Sophomore Jumpstart

$1,500 Grant for Career Center’s Sophomore Jump Start Event

September 6, 2019

The Enterprise Holdings Foundation has donated $1,500 to the UP Career Center to fund the annual Sophomore Jump Start event. The Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Enterprise Holdings, which, through its integrated network of independent regional subsidiaries and franchises, operates the Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental, and Alamo Rent-A-Car brands.

In spring 2019, the Career Center brought ten UP alumni back to campus for a “10 Careers in 30 Minutes” panel discussion and networking event, open to sophomore students from all majors. With this grant, the Career Center looks forward to another successful Sophomore Jump Start in Spring 2020.

Class of 2021 Jumpstart: Send Us Your Sophomores!

March 22, 2019

The Career Center is hosting Class of 2021: Sophomore Jumpstart on Thursday, March 28, from 5:45 to 7:45 p.m., in Bauccio Commons. During the event, sophomores will have an opportunity to hear “10 Careers in Thirty Minutes,” followed by an opportunity to talk in depth with UP alumni about their jobs and the skills and qualifications needed to successfully perform in their roles. All sophomores are invited. Please encourage sophomores to RSVP through Engage.

For more information contact the Career Center at career@up.edu.

Petra Khan, marketing and communications, received the 2020 CASE VIII Rising Star Award in Marketing and Communications from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), District VIII, which includes Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, and Yukon.

Laura Dyer, biology, received a $502 grant for “Engaging Middle School Students in Developmental Biology through Tadpole Metamorphosis” (with Allegra VanderWilde) from the Society for Developmental Biology, January 2020.

Dawn Garzon Maaks, nursing, wrote “White Paper: Recognizing Child Trafficking as a Critical Emerging Health Threat” (with Jessica Peck, Mikki Meadows-Oliver, Hays Stacia) in Journal of Pediatric Healthcare, January 2020.

Claire McKinley Yoder, nursing, (2020). “An academic–fire department partnership to address social determinants of health” (with Pesch, M. S.) in Journal of Nursing Education, 59(1), 34-37 (2020).

Heather Dillon, Shiley School of Engineering, presented “Connecting with Expert Educators” (with Timothy Doughty, Nicole Ralston, and student co-presenters Rebecca Levison and Jeff Welch) at the 2020 Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network National Conference in Dallas, Texas, January 2020.

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