WashU Center for Career Engagement Earns Inaugural AUCA University-Corporate Partnership Award

The WashU Center for Career Engagement has been selected as a recipient of the inaugural 2025 Best University–Corporate Partnership Award by AUCA. American Universities in China Association (AUCA) is a non-profit organization comprised of professionals who represent international higher education …

By Center for Career Engagement
Center for Career Engagement
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Partnership Spotlight: Beyond Boundaries and CCE Collaboration Highlights Interdisciplinary Exploration

The Beyond Boundaries program allows students to join an ecosystem of interdisciplinary scholars with the focus on solving problems through cross-discipline collaboration. To help align these experiences with professional exploration, Jenni Harpring, Program Director and Teaching Professor at the Brown …

By Erin Mitchener
Erin Mitchener Assistant Director, Academic Partnerships
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Partnership Spotlight: Introducing the 2025/26 Career Innovation Faculty Fellows

The Center for Career Engagement (CCE) is thrilled to introduce the inaugural cohort of the Career Innovation Faculty Fellows (Fellows). At the CCE, our vision is to cultivate a robust career ecosystem where all students can maximize their potential for …

By Molly Thompson
Molly Thompson Assistant Director, Academic Partnerships
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Career Prep Series: How Courses Translate into Real Life

by Shivy Mannengi, a Tech, Data & Engineering intern

Welcome back to the world of career prep through the eyes of a fellow student!

As a student in McKelvey myself, I used to occasionally sit in class and wonder to …

By Robin Shepard
Robin Shepard Assistant Director, Career Development
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Career Prep Series: How to Prepare and Ace Your Technical Interviews

by Shivy Mannengi, an Tech, Data & Engineering intern

Welcome back to the world of career prep through the eyes of a fellow student!

In the previous blog, we talked about finding the right opportunities, reaching out to people, and …

By Robin Shepard
Robin Shepard Assistant Director, Career Development
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Partnership Spotlight: Campus Life Integrates Career Competencies with Student Employees

Last month, the CCE collaborated with Campus Life on a new pilot workshop for supervisors of WashU student employees. The workshop gives campus supervisors access to strategies and resources that will elevate their student employment program as a high-impact practice. …

By Molly Thompson
Molly Thompson Assistant Director, Academic Partnerships
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Partnership Spotlight: Navigating Employer Conversations for International Students

The Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS) co-sponsored a program with the Center for Career Engagement (CCE) to share timely information and answer questions about how international students can understand their work authorization options and discuss those options with …

By Molly Thompson
Molly Thompson Assistant Director, Academic Partnerships
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Partnership Spotlight: Biotech Explorers Build Resume and Interview Skills with CCE Support

This past spring, the CCE Health Care & Sciences career community partnered with Professor Joe Jez on the Biotech Explorers Pathway (BEP) program. BEP is a sequence of three semester-long courses targeted to first-year undergrad students with interests spanning STEM and business …

By Molly Thompson
Molly Thompson Assistant Director, Academic Partnerships
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Partnership Spotlight: Bridging Academia and Industry in Chemical & Environmental Engineering

With plans to return this fall, “Bridging Academia and Industry in Chemical & Environmental Engineering” was a new one-credit hour course offered in spring 2025 through the McKelvey School of Engineering. Led by Professors Ray Ehrhard, Marcus Foston, and Trent …

By Molly Thompson
Molly Thompson Assistant Director, Academic Partnerships
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Career Prep Series: How to Land a Great Summer Internship (Even if You’re a First-Year)

by Shivy Mannengi, an Tech, Data & Engineering intern

Welcome back to the world of career prep through the eyes of a fellow student!

Summer internships are the stress on almost every WashU student’s mind. I remember when I was …

By Robin Shepard
Robin Shepard Assistant Director, Career Development
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