8:30 – 9:00AM

Check-in (1st Floor)

Light Breakfast available (3rd Floor)

9:00-9:10Welcome and Introductions
9:10 – 9:50AM

Resume Workshops

  • Undergraduate Workshop--Room 306

          Kirsten Wilcox, Director, LAS Career Services

  • Graduate Student Workshop--Room 108

          Derek Attig, Asst. Dean Career & Professional Development, Graduate College

 
10:00 – 11:00AM

Foreign Language and Area Studies Skills at Work in the US Government

Moderated by Janet Husunukpe (Ph.D. student, Urban & Regional Planning)

  • Laura Fyfe: Course Design Specialist (Foreign Service Institute)
  • Eduardo Alvarez: Refugee Officer (US Citizen and Immigration Services)
  • Vernita Pearl Fort: Board Director (Center for United Nations Constitutional Research), Former US Diplomat
11:10AM - 11:50PM

A Look Inside Language & Technology Jobs

Moderated by James Coburn (Ph.D. student, EALC)

12:00 – 12:50PMLunch and open conversation

 

1:00 –1:50 PM

 

Informational Interviews

Alvarez-Room 131      Arty-Diouf-Room 126     Baptist-Room 201

Chan-Room 211           Chica-Room 225              Estes-Room 105

Fort-Room 109              Fyfe-Room 121                Ghazaleh-Room 125

Henry-Room 208          Li-Room 213                    Pakhnyuk-Room 104A

 
2:00 –3:00PM

Career Paths in Non-Profit Organizations 

Moderated by Libby Cave (MS student, LIS)

3:10 – 4:20PM

Working Non-Tenure Track Teaching & Post-Doc Positions

Moderated by Morgan Fox (MA/MS student, REEES/LIS)

  • Kyle Estes: Asst. Prof In-Residence (Bradley University)
  • William Baptist: Program Manager & Internship Coordinator, International Programs and PhD Candidate (Florida State University)
  • Lucas Henry: Visiting Instructor of Scandinavian Studies (Augustana College)
  • Lorena Chica: Assistant, Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies (UIUC)
4:30–5:30PM

Networking Reception 

  • Introduction--Jerry Davila, Executive Director (IGI), Jorge Paulo Lemann Chair in Brazillian History (UIUC)