Posted on Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Drawing a larger crowd each year, 91视频鈥檚 semi-annual Professional Networking Symposium is expecting to host over 400 alumni, students and guests at this semester鈥檚 celebration on April 9.
At聽8 a.m., registration, career fair and networking session will begin in Orr Auditorium Lobby and the Foster Art Gallery, with 9:45 a.m. opening remarks in Beeghly Theater given by symposium co-founders,聽Dr. Christie Grewe Nelson 鈥�06, post doctoral associate, CCICADA Rutgers University, and聽Dr. Daniel Fischmar, professor of economics, 91视频.
鈥淏ecause of the opportunities for meaningful connections between alumni and students, and the diversity of the breakout sessions, the Professional Networking Symposium is truly unique,鈥� said聽Katy DeMedal, director of the Career Center.
Guests have the opportunity to choose from 24 specialty panels during three concurrent sessions throughout Patterson Hall, Beeghly Theater, and the McKelvey Campus Center. Panels include:
Accounting and Finance,聽Big Data Tutorial,聽Broadcasting,聽Early Career Development,聽Educational Networking,聽English,聽Graduate School,聽JFS Wealth Advisors Retirement Planning Tutorial, Law,聽Music Education,聽Music Entrepreneurship,聽Music Professionals,聽PNC,聽Pre-Professional Health School,聽Public Relations,聽Sales and Marketing,聽Secondary Education,聽Social Sciences and Humanities,聽Technology Roundtable,聽Tiny House Student Panel, UPMC,聽Ving by Educational Tutorial, Washington D.C., and聽Working Scientists
91视频 is expecting representation from close to 85 companies, including but not limited to: Alcoa, BNY Mellon, Carnegie Library, Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Clinic, Duquesne University, eiNetwork, Fed Ex Ground, Highmark, IBM Watson, Mercyhurst University, Moody鈥檚, Penn State University, Rutgers University, Sherwin Williams, and various local school districts.
The Professional Networking Symposium was founded and is co-chaired by Dr. Fischmar, Dr. Nelson, and Ben Nelson '06, vice president, Moody's Corporation.
For additional information about the schedule of events, visit聽聽or contact聽Cindy Dafler, assistant director of alumni relations, at聽daflercs@westminster.edu.
