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Welcome!

On behalf of the Liberal Arts Career Development Office, I would love to welcome you to our official blog and website.  I hope you bear with us as we update things, and currently we are preparing the exhibits that will be showcased this week for a Healthcare Career Fair on Thursday, April 5th at 3:00 p.m.

I hope you can join us!

 

I want to let you know a little of first-hand experience of what we do in the CDO.  I came in here just before starting my freshman year, and I met with Sloane Thompson, the Director.  She listened …

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Rashid on “Navigating Student Jobs” - posted August 4, 2011

At the beginning of the Spring Semester of the year I was set to graduate I was working five jobs.  Well, let me be more specific… I was working at a job that I wasn’t in love with, so I applied to four others.  I had no idea I would get accepted to all the positions.  Mrs. Thompson encouraged me to explore each opportunity and decide after I had some experience with each position and the company/office culture.  As it turned out, after two weeks of trying each position, none of the places were really a great fit for my skills, …

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Rashid on “Finding My Major” - posted August 1, 2011

After the obligatory term in University College, I was accepted into the School of Public and Environmental Affairs.  As an exploratory student I discovered that I was interested in the “environment.”  The very term is extremely inclusive, but I set out looking for a program that dealt with the concept – at the time the only degree with “environment(al)” in the title was the bachelor of science in Environmental Science and Public Health.  So I enrolled.  The first couple of semesters were energizing!  I was getting great grades, achieving dean’s list and honors, meeting people with similar ideals and perspectives, and …

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Meet Amanda! - posted July 25, 2011

Hi! My name is Amanda Martin and I am a junior at IUPUI. I am also currently a student employee in the Liberal Arts Career Development Office. This will be my second year attending IUPUI and it has been an exciting experience so far! I started attending classes at IUPUI in the fall of 2010. I transferred from Evansville Ivy Tech Community College. I will admit, I grew up in small town called Poseyville and living in a big city such as Indianapolis can be quite a shock for a small town country girl like myself. However, I would not have …

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Meet Rashid! - posted July 25, 2011

Hi!  My name is Rashid Owoyele and I am a Career Coach & Communication Specialist.  (I know, you’re like “Yeah, right… I know how to say that!?”  It’s not as tough as you might think… First, Ruh-sheed and *spell it out, now* O-E-L-E… AND YOU’VE GOT IT!!)  I graduated in August of 2010 with a bachelor of arts Individualized Major in Environmental Ethics & Design from the IU School of Liberal Arts, right here in Indianapolis.  My journey to IUPUI and eventually to the School of Liberal Arts Career Development Office was pretty unique but ultimately life-changing.  I was a non-traditional …

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