• GROUP 1: Mon., June 26 | 2:30pm - 3:30pm
• GROUP 2: Mon., June 26 | 4:00pm - 5:00pm
• GROUP 3: Tues., June 27 | 9:30am - 10:30am
• GROUP 4: Tues., June 27 | 11:00am - 12:00pm
• GROUP 5: Tues., June 27 | 3:00pm - 4:00pm
• GROUP 6: Tues., June 27 | 4:15pm - 5:15pm

The Eastern Association of Colleges and Employers is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities.

SESSIONS ELIGIBLE ARE NOTED BELOW.

Introverts Guide to the Conference Galaxy
GB 1-2 | College | Recorded
This program is valid for 1.00 PDCs for the SHRM-CP^SM or SHRM-SCP^SM.

Days worth of networking and engagement at conferences can seem like a nightmare for introverts. That doesn’t have to be the case. The session will explore practical and implementable strategies to ensure introverts get the most out of the professional conference galaxy.

Presenters:

• Chris Miciek, Director, Jefferson University
  
• Chaim Shapiro, Director, Touro University

We Can Do More Together: A Holistic Approach to University Recruiting
GB 3-4 | All
This program is valid for 1.00 PDCs for the SHRM-CP^SM or SHRM-SCP^SM.

We believe education is an investment that can change your life, and college campuses are the center of learning for students across all backgrounds. A personalized corporate partnership to on campus recruiting connects students and employers in the beginning of their educational journey. Relationship based partnerships encourage collaboration and innovation to identifying educational solutions for students on campus and beyond. Sallie Mae and Delaware State University partner together to share their experiences of a personalized approach to corporate partnerships and university recruiting.

Presenters:

• Kara McGonigale, Talent Acquisition Consultant, Sallie Mae
• Dawrin Morency, Director, Relationship Management, Sallie Mae
• Terry Bankston, Director of Career Services, Delaware State University

Power of Hope: Instilling Hope in the Career Development Process
GB 7-8 | All

The 60-minute Breakout Session will discuss how hope impacts a student's persistence with goal setting and career success. The presentation will discuss research connecting hope with positive career outcomes as well as interventions that faculty and staff use in Drexel's Co-op 101 Career Development class as well as individual career counseling sessions to support all students' success. The breakout section of our presentation will offer faculty, staff and employers an opportunity to discuss thoughts on other interventions that help instill hope for their students as well as themselves. This will allow sharing with each other the methods and interventions that are currently impactful.

Presenters:

• Maria Crossan, First Year Career Counselor, Drexel University Steinbright Career Development Center
• Nancy LeClair, Teaching Professor, Drexel University Steinbright Career Development Center

Put Me In, Coach: Leveraging Staff as Coaches for Student-Led Projects to Foster Engagement in Career Services
GB 9-10 | College

This session will explore best practices for student ambassador/peer advisor programs through the lens of staff-coached student-led projects. The presentation will outline the step-by-step processes used by Boston University's Student Ambassador Program, a peer education and outreach program that enlists a diverse group of undergraduates to support the center's efforts to increase student awareness of and engagement with our programs and resources. We will provide concrete examples to demonstrate the benefits of such projects, including increased staff capacity, student leader professional development, innovation in the career center, and greater engagement with the student body. We will also discuss how student's diverse experiences can inform programming through their shared identity with their peers.  Participants will leave with tangible ideas and new professional connections to assist in implementing more student innovation at their institution.

Presenters:

• Colby Sim, Peer Engagement Manager, Boston University
• Sarah Bickford, Peer Engagement Coordinator, Boston University

Creating a Neuro-Inclusive Workplace for Students in Higher Education
GB 1-2 | All | Recorded
This program is valid for 1.00 PDCs for the SHRM-CP^SM or SHRM-SCP^SM.

This presentation will provide insight into hiring and working with neurodivergent professionals and students. It is estimated that 1 in 5 individuals are neurodivergent, and relying on accommodations is not sustainable for many organizations. Developing a set of neuro-inclusive practices is critical to fully support employees. Implementing a neurodivergent hiring initiative will help institutions collaborate with employers to create new opportunities for neurodivergent individuals. Rowan University's hiring initiative supports neurodivergent individuals by giving them opportunities to expand their careers and experiences within their field. The presenters will discuss the process to develop opportunities for meaningful and universal employment and offer practical approaches to building inclusive environments.

