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Students to participate in mock interviews at Dalloway’s Coffeehouse, prepare for career and internship opportunities

Erin Bennett | Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Saint Mary’s students will gather in Dalloway’s Coffeehouse on Wednesday to participate in “Mock Interview Day,” an event hosted by the Career Crossings Office. Angela Fitzpatrick, the office’s assistant director, organized this career development opportunity with the hope that students would become more familiar with job-interviewing skills. Fitzpatrick and the rest of the Career Crossings

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Panel discusses post-graduate service opportunities

Callie Patrick | Tuesday, January 28, 2020

On Monday evening, a panel featuring former and current members of AmeriCorps, Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE), Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC), JVC Northwest and the Peace Corps was held in the Student Center at Saint Mary’s to discuss pursuing service as an option after graduation. The panel, titled “Discerning Your Future: Is Post-graduate Service Right

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Saint Mary’s to host career fair offering post-graduate opportunities

Maeve Filbin | Monday, September 16, 2019

Saint Mary’s will host its annual Career and Internship Fair on Monday, providing students from the tri-campus community the opportunity to explore internship, job and post-graduate service options. Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) Teaching Fellows, 1st Source Bank, Caterpillar Inc., South Bend Schools, the Peace Corps and other employers will be present. Stacie Jeffirs, director

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Career Crossings Office hosts ‘Trail Your Way to the CCO’

Colleen Fischer | Wednesday, August 28, 2019

The Career Crossings Office (CCO) at Saint Mary’s offers an avenue between college life and working life. The CCO staff reminded students of this when it hosted an event Tuesday called Trail Your way to the CCO. Students stopped by to familiarize themselves with the office and make their own trail mix. This event was

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Saint Mary’s hosts fair for graduating seniors

Marirose Osborne | Thursday, March 28, 2019

Saint Mary’s seniors are about to take the leap from college into the world of adulthood. To better prepare them for that world, the College hosted its annual graduation fair Wednesday. The President’s Office, Campus and Community Events, graduate programs, Career Crossings and the Saint Mary’s Alumni Recruitment Team (SMART) all had tables at the

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Saint Mary’s Career Crossings Office creates ’90s-themed escape room

Rebecca Stella | Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Saint Mary’s students have been challenged to bring out their inner creativity and best detective skills throughout the month of February in order to learn more about the Career Crossing Office through their ’90s themed escape room. There are two sessions of the escape room taking place in the Holy Cross parlor on both Feb.

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Career Crossings Office celebrates National Career Development Month

Marirose Osborne | Friday, November 30, 2018

Throughout November, Saint Mary’s Career Crossings Office has celebrated National Career Development Month with a wide variety of activities, events and panels. One of the most popular events, which took place Monday, explored work trends with cookies. Students were asked to choose colored sprinkles and place them on a frosted cookie. Each color corresponded to one

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Career Crossings Office prepares students in planning for future

Iman Omar | Tuesday, August 28, 2018

To equip Saint Mary’s women with resources and tools to guide them in planning for their lives after graduation, the Career Crossings Office (CCO) is hosting a variety of events this week to help students to start thinking about their future. Sarah Enck, assistant director of CCO, said the goal of this week is focused

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Saint Mary’s students plan for post-graduate opportunities

Sara Schlecht | Friday, May 18, 2018

The annual Graduate Destination Survey administered by the Career Crossings Office at Saint Mary’s, in conjunction with the Office for Institutional Research, gave statistical data about the post-graduate plans for this year’s senior class. “[The survey] helps provide a ‘snapshot’ of where [graduating seniors] are at the time of graduation,” Stacie Jeffirs, director of the

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Career Crossing fosters student relationships

Sydney Doyle | Monday, September 11, 2017

The Career Crossings Office (CCO) at Saint Mary’s has hired two students — seniors Courtney Carpenter and Elizabeth Mason — this year in order to better help the student body when it comes to resumes, interviews and career advice. Mason said she hopes working in the CCO will create more opportunities for students to get the assistance

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