Connecting College to Career: Elevating students’ career success
Participants will:
- Understand high-impact career practices that lead to growing equitable career success among students.
- Gain ideas around potential career-related assignments/strategies that can be implemented into courses.
- Take away a virtual “Jamboard” filled with ideas they can adapt and implement into their courses.
Quadside session
Abstract
The top two reasons USU alumni engaged in higher education was for “intellectual development and career success“ according to the National Alumni Career Mobility Survey. Higher education institutions are looking at how they can create an entire career ecosystem across their institution to better prepare students for their careers after college and to have successful alumni out in the workforce and community. This session will help you answer common questions about this process, such as:
- How can we help students better understand how their classes connect to career?
- How can we leverage our relationship as instructors to guide students in being an active designer in their career paths?
- What activities/strategies can we implement to support students’ career development?
Alexander Gaeta-Troutner
Career Design Specialist, Department of USU Career Design Center
Alexander Gaeta-Troutner is the Career Specialist for Engineering majors at Utah State University. As well as the Instructor for "Career Exploration and Design" in the Integrated Studies program. Alexander did his Masters at the University of Nevada, Reno and his Bachelors at USU. He has worked in Career Education at both the high school and collegiate levels, and is passionate about helping students be the most effective candidates possible in pursuing whatever their dream job might be. Alexander's mantra is that "every experience is as good as it's communicated effectively." And he believes that communicating how their education, skills, and experiences connect to the professional needs of employers is one of the most empowering skills a student can acquire.
Joseph Banks
Assistant Director, USU Career Design Center
Dannon Loveland
Career Design Specialist, USU Career Design Center
Dannon Loveland has been working at Utah State University since December 2010 and has been at the Career Design Center since January 2016. Dannon has taught and advised thousands of students about career development related topics in one-on-one and group settings. Along with being a Career Design Specialist, he is also the instructor for one of the two Integrated Studies capstone courses. He is interested in the future of work; the way discovery, learning, and contribution interplay; and the value of networking. He grew up in Brigham City and currently lives in Logan with his wife and six kids. Dannon enjoys traveling, reading, listening to music, and collecting quotes. Connectedness is his top CliftonStrengths and he would love to connect with you both virtually (LinkedIn or otherwise) and in person.