Presenters:

• Ashley Davis, Coordinator, Events & Technology Support, Rowan University
• Erica King, Instructional Designer and Technical Trainer, Rowan University
• Chiara Latimer, Coordinator, Autism PATH Career Program, Rowan University

Tech Tips: Tools and Resources to Build Capacity and Lighten the Load
GB 3-4 | All

Many career centers struggle with having the capacity to offer the types of programming they would like. Offering more in-depth programming for students or for faculty and staff tends to find its way to the bottom of the priorities list when we are understaffed and overstretched. Career and Professional Development at Virginia Tech (VT) began a Career Champions program in Fall 2019 and quickly realized that the administration of the program and the time required of office staff was not sustainable or scalable. In partnership with VT's Technology-enhanced Learning and Online Strategies (TLOS), we learned how to use a variety of technologies to increase our capacity, more efficiently manage the program administratively, lessen the demands on our staff, and become a more streamlined and attractive learning option for faculty. Join us to learn about our journey, hear about our successes and stumbling blocks, see our technology in action, and hear our plans for how we'll be using technology in other office initiatives.  We would also love to hear your own best practices for using technology to scale your programs.

Presenters:

• Heidi Gilbert, Career Education Specialist / Career Advisor, Virginia Tech Career and Professional Development
• Amy McPherson, Senior Associate Director, Virginia Tech Career and Professional Development

Share More - Post-Graduation Outcomes for College Students, More than Numbers
GB 7-8 | College

This interactive session will provide a forum to discuss the post-graduation outcomes of college students, best practices and areas for growth. A case study will also be presented to explore a mixed methods approach at evaluation of these outcomes as well as the findings, to propose a more inclusive analysis of outcomes, looking at race, ethnicity and gender in addition to the typical NACE First Destination Survey criteria. Conversation about how to practically apply this research and how this research can inform our work will conclude the session to develop ideas and next steps for implementation.

Presenter: Ashley Forsythe, Associate Director, Graduate Career Services, Drexel University, LeBow College of Business

The Inclusive Search Process: D&I Best Practices for Hiring
GB 5-6 (general session ballroom) | All
This program is valid for 1.00 PDCs for the SHRM-CP^SM or SHRM-SCP^SM.

What is an "inclusive search process" and how might it improve the recruitment of diverse candidates? In this workshop participants will receive a roadmap of best practices that allow institutions to not only recruit diverse candidates but to ensure institutional buy-in to diversity and inclusion.  It equips participants with the tools to evaluate current faculty and staff hiring practices and provides a tactical approach for removing obstacles that restrict candidate diversity. The workshop offers a number of search-process checkpoints that can assist an institution in creating intentional and D&I-centered policies and procedures.

Presenter: Tibisay Hernandez, Diversity and Inclusion Specialist, NYS Civil Service

Building a Comprehensive Model of Career Advising: Connecting Curriculum Outcomes to Career
GB 9-10 |College

Incorporating comprehensive career advising into faculty driven academic advising allows for students to access quality career development within their academic departments. This also shapes the way academic disciplines discuss the connection between their curricula and the world of work. In this presentation, we will review a three year campus-wide initiative to develop academic department-specific career competencies and advising tools, called Action Plans. We will discuss our process of planning, engaging and supporting faculty liaisons and the eventual implementation and incorporation of the Actions Plans within academic and career advising and across campus into the overall student experience.

Presenters:

• Susan Beddes, Associate Director for Internship Coordination and Employer Relations, Fitchburg State University
• Lindsay Carpenter Connors, Director of Career Services and Advising, Fitchburg State University

Earn and Learn: White Collar Apprenticeships For An Inclusive Economy
GB 1-2 | All | Recorded
This program is valid for 1.00 PDCs for the SHRM-CP^SM or SHRM-SCP^SM.

Create an inclusive economy. Level the playing field and deepen the impact of your university-employer partnerships through apprenticeship programs. Hear about coordinating efforts among internship/career centers, faculty, admissions, and the Registrar, and employers to provide opportunities to gain practical experience while earning industry-recognized professional credentials and working towards their degrees. Unlike a traditional internship that only lasts a few months over a summer or single semester, apprenticeship programs at Borough of Manhattan Community College last the full two years or final year of an associate degree program and combine targeted coursework with real-world work. Using a cohort model, student retention and success is supported while through the apprenticeship, they reap rewards of mentorship, guaranteed jobs with living wages upon completion, fast-tracked career advancement, and reduced or eliminated education debt.

Presenters:

• Sharon Reid, Director, Internships & Experiential Learning, Borough of Manhattan Community College
• Rena Francis, Experiential Learning Coordinator, Borough of Manhattan Community College
• Bianca Jolly, Account Service Associate (former Apprentice) Zurich Insurance, NA

Strategic Planning with a Social Justice Mindset: Motivating Teams and Intentionally Centering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Future Success
GB 3-4 | College
This program is valid for 1.00 PDCs for the SHRM-CP^SM or SHRM-SCP^SM.

