came out to meet and network with 12 startups, including several founded by SCU alumni and students who participated in the Bronco Ventures Accelerator, such as Asim Bhalerao MS '17, Cyril Rayan, MBA '01, Felix Fei '25, Manu Pilllai, MBA '00, Rayhan Rani '27, and Ryan Pool '27.
Kudos to the Employer Relations team—Melissa Thiriez, Andrew Gupton, and Amanuel Bizuneh—for planning and executing another great meetup! Special thank you to our Ciocca Center co-planners—Brian Wiebe '25, Allyson Kemp '27, and Rayhan Rani '27 and Cristina Cismas Florea and Cindy Cooper—for making this event a success! Questions about Employer Relations? Email Melissa Thiriez, Director of Employer Relations and Partnerships, at mthiriez@scu.edu. ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ Hundreds Attend Career Center's Parent and Family Weekend Presentations
We were thrilled to participate in this year's Family Weekend. On Friday, February 21, we hosted a Career Center Open House and welcomed dozens of parents and families to meet the team, see our space, and learn more about our services and resources. On Saturday, February 22, we delivered three separate presentations on the topic of internship strategies, led by Noel Kreidler and Colleen Withers for business, Vania Tong and Melissa Thiriez for STEM, and Amanuel Bizuneh and Shauna Strauss for Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Each presentation also featured a dynamic and inspiring panel of students!
Also on Saturday, Dylan Houle delivered remarks at the Division of Student Life panel and to the Parent and Family Leadership Council. Relatedly, the Career Center has created a new Guide for Parents of Current Students, which can be found alongside our other Career Guides in our Job Prep Toolkit. ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ Andy Ceperely, Former Director of SCU Career Center, Joins Podcast to Discuss New Book
Dylan Houle recently welcomed Andy Ceperley, former director of the SCU Career Center from 1999-2003, to the Career Services Leadership podcast for a discussion about Andy's new book, Tone Setters in the Academy: How to Build an Inspired Life as a University Administrator.
Listen to this episode to hear more about what inspired him to write Tone Setters, the 60 individual tone setter mindsets he recommends for university administrators, why he believes the number one skill that career services leaders need today is the ability to be "the ultimate connectors"... and so much more! Previous episodes of the Career Services Leadership podcast feature guests from U.S. universities like Stanford University and MIT as well as universities around the world such as The University of British Columbia in Canada, King's College London in England, and Queens University of Technology in Australia. Questions about the podcast? Email Dylan Houle at dhoule@scu.edu. ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ Vania Tong to Represent Career Center as part of SCU Delegation to JASPA
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