In this episode of Liberal Arts Voices, CLA Internship Coordinator Ashley Neff and Career Services Counselor and Liberal Arts Liaison Kristi Van Epps join the program to discuss internship and career opportunities for liberal arts undergraduates.
This podcast was actually recorded on Ashley’s last day here at the College of the Liberal Arts. Ashley recently accepted a new position as Assistant Director for Internships at Davidson College. We wanted to have Ashley on the program before she left Penn State to discuss and recognize the many internship and career initiatives that she spearheaded during her time in the College of the Liberal Arts. Ashley and Kristi discuss the many ways that the College of the Liberal Arts and Career Services have collaborated to provide more opportunities for liberal arts undergrads. They discuss the variety of presentations they co-hosted, the internship postings on which they collaborated, and their success in promoting larger scale events like this year’s People-to-People Career Fair (check out the blog post Ashley wrote about the People-to-People Career Fair).
Dean Long speaks with Ashley and Kristi about specific skills, like excellent written and verbal communication; the ability to think critically; and an aptitude in research that uniquely prepare liberal arts undergraduates for a variety of potential careers. Dean Long discusses how the College hopes to increase its footprint in career education by providing more assistance to liberal arts undergraduates within these internship and career fields.
Liberal Arts Voices: Episode 25
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Visit the College of the Liberal Arts internship website and the Career Services website to find out more information.