Upcoming Events

Throughout the academic year, CCWT hosts visiting scholar-practitioners active in the areas of career advising, labor market issues, and work-based learning in order to cultivate dialogue on these issues for students, staff and the broader community. In scheduling speakers for the Seminar Series, the Center aims to bring renowned scholars and respected practitioners to share their insights on research findings and policy developments that impact student employability and their career development.

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Upcoming Events

CCWT’s spring calendar features a variety of interesting topics. Join these talented scholars and practitioners to hear the latest research and how to apply it to your work!


 

Tuesday, April 9th
11:00 am – 12:00 pm CST

Racialized Poverty Among College Students: Intersecting with First-Generation College Students Status and Paid Internship Opportunities

Dr. Taewon Kim Register Here

Researchers and career counselors have become increasingly interested in understanding college students’ experiences of poverty and identifying the role of paid internship opportunities in poverty experiences based on structural, cultural, and historical dynamics. Drawing from data from CCWT, Dr. Kim will explain multidimensional poverty and display different structures and natures of poverty that college students experience across racial identities. She will also explain if first-generation college students are more vulnerable to racialized poverty and if paid internship opportunities would alleviate poverty experiences and provide reflection questions and future directions highlighting ways to support invisible student groups  with intersecting identities.


 

Friday, April 26th
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm CST

DeafTEC Ready: Unlocking Potential Among Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing Students

Anderson Lee Register Here

For the deaf and hard-of-hearing, getting considered for employment opportunities is a longstanding challenge. In the tech industry, their participation is even less so. What accounts for their under-representation? How can employers seeking tech talent be engaged? Which approaches work better than others? Session attendees, especially career services professionals and any employers present, will learn about CompTIA’s partnership with the Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf to certify and place deaf and hard-of-hearing students into paid training-related roles. Obstacles, setbacks, and successes will be shared, and as approaches continue to be developed as well as tried, session attendees will also be invited to share their experiences in a collegial and open setting.