Join us for an insightful webinar during the 10th Annual National Apprenticeship Week, featuring an overview of Federally Registered Apprenticeships. Led by an expert from the Department of Labor, this session will start with a high-level introduction before diving deep into the application process. Whether you’re exploring apprenticeship opportunities for your students or looking to enhance your understanding of the process, this session is for you.
Join us for an insightful webinar where the Shippensburg University Career Center team, winners of CEIA’s 2024 Best Practices Award, will share details about their successful Virtual Career and Leadership Skills Academy. Learn how this 12-week interactive program, developed in partnership with the Pennsylvania Bankers Association, has helped interns sharpen their professional skills and career readiness, benefiting both participants and member institutions. Discover how this innovative program has made a lasting impact on over 150 interns and continues to support career development initiatives.
Do you have internship coordinators on your campus working under different departments, each with their own goals and agendas? Discover the transformative power of a decentralized Internship Coordinator Council (ICC) in elevating experiential learning on your campus. Learn to establish a collaborative platform for idea exchange and develop needed resources to all be on the same page. This session offers practical insights for adapting the ICC model to your institution, fostering a community of engaged internship coordinators committed to enhancing the quality of internship programs.
This presentation delves into the dual nature of generative AI’s impact on the world of internships, employment of knowledge workers, and the imperative of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). While acknowledging the disruptive potential of generative AI in the professional sphere, particularly for those whose work centers around information processing, we will explore how this technology is reshaping the future of experiential learning and work-integrated environments.
The growth and interest in apprenticeship programs continues to build across the US and the world. While exciting times are ahead, there is a clear need to share learning and best practices to enable success for all parties. Join us for State Government, University and College perspectives from within the US and the UK as we continue to build a valued community of practice on apprenticeships for CEIA members.
In Fall of 2021, Virginia Tech Career and Professional Development (CPD) successfully launched Campus internEXP with the hope of providing students with quality work integrated learning experiences. In our first year, we worked with faculty and staff across campus to provide 27 students with unique paid internship experiences. Over the next two years, the team learned a great deal about the ups and downs of piloting an on-campus internship program. The presenter will share information on how CPD launched and manages Campus internEXP, how to gain buy-in from faculty and staff, and how on-campus internships support DEI efforts.
Julia is a lifelong Hokie and alumna of Virginia Tech where she studied Human Development and minored in Psychology. She graduated with her Master’s in Counselor Education from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2019 where she concentrated her studies in College Student Development and Counseling. Julia previously served as a Career Advisor at Virginia Commonwealth University where she directly interacted with students and campus partners through one-on-one advising and programming. In July of 2021, Julia returned to Virginia Tech to serve as the Assistant Director of Professional Development and Experiential Programs at Virginia Tech Career and Professional Development where she manages an on-campus internship program called Campus internEXP. Julia has been a member of CEIA since 2021 and has enjoyed the opportunity to present on topics she is passionate about as well as build relationships with other career professionals in the co-op and internship space.
In this webinar we will share strategies for integrating AI-based platforms into career services, enabling us to better equip students with the skills and knowledge needed for a successful career search. We will share easy to adopt lesson plans and activities that leverage the strengths of generative AI systems such as ChatGPT to assist students and alum in drafting resumes, preparing for job interviews, researching employers, and engaging in career exploration.
Michelle Zaff is a Senior Cooperative Education Faculty Coordinator at Northeastern University. She works with students studying Criminal Justice and manages a broad portfolio of employer partners including law firms, governmental agencies, NGO’s and non-profits. For three years, she has co-led an experiential learning course that brings students into the Suffolk County Jail to teach career design skills to incarcerated individuals. She has been a leader in leveraging the positive attributes of generative AI to empower students toward job search success.
Jen Guillemin is a co-op faculty member at the D’Amore McKim School of Business at Northeastern University and co-founder of Creative Re/Frame, a consulting practice that works at intersection of arts, business, and social impact. For three years, she has co-led an experiential learning course that brings students into the Suffolk County Jail to teach career design and entrepreneurial skills to incarcerated individuals. Before coming to Northeastern, Jen served as the inaugural Director of the Boston University arts leadership and innovation program, the Interim Director of the BU School of Visual Arts and the Founding Director of the BU Visual Arts Summer Institute. Her professional collaborations have led her to teach in prisons and homeless shelters, to create community engaged projects in Boston and to teach classes and publish research on creative entrepreneurship and the creative economy.
Ever ask yourself how your co-op / cooperative work experience (CWE) model compares with the peer institutions in your area? Wonder how all the CWE professionals at other institutions are doing the work you do? In Fall 2022, Gerry Meenaghan, Cooperative Education Coordinator at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon, had just that opportunity. Over 11 weeks, he toured around the state of Oregon speaking with representatives of CWE programs at Oregon’s 17 community colleges, conducting interviews, gathering statistical data and delivering surveys to produce a “landscape analysis” of community college CWE programs.
Gerald Meenaghan currently serves as a Cooperative Education Coordinator with Lane Community College in Lane Country, Oregon. Gerry has extensive teaching and higher education experience in the United States and abroad. He is also a longtime member and contributor to CEIA. He has worked with hundreds of community college students in a number of degree programs, and hundreds of human resources and hiring managers in a wide variety of industries.
Join us to take deep dive into the world of applicant tracking systems. Himal Ahuja, CEO of Quinncia, will share information about applicant tracking systems, common resume mistakes, and resume best practices to make it through employer screening systems. Attendees will gain actionable insights to use when advising students and a deeper understanding of how different types of applicants tracking systems work.
Himal is the founder & CEO of Quinncia. He has worked closely with ATS systems and AI technology to help universities scale their career readiness efforts so that students are prepared and ready for the workforce.
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