As you dream about what is possible for the future of your team or organization, it is important to consider not only where you want to go, but how you will get there. Who will be part of the journey, the priorities and boundaries that will be required to achieve your goals, how you can gain support from key partners and leaders along the way, how you will measure and share your successes, and how you will learn and grow from the lessons that come with each planning cycle? Strategic planning can be an important tool and experience for teams of all sizes and scopes, and if done well, it can be hugely motivating for staff and create a sense of purpose and continuity as you move through transitions. As with many areas of our work, there are critical ways in which diversity, equity, and inclusion can be infused into the process of strategic planning, as well as into the wording of the plan itself, to make the greatest impact and increase access for your many stakeholders. The presenters will share best practices and lessons learned from their last two cycles of departmental strategic planning at George Mason University and Virginia Commonwealth University, providing empowering opportunities for participant reflection and conversation.

Presenters:

• Samara Reynolds, Director, VCU Career Services, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Saskia Campbell, Executive Director of University Career Services, George Mason University

Maximizing Alumni Engagement to Advance Career
GB 9-10 | College

The research is clear - alumni not only want but expect their alma mater to provide lifelong career and professional development programming. Alumni Playbook's pilot program: CareerShift for Alumni provided free marketing and recruiting services to 15 partner schools. Our goal was to increase alumni engagement and loyalty by expanding alumni job opportunities. Pilot results, analysis of marketing strategies, engagement and why you need a lifelong career support strategy will be shared.

Presenters:

• Valerie Matta, Managing Director, Student Playbook
• Andres Perez Correa, Marketing & Engagement Coordinator, Swarthmore College Career Services
• Erin Massey, Senior Associate Director, Swarthmore College Career Services

Diversity and Inclusion Resource Groups: Building EACE's D&I Team
GB 7-8 | All
This program is valid for 1.00 PDCs for the SHRM-CP^SM or SHRM-SCP^SM.

Diversity and Inclusion Resource Groups are often cited as a diversity and inclusion best practice within organizations. But what does it take to start and run a successful resource group? What is the value of a diversity and inclusion resource group to its members and the organizations they exist in? This presentation will reveal and highlight the impact of EACE's D&I Team on the organization and its members. Participants will hear from panelists who were a part of this committee's creation and successful continuation. Participants will share the impact of this committee on their leadership and member experience with EACE.

Facilitators:

• Satoko Odagawa, George Mason University Career Services
• Tibisay Hernandez, Diversity & Inclusion Specialist, NYS Civil Service, Office of Diversity and Inclusion Management

Panelists:

• Ruben Britt, Assistant Director of Career Advancement, Rowan University
• Tracey Hanton, Assistant Director, Career Development, Purdue University Fort Wayne
• Jenny Nesenjuk, Assistant Director, Career Development, William Paterson University

So, You Want to Become a Director
GB 1-2 | College | Recorded

The session gave me insight into the role and key skillsets necessary to become an effective Chief Career Services officer (CCSO). It demystified the job search process and how we can effectively present ourselves to future employers. As a result of the session, I started to pursue my doctoral degree and ended up landing my current role as the Assistant Dean at St. Francis College."  Gerald Tang attended the "So You Want to Become a Director" in 2017, not because I thought I was ready to become a director, but because I admired the people who were presenting.  However, after the session, I had the realization that I was ready, but had a certain idea of how that would look.  Two of the presenters encouraged me to look at it another way, and fast forward 8 months, I took their advice, and as a result, I had the incredible privilege of becoming a director at my alma mater.  Their encouragement, advice, and insight were so valuable to me in that process, and I will be forever grateful!  Jennifer Rossi Long, Director, West Chester University Where will you be in 12 months?  Three years?  Do you aspire to lead a career services operation?  If so, come hear from four seasoned professionals about their journey to leadership and what it takes to be a CCSO during these times when higher education, families and even the government is focusing on career outcomes.  The three panelists and the facilitator represent colleges and universities of a variety of sizes and from public and private institutions.  They will discuss the primary responsibilities of a chief career services officers, the importance of coalition building inside of an organization, and the responsibility of supervising professional staff.

Facilitator: Dr.Walter Tarver, Associate Vice Provost for Student Success, Middle Tennessee State University

Panelists:

• Jennifer Rossi Long, Director, Twardowski Career Development Center, West Chester University
• Tammy Samuels, Executive Director, Career & Leadership for MBA & Alumni, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
• Dr. Gerald Tang, Assistant Dean for Career Integration, St. Francis College

This session is sponsored by uConnect.

