The University of Colorado at Boulder is holding a Career Information Conference on Oct. 12-13 composed of panel discussions led by CU-Boulder alumni and other professionals in a variety of occupational fields.
The panel discussions are designed to provide students with career information and career planning advice directly from "real world" professionals. Panel presenters include the new CU diplomat-in-residence, Joe Becilia, speaking on international careers; Jack DeBell, director of the CU recycling center, speaking on environmental careers; and a variety of principals from metro area private and public schools, speaking on education careers.
Highlighting the panel discussions is this year's keynote speaker, Donald Asher, a national author and speaker on gaining admission to selective graduate and professional schools. He will discuss "Strategies to Gain Admission to Highly Competitive Graduate Schools" at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 13, in the University Memorial Center Forum Room.
Gordon Gray, CU-Boulder's Career Services director, said that panel presentations, personal interaction and networking are the themes of the event. "This is a great opportunity for students to truly learn what careers are like from alumni in those fields.
Gray said he hopes to exceed last year's student attendance of 350 at the 16 panels and keynote address.
The conference is sponsored by Career Services and the CU Parents Association. The keynote address also is sponsored by CU-Boulder's Arts and Sciences Advising Office and the CU Alumni Center.
Career Services will have a "conference headquarters" display table outside of the UMC rooms 157, 158 and 159, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. during the conference, to answer questions.
Following is the list of 1999 Career Information Conference panel presentations and keynote address.
Tuesday, Oct. 12
o Health Careers, 10 a.m., UMC Forum Room.
o Sports Management and Marketing, 10 a.m., UMC room 157.
o Psychology and Social Services, noon, UMC Forum Room.
o Business Careers for Non-Business Majors, noon, UMC room 157.
o Social Change and Conflict Resolution, 1:30 p.m., UMC room 158.
o Technical Careers for Non-Technical Majors, 1:30 pm., UMC Forum Room.
o For Graduate Students: Academic Career Options, 1:30 p.m., UMC room 157.
o Education Careers, 3 p.m., UMC Forum Room.
o Communication Careers, 3 p.m., UMC room 157.
o Law Careers, 3 p.m., UMC room 158.
Wednesday, Oct. 13
o Engineering Careers, 10:30 a.m., UMC room 157.
o International Careers, noon, UMC Forum Room.
o Entrepreneurship: Starting Your Own Business, noon, UMC room 157.
o Environmental Careers, 1:30 p.m., UMC Forum Room.
o For Graduate Students: Non-Academic Career Options, 1:30 p.m., UMC room 听听听听听听157.
o Careers in the Arts, 1:30 p.m., UMC room 158.
o Keynote address "Strategies to Gain Admission to Highly Competitive 听听听听听听Graduate Schools," Donald Asher, 3 p.m., UMC Forum Room.
For more information on the conference, call Career Services at (303) 492-6541 or visit their website at .