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Efforts to effectively develop, evaluate, and implement career and educational plans haveafforded Pitt-Johnstown’s Career Services Office an opportunity to move beyond the practice ofone-time drop-in appointments, and to establish more long-term counseling relationships witha greater number of students than ever before. New programs and events implemented duringthis term have been focused on integrated career support, teaching students to articulate thevalue of what they are studying, and how their education applies to the workplace.In the 2011 Fall Term, 1,410 students have taken advantage of various programs and servicesoffered through and/or in conjunction with Pitt-Johnstown’s Career Services Office. Incomparison to this time last year, this reflects a notable reduction, but it must be pointed outthat, for much of the term, the Office operated with only two part-time staff members. With therecent replacement of two full-time staff members, we have full expectation that we will sustainand increase key service areas.Contact Type Fall 2010 Fall 2011Student Appointments 394 265Business Appointments NA 22Alumni Appointments 92 11Total StudentContactsTotal AlumniContactsTotal BusinessContacts2139 1410NA 14310 267New Programs in the 2011 Fall Term included The Element Program Series. RealWorld CareerServices partnered with the Academic Success Center to organize the first-year program seriesfacilitated through the University Scholarship class. Students were required to attend at leastone career-related event, inspired by the first year summer reading program text The Element byKen Robinson. Students had the option of attending eight different events over the course ofthe semester in the form of small group discussions entitled Talk Over Tea, or the larger forumcalled the Epiphany Stories.In Talk Over Tea, students had the opportunity to share informal round-table discussions withprofessionals working in six areas of interest. Professionals were encouraged to speak abouttheir individual career paths and to provide valuable information about the process to live outtheir “element.” Forty-three professional took part, and 145 students attended.In The Element, Ken Robinson refers to the route in which individuals arrive at their “element,”often through pivotal moments he refers to as “epiphany stories.” Two separate events13
featured four panelists who arrived at their "Element," both conventionally andunconventionally. For the two programs, the panelists included: Dr. Gerald Zahorchak, formerPennsylvania Secretary of Education and current Director of Strategic Initiatives, AllentownSchool District; Dr. Matthew Masiello, Chief Wellness Officer, Windber Research Institute; AmyBradley, Director of Marketing Communications, Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, Dr.John McGrath, Associate Professor of Business – Marketing at Pitt-Johnstown; Eric Shiner,Director, Andy Warhol Museum; Dean Howard, Vice President of Sales, North AmericanHoganas; Kerry O’Donnell, Director, Falk Foundation; and Jed Hughes, Principal, SpencerStuart. Four hundred sixty-three students attended.In the New Student Orientation, Career Services staff addressed incoming students about theservices provided by RealWorld Career Services and introduced career-related eventssponsored by Monster.com.In Mr. Neatrour’s Professional Education Seminar, Career Services staff, presented graduatingseniors in Education with an overview of services and resource materials available to them inthe RealWorld Career Services office. Mock interviews were also conducted, providingstructure and feedback in a panel-type interview akin to an actual interview format.During the Fall Term, several workshops on international careers were presented inconjunction with International Education week. The presentations discussed variousopportunities abroad, as well as provided basic information regarding pursuing and securinginternships internationally. Additionally, the workshops offered information related tointegrating previous international experiences into a resume. In addition, a professionalismworkshop was presented to Phi Sigma Sigma at a chapter meeting, and a presentation oninterviewing skills and resume writing was given to the RealWorld International InterestGroup.Three new student organizations (ICES-International Culture Enthusiast Society, Pitt-Johnstown Players, and Meet Diversity) as well as the reorganization of a fourth (KappaAlpha Mu Math Honor Society) brought our active organization total to 93. For the Fall Term,1,789 students were involved in at least one recognized club and/or organization, an increaseover the total of 1,654 at this time last year.With efforts that involved Student Affairs, Student Life, the Programming Board, Athletics, andthe Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, 148 programs for students were offered during 2011Fall Term. There were 60 weekend programs, often centered around the Mountain Cat Club, onpar with the 2010 Fall Term.Some noteworthy programs included the following:One-Day Saturday Trip Series14
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