Winter Break Programming - Career Tracks at Lafayette College
GB 3-4 | College

The Lafayette College Career Tracks program connects students with alumni and organizations from different regions throughout the United States and, when possible, gives them a view of what it would be like to live and work in different metro areas. This session will discuss how winter break programming, specifically Career Tracks, is crucial to an effective career center strategy. The presentation will discuss discoveries made during Covid protocols and how lessons learned in the pandemic are applied to bolster previous iterations of the program. The presenters will provide insight associated with scalability using virtual, in-person and hybrid approaches.

Presenters: 

• Joshua Walker, Associate Director of Employer Relations & Outreach, Lafayette College
• Holly Akers, Associate Director of Employer Relations & Outreach, Lafayette College

Checking Your DEI Strategy: How to Enhance Your Department's Practices, Programs and Policies
GB 7-8 | College
This program is valid for 1.00 PDCs for the SHRM-CP^SM or SHRM-SCP^SM.

This session will provide attendees with a checklist of how to conduct a DEI Strategic Plan to enhance your office/department's practices, programs and policies from a diversity, equity, inclusion and access lens. Hear from the Career Development Center and the Office for Student Diversity and Inclusion at William Paterson University about how we collaborated to examine campus perceptions, unconscious biases, existing programs and resources; and what we are doing to offer culturally responsive services and programs.

Presenters:

• Jenny Nesenjuk, Assistant Director, Career Development, William Paterson University
• Mary Alice Barrows, Director, Career Development, William Paterson University
• Yolany Gonell, Director, Student Diversity & Inclusion, William Paterson University

Build More Together! Collaborating with Campus Partners to Build a Career-Readiness Curriculum
GB 9-10 | College

A robust career-readiness curriculum that prepares all students for their future careers depends on partnerships with stakeholders across campus, including assessment and instructional planning. Learn how you can incorporate these critical elements in your institution's career-readiness programs.

Presenter: Michael Dunn, Director of Professional Pathways, St. Mary's College of Maryland

Developing Career Services for Student Athletes
GB 1-2 | College | Recorded

The presentation will review historical context, current resources, partnerships, and tips to improve career development services on colleges campuses including Student-Athlete Development Programs, NCAA Life Skills Initiative, Scholar-Baller, Excellence Beyond Athletics and more.

Presenter: Ammad Sheikh, Director of Career Services, Virginia Military Institute

This session is sponsored by Enterprise.

Toward a Positive Sense of Belonging: Curating Identity-Centered Resources to Educate Staff & Support Students
GB 3-4 | College

This session will explore the use of identity-centered resources in career education and counseling practices. Participants will be able to define "sense of belonging" for themselves and their center, ponder resources being used in their career offices, explore best practices for self-education and the importance of honoring lived experience intelligence, and identify ways in which students' identities and affinities can be supported in career services.

Presenter: Angela Richard, Assistant Director of Career Education, Boston University Center for Career Development

10 Biggest Mistakes International Students Make in the Job Search Process
GB 7-8 | College
This program is valid for 1.00 PDCs for the SHRM-CP^SM or SHRM-SCP^SM.

International students, at times, unintentionally make the job search process harder than it needs to be. Even the most qualified international students can lose out on opportunities over avoidable mistakes; whether through immigration hurdles, missing key deadlines, not utilizing Curricular Practical Training (CPT), or not having a backup employment option in place. It is not their intention to make an already vulnerable process even more painful, but sometimes international applicants unwittingly do things that work against them. Understanding these challenges is crucial for career teams to support international students along their career paths. The goal of this presentation is to acknowledge these challenges and provide solutions to help overcome them. Our panelists will also draw from research conducted to highlight international student voices and how career services may play a role. The presentation will also address how technology and strategic partnerships can help solve these mistakes.

Presenter: Kendall Perez, University Relations Manager, Interstride

Creating a Career-Ready Curriculum with Wix Higher Education
GB 9-10 | All

In this session, the Wix Higher Education team will introduce their Digital Portfolio curriculum, a crucial resource for universities looking to address gaps in students' preparedness for navigating the transition from college to career. Wix Higher Ed will outline how our Portfolio program facilitates the integration of career development into new and existing university curricula. We will demonstrate how the hands-on process of building a portfolio empowers students with the essential skills to articulate what they've achieved from their projects and experiences, as well as the ability to write about themselves professionally. Attendees will leave the session with an understanding of digital portfolios as supportive tools for students' evolving career journeys, and they will come away with resources on how to implement digital portfolios in their own programs with Wix Higher Education programming and curriculum.

