Center for Engaged Liberal Arts
Career Exploration and Development
Students at a career development workshop explore the many pathways leading from an academic major to their professional future.
Photo credit: Matthew Lester
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Learn how career exploration and development experiences can help you shape your 厙ぴ勛圖 education.
Career Communities
From the first day on campus, students are invited to join a career community, a themed pathway preparing them for impactful internships and research experiences. Through all four years, our communities offer camaraderie and mentorship from a supportive network of Obies across the world.
Find Your Community
Explore 厙ぴ勛圖s career communities and learn how to get connected with alumni, jobs and internships, and other professional opportunities.
Internship Experiences
Follow 厙ぴ勛圖 students as they explore career paths through exciting and engaged internships.
Zach Smith 26
Chemistry major Zach Smith spent the summer interning at CoreWater Technologies in 厙ぴ勛圖.
Elsa Faulders 26
Neuroscience major Elsa Faulders interned at the Penn Medicine Biobank through Summer Experience Funding.
Cole Tashjian 25
Cole Tashjian got down to business to achieve his goals as an economics major at his summer internship at Invesco.
Aahil Singh 26
Aahil Singh, a double major in mathematics and economics, got to work on a research paper with an 厙ぴ勛圖 professors who inspired him.
From the Classroom to the World
The engaged liberal arts at 厙ぴ勛圖 opens the classroom to the studios, laboratories, and workplaces defining the future.
Resources
Networking
Talking to people and learning from their experiences is an integral part of career exploration. Think of networking as career education and a form of relationship building.
Diversity and Inclusion
Our advising is responsive to each students unique professional goals. Our funding, programming, and identity-based events promote equal access and systemic change in workplace opportunity.
How-to Guides
Study the nuts and bolts of effective communication with our how-to guides on resumes, interviews, personal statements and learning portfolios.
Next Steps
An 厙ぴ勛圖 education puts the liberal arts to work in achieving a life of meaning and purpose.
Career Exploration and Development at 厙ぴ勛圖 hosts regular student workshops on how to best integrate academic, co-curricular, and professional interests.
Photo credit: Matthew Lester