Career Success Videos - Lego Challenge 2013 at Stevenson University

Deciding the right major and career path is a complex and difficult journey. If you are tackling this decision, Stevenson University has a team of experts here to assist in the process. Through our award-winning Career Architecture program, our experts will help you identify your strengths and passions, and show you how these indicators can translate into a successful academic experience and career path. Learn more at http://www.stevenson.edu

Stevenson University's Class of 2018 participated in the Career Architecture Lego® Challenge designed to make the principles of Career Architecture relevant to their career path.

Anne Scholl-Fiedler, Vice President of Career Services, talks with employers and gets real world advice for students looking to enter the job market.

Anne Scholl-Fiedler, Vice President of Career Services, talks with employers and gets real world advice for students looking to enter the job market.

Anne Scholl-Fiedler, Vice President of Career Services, talks with employers and gets real world advice for students looking to enter the job market.

This initial self-awareness process at SU is actually fun and helps you create a personal plan for life and work. After an initial individualized session, we focus on inspiring each of our students to reflect on the future, starting with a freshmen seminar and through activities all the way up to graduation. Our career guidance enables you to explore skills, values, personality, and interests with some of the latest assessment tools available to determine your dependable strengths rather than a job title.

Building upon classroom knowledge and theory, this aspect of Career Architecture is all about putting theory to work through internships, service learning, on campus employment, and part-time jobs. Develop skills and learn how to apply them. Those you work with become your mentors and, according to employers, help Stevenson students stand out as they seek to later enter the workplace as competitive candidates.

Part of the career preparation support process is helping you to pull together from your other Career Architecture efforts and now develop your professional "brand" for methods and opportunities after graduation. Your personal description includes your self-assessment and learning experiences combined to describe you authentically and in an engaged, interesting fashion. Career fairs, networking symposiums, conferences, seminars, and more help you prepare for a successful job search or for applications to graduate school.

Kevin J. Manning, Ph.D., President of Stevenson University explains the history and the thought behind Career Architecture. Learn more at http://www.stevenson.edu

On April 9th, Stevenson's Brown School of Business and Leadership hosted its first Spring Entrepreneurship Symposium, "Entrepreneurship 2014, Are You Ready to Swim with the Sharks". The event brought several leaders in the Baltimore business community to Stevenson who engaged in a panel session and roundtable discussions with School of Business students.

On April 15th, Business Communication students presented posters and talked about their internship experiences.

On March 27, 2014 students were invited to attend the Design Symposium. Employees from communication and design companies offered advise, insight and practical steps to move towards landing a job in the fields of creative communication, design and technology.

On February 19, 2014, Stevenson University hosted managers in the sports industry to talk with and interact with students at the second annual Sports Industry Symposium. Students could begin building connections and collecting business cards with guests and Stevenson Graduates from the National Football League, the Baltimore Orioles and the Baltimore County Parks and Recreation.

Stevenson University's Fashion Merchandising program teamed up with Boscov's in Westminster to prepare, coordinate, and execute the department store's "Spring Trends Fashion Show," on Saturday, February 22, at the TownMall of Westminster.

The annual Lego Challenge at Stevenson University provides a place for freshman to create sculptures and present their ideas on Career Architecture as it relates to their field of study. The day is fun, engaging, enlightening with free food, prizes and a bunch of great people.

On April 3, 2013, Stevenson University's Brown School of Business and Leadership sponsored the Women in Leadership Symposium, which was held in the Rockland Banquet hall. It was a fun and engaging event that challenged the attendees to see themselves as valuable leaders no matter what they choose to pursue in life.

The Office of Career Services in conjunction with the Stevenson Department of Athletics hosted a Sports Industry Symposium on Wednesday, February 20. The purpose of the symposium was to expose students to various career paths in the world of sport and to hear directly from successful industry representatives.

The first public showing of the Lego Challenge documentary "Brick by Brick" will happen on Saturday, Jan 19, 2013 at 2:30pm on Baltimore's WBAL Channel 11. There will also be an event held in the Ratcliffe Center at 2:30pm with FREE food. Hope to see you there!

Stevenson's annual Career Fair was a huge success in 2012. Tracey Cantabene, from the Office of Career Services, speaks about the 84-employer event and how it tailors to the needs of young professionals. Employers and students reflect on the benefits of engaging professionally with one another while helping to develop students' interests and experience in hopes of finding a position after graduation.