Career Center
Career Center sees large turnout for Career Fair, Kickoff and SLAMs
Sep. 13, 2018—More than 2,000 Vanderbilt students met with 400 recruiters representing some 140 companies at the Vanderbilt Career Center’s 2018 Career Fair Sept. 5 at the Student Rec Center fieldhouse.
Student-athletes find expanded opportunities through summer internships
Jul. 18, 2018—For many student-athletes, summer means intensive physical training coupled with taking classes to lighten their course load during the playing season. More rare is the opportunity to explore another hallmark of the college experience: a summer internship.
Vanderbilt sees increase in Fulbright U.S. Student Program awardees and alternates
Apr. 30, 2018—The Fulbright U.S. Student Program has recognized 18 Vanderbilt students for the 2018-19 academic year, marking a successful finish to the Career Center’s first year facilitating the application process for prestigious fellowships and scholarships for undergraduate and professional students and alumni.
Class of 2018: Briana Francois wants to make content that resonates and entertains
Apr. 26, 2018—The only thing Briana Francois enjoys more than watching TV and digital content is creating it. Her double majors in psychology and cinema and media arts have allowed her both to examine human behavior and represent it authentically on film.
Vanderbilt alumna finalist for inaugural Knight-Hennessy Scholarship
Mar. 7, 2018—Vanderbilt University alumna Lisa Muloma was a finalist for the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program, a new prestigious scholarship that fully funds graduate-level work in any field at Stanford University.
Vanderbilt senior earns prestigious fellowship from Luce Scholars Program
Mar. 1, 2018—Phillip McGloin, a College of Arts and Science senior from Washington, D.C., has been named to the 2018-19 class of Luce Scholars. McGloin will gain new perspectives through immersive living and working experiences in Asia during the next year.
College career expert: Four myths about job-hunting in college, and what to do right now
Oct. 26, 2017—As college students prepare to head home for Thanksgiving, many of them are bracing for a question they may not be able to answer: “What do you want to do after you graduate?”
Career Center hosts ‘SLAM’ events, career fair
Sep. 20, 2017—The Vanderbilt Career Center hosted three networking events Sept. 18-19 to help students connect with potential employers.
Career Center presents 2017 Fall Career Fair and first-time engineering and business SLAMs
Sep. 15, 2017—The Vanderbilt Career Center presents its 2017 Fall Career Fair Sept. 19, as well as its first-ever Business SLAM and Engineering SLAM on Sept. 18.
Career Center’s Wise Wanderings method teaches students how to translate any major into a career
Aug. 4, 2017—"We want to provide services that reach students whatever their background is and whatever their interests are in," says Vanderbilt Career Center director Kate Brooks.
How to Network: Advice from Katharine Brooks
Nov. 20, 2016—Networking opportunities at Vanderbilt alumni chapter events, along with untold numbers of holiday parties, are right around the corner, so Vanderbilt Magazine reached out to Katharine Brooks, the Evans Family Executive Director of Vanderbilt’s Career Center, for some tips about how to work a cocktail-party crowd.
Center for Student Professional Development offers new take on the traditional career center
May. 6, 2013—Last year Vanderbilt’s career center changed its name—but the transformation went well beyond a new sign over the door.