Career Services

One of the benefits of a liberal arts education is that graduates from any major go on to pursue a wide variety of interests in their careers. An art history major may go on to be a lawyer. An anthropology major may pursue a career in education. A trombone major may decide to pursue a career in business. The Center for Career, Life, and Community Engagement (CLC) is excited to announce the launch of eight new Career Communities that help students explore career industry areas, regardless of their major:

• Business & Entrepreneurship
• Communication, Journalism, & Written Arts
• Education & Community Engagement
• Government, Law, & International Affairs
• Health Care & Life Sciences
• Physical & Natural Sciences
• Technology & Data Science
• Visual & Performing Arts

The Career Community initiative was a recommendation from the Life after Lawrence Final Report. Staff in the CLC worked together with faculty to develop the eight Career Communities based on job and industry trends and student interest. Student feedback during the testing phase supported the idea behind Career Communities, “I think it (career communities) will help students explore different options associated with their interests. I also like how the individual pages are set up… the pages are easy to navigate and information is easy to find.” In addition to being a resource for students, the CLC hopes the new Career Community web pages will support faculty, coaches and other staff in their career discussions with students. 

The Career Communities, located on the CLC webpage, offer unique content such as related job functions, internships, alumni contacts, experiential learning opportunities such as research and volunteer experiences, student organizations, funding opportunities and upcoming events. The Career Communities also link to relevant Lawrence academic pages to help students explore courses related to a career area. When students set up their Lawrence Link (Handshake) profile and indicate their Career Interests, these interests will be aligned with one or more of the eight Career Communities. CLC staff will then be able to use that information to send targeted emails to those students with relevant information on job postings, internships and events. Over time, the CLC plans to add a student interest group component, information on graduate school programs, and additional career advisors to support the Career Communities. 

“The Career Communities are an important step in becoming a more student-centered   organization and in supporting all students to achieve their Life after Lawrence goals,” says Anne Jones, Interim Dean for the CLC. “We hope students will explore multiple communities that align with their interests, goals and post-graduation plans.”

On March 5, join Katie Cronin in Steitz Hall Room 202 to learn about a fellowship opportunity being hosted by the Lincoln Park Zoo’s Animal Welfare Science Program.

This is a one year position which would work on a topic that advances our understanding of applied animal welfare. The fellow will work collaboratively with program staff to collect and analyze data on several species at the zoo. The position offers the potential to gain skills in animal behavior methods, literature reviews, data analysis, endocrine lab work, scientific writing and presenting. This fellowship includes an opportunity to conduct an independent project of mutual interest to the mentor and student that advances our understanding of applied animal welfare.

Register on Handshake today: https://lawrence.joinhandshake.com/events/282915

The Center for Career, Life, and Community Engagement invites you to apply to our Signature Funded Internships which provide a $5,000 award and include experiences at:

• Merit School of Music: The main focus of the Merit School internship will be to help and support the Merit library staff. Additionally, the internship will include a number of hours each week providing support in the student services area.
• Lyric Opera of Chicago: This internship will provide the opportunity to work on a variety of projects in preparation for Lyric’s 2018/19 season. This position will assist all major areas of Development, including Donor Reporting, Annual and Planned Giving, Individual Giving, Institutional Partnerships, Women’s Board, Chapters Executive Board/Chapters, Guild Board, Ryan Opera Center Board, and Lyric Young Professionals.
• Ensemble Español Dance Company: For the summer of 2019 this internship will cover a broad area of non profit arts management including educational outreach, community workshops, arts administration, development and the annual American Spanish Dance and Music Festival.  Start date is approximately June 10th.
• The Center for Deep Listening: The student intern will work at the Center for Deep Listening at Rensselaer. The internship will include work as a teaching assistant for a course on Deep Listening, working in the Center’s extensive archives, and bringing Deep Listening practice into schools.
• New York Jazz Academy: Alumnus Javier Arau ’98 will integrate the student directly into his administration and engage the intern in strategic planning for his expanding organization. Pending faculty approval, the intern may have the opportunity to work in a teaching capacity during summer workshops for younger age groups.
• Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute: This position is to provide general assistance and administrative support for one of the programming teams in the Weill Music Institute (WMI), the education and social impact arm of Carnegie Hall, one of the leading music presenters in the world. The student intern will work with a dedicated staff to help prepare for the upcoming season of programming.
• Bread for the World: Bread for the World Institute provides policy analysis on hunger and strategies to end it. The Institute educates opinion leaders, policymakers, and the public about hunger in the U.S. and abroad. The primary objective for the internships is to provide legislative and administrative support to the GR policy analyst(s) responsible for international humanitarian and poverty-focused development assistance issues.

Apply online here! Deadline for the application is March 25, 2019.