Presenters:

• Melanie Lo, Curriculum Developer, Wix.com

• Sabba Quidwai, Academic Partnerships Manager, Wix.com

Be More Than a Working Parent
GB 5-6 (general session ballroom) | All
This program is valid for 1.00 PDCs for the SHRM-CP^SM or SHRM-SCP^SM.

How in the world are you supposed to work full-time and raise a family? If you have ever asked yourself this question, then this panel is for you. Listen to the experience of working parents on how they have navigated each stage of life with grace while building their careers in career services and the employer side.

Presenter: Mallory Powell, Campus Recruiting Manager, Vector Marketing

Panelists:

• Stacy McClelland, Group Talent Acquisition Manager, Enterprise Holdings
• Tibisay Hernandez, Diversity & Inclusion Specialist, NYS Civil Service, Office of Diversity and Inclusion Management

I Quit, Yahoo!
GB 1-2 | All | Recorded
This program is valid for 1.00 PDCs for the SHRM-CP^SM or SHRM-SCP^SM.

In a post COVID world, Northeastern University co-op faculty are being faced with an increasing amount of performance issues from students who are working full-time in 6 month Co-op/ experiential learning positions.  How do we manage a student who quits in the middle of their Co-op, hops on a Zoom meeting in boxers, or sends an email out on their last day to 19 team members explaining how the feedback they received was unfair?  We will discuss how and why a post pandemic world has contributed to these situations and how we, as career professionals, can modify our professional development curriculum for remote work and save face with long standing employers.  This workshop will also discuss the results of a survey distributed to 100+ co-op colleagues across the university about the issues they face in managing student performance on Co-op.

Presenters:

• Lynn Burke, Senior Co-op Coordinator, Northeastern University
• Linnea Basu, Senior Co-op Coordinator, Northeastern University

Return of Investment in Career Services Staff's Intercultural Mindset Development
GB 3-4 | College

This session will describe the three-year journey an entire career services staff (25 members with various roles) took to create a culture of advancing DEI through ongoing learning, concentrated effort and professional transformation. Staff's commitment to dismantle barriers for students from systemically oppressed social identities was the guiding force in the process and led to several positive outcomes. The entire group experienced growth on the intercultural development continuum (as shown by the Intercultural Development Inventory annual assessment) and each staff member continued writing self-reflections on how they applied learning of various DEI topics. While experiencing obstacles in the first year (e.g., staff members were at various levels of knowledge and competency in their DEI work; unsuccessful research to identify a meaningful DEI self-evaluation tool), staff continued to work towards the strategic objectives and started to notice results of their investment around the beginning of the second year (e.g., well received student programs addressing topics at the intersection of identity and career; enhanced conversations with employers about best practices in DEI recruiting and hiring). Benefits of developing DEI competencies as a group with additional individual contributions will be discussed in detail. Presenters will share stories, statistics and evaluation methods.

Presenters:

• Elena Chiru, Associate Director, Career Development, George Mason University Career Services
• Angelica Newham, Career Advisor, George Mason University Career Services

AI's Evolving Legal Landscape
GB 7-8 | All
This program is valid for 1.00 PDCs for the SHRM-CP^SM or SHRM-SCP^SM.

EU AI Act, Washington DC's Stop Discrimination by Algorithms Act, White House AI Bill of Rights. What are these and what do developments like these mean for us and our students? How do we respond? Who designs Tomorrowland, and are we among them?We will interrogate the AI "blueprint for our future" by outlining key issues from the past 6-7 years that have influenced where we are at, then move to a breakdown of the 2022 White House Bill of AI Rights (plus any subsequent changes) and how it will influence the larger social-legal landscape including our work, offices, and institutions.

Presenter: Chris Miciek, Director, Jefferson University (Presented on behalf of the EACE Technology Committee.)

DE&I Career Ambassadors: Leveraging Peer-to-Peer Connections to Emphasize Interconnectedness of Identity/Career
GB 9-10 | College

To leverage the power of peer relationships, the UConn Center for Career Development has launched a DE&I Career Ambassador Program. Consisting of 8 student ambassadors in its inaugural year, the program has allowed us to focus on resources for marginalized students more specifically than ever before. In this session, we will review how the initial idea for the program came to be, how it was built out, how it is operating currently, and some example projects our wonderful student ambassadors have been working on.

Presenter: Lisa Famularo, Assistant Director, Equity & Inclusion, UConn Center for Career Development