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It's September and not long until Welcome Week! We're excited to be welcoming new and current students back to campus. Our careers consultants are ready with guidance and advice—visit us in the Henley Foyer 12-2pm, Mon 23rd -Thurs 26th September & say hi! Leave a comment below with what you want to know from our careers team! Hit follow to stay updated on all things careers! 👇 #HenleyCareers #CareerSuccess

At LEAP yesterday, Daniel Kaplan, Brian Bradford, and I discussed whether DEI efforts are still legal after the Students for Fair Admissions cases last summer: 1️⃣ Yes, you can still have DEI efforts as an employer 2️⃣ BUT, these efforts cannot discriminate based on a protected characteristic 3️⃣ So consider whether your programs comply with laws like Title VII ✔ Aim for inclusive programs: anyone interested in diversity can participate ✔ Improve/expand your pool of applicants for greater diversity in hiring ✔ Focus on your work environment to be an employer of choice ✔ Ensure that everyone has an equal opportunity for success

Here are the 5 lessons learned on how students can gain an edge when applying for roles in their chosen field! 🌟 Thanks to our Senior Director for Career Pathways Dr. Niesha Ziehmke for sharing these insights.

It was a busy start to National Careers week yesterday. Wonderful to have the opportunity to catch up with our alumni over lunch before whisking them off to their various talks which were absolutely packed full of students. Listening to the types of questions our students asked reinforced how important it is to have younger alumni coming back to give these talks. The job market is changing rapidly impacted by factors such as AI to remote working. It is essential that our alumni are on the pulse of all these changes in order to best advise our students. #nationalcareersweek #alumniengagement #alumnitalk

A liberal arts education equips students with critical-thinking skills that can propel them to success in any career. Read in the Chronicle of Higher Education how Denison is launching students quickly and successfully into lives and careers. https://lnkd.in/ezHjhP49

Friday Poll ✨ Calling all Tucson high school seniors! What are the top three things you're looking for in a college degree experience? Share your priorities in the comments below and let's see what matters most to our future college students! 🎓🤔  • • • #TucsonBusinessCommunity #LocalCollaboration #SupportLocalBusinesses #PartnershipMatters #TucsonPride #CommunityDrivenEducation #StudentOpportunities #BusinessNetworking #CareerDevelopment #InternshipProgram #LocalEconomy #BuildingConnections #TucsonLeadership #EducationForAll

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A liberal arts education equips students with critical-thinking skills that can propel them to success in any career. Read in the Chronicle of Higher Education how Denison is launching students quickly and successfully into lives and careers. https://lnkd.in/gXe8bfvs

Fear and rejection held me back. Year one passed by without engaging in many extracurricular activities. I saw comfort as my safest option. How could I fail? Failure meant I had lost. Failure meant that I couldn’t try again. Failure meant that I had reached my limit, and couldn’t advance beyond the ‘glass ceiling’ holding me back. So, what changed? Well, I would say that I took a step back, and began challenging these thoughts. Professionals call it ‘Socratic thinking’ – a way to objectively evaluate the evidence and reasoning behind one’s beliefs. You’d think that as a history student who comes across evidence everyday, I’d be an expert, but I was not. In my mind, I didn’t belong here. I stood out as a black student in a predominately white cohort. But why? I had received an offer to study here. I received an acceptance letter from Sheffield. I passed the entry requirements. So why did I think I didn’t belong here? This method of thinking made me realise that I did belong here. I was determined to maximise my time, and gain experiences that I wouldn’t regret later in life – so I became proactive. I spoke to Gavin Simpson-Smillie (A&H Faculty Employability Lead), James Zeller (HE Skills and Employability Consultant) and Tom Jones (A&H Employability and External Relationships Officer) about completing a placement year or year abroad, all of which helped me decide on the latter. I secured a two-week internship with the Civil Service at the DfE through Gavin Simpson-Smillie, where I researched, studied, and presented about the importance of HTQs, all under the insightful guidance and support of Corinne Austin (Higher Technical Education Strategy Advisor). I attended a roundtable discussion with Mems Ayinla (current Director of Student Influence, and former Parliamentary Clerk at the House of Commons) as the speaker and asked her a question about the “gap in the market”, regarding the lack of racial representation in spaces and how we can address this issue. I connected with Lavinya Stennett FRSA, founder and CEO of The Black Curriculum, who has inspired me to create my newsletter and piece of public history around important topics within history and the black community. I networked with Rachel Lane, Senior Service Designer at the Ministry of Justice, at a civil service event, where we had enlightening conversations about diversity within the public sector. So what changed between year one and two? I did something. I had questions, and went about finding answers. I intentionally connected with people who would pour into me and share their kindness, time, and knowledge. But to do this, I had to make myself uncomfortable. I had to take a leap of faith, embracing the changes that would make me feel temporarily uncomfortable in favour of long-term success. 

My dream for the higher education side of public administration in Wisconsin: - The existing UW Oshkosh, UW Green Bay, and UW Milwaukee MPA programs form a single system wide MPA program. - UW LaCrosse, who has a great undergrad PA program, also becomes part of the system-wide MPA program. - We create accelerated 4 1 programs that connect undergraduate majors across system schools to the system-wide MPA program so that students can obtain an in-demand credential that sets them up for career success. - We create a statewide advisory board of public service professionals to ensure our offerings match workforce needs. - We create a statewide internship program that gives our students resume-building skills, provides needed work for state and local governments, and strengthens the student to career pipeline. - We establish an applied research center attached to the system-wide MPA program to provide research, trainings, and customized services to government entities throughout Wisconsin. I've thought about ways to accomplish this, there are always piecemeal agreements and MOUs we can pursue, but I think legislation is ultimately how we could get there. I'm sure there are flaws in my logic, but doesn't it make sense to: - Build more career pathways for liberal arts undergrads? - Incentivize collaboration for programs in a common system as opposed to perpetual competition between under-resourced programs? - Provide a vehicle for research based solutions for Wisconsin governments? - Focus the talent in our university system towards making a practical visible impact on communities across Wisconsin? Let's bust down these silos.