Fall 2024

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Media, Arts & Communication Career Community News

Marcy Lightfoot and Sidney Pink

Welcome Back–
from the Media, Arts & Communication Career Community Team

We hope your fall semester is off to a great start and we look forward to working with you and your students!

The Career Center offers virtual and in-person workshop presentations on a variety of topics to help support the career development of your students. Please complete the Request a Workshop form to schedule a workshop for fall 2024.

Marcy Lightfoot
Assistant Director, Media, Arts and Communication Career Education
mlightfoot@towson.edu

Sidney Pink
Assistant Director, External Relations, Media, Arts and Communication
spink@towson.edu

 

A Year in Review

Last academic year, the Media, Arts & Communication Career Community served 2,100+ unique MAC students! Other programming highlights include:

  • 15 Media, Arts & Communication Career Community-specific programs
  • 19 classroom and student organization workshops
  • 473 one-on-one career coaching appointments
  • 2023 Arts Expo

    Upcoming Events

    Fall 2024 Event Calendar

    Last year the Career Center hosted over 100 events. A sampling of programs for this coming fall is below. Consider including these on your syllabi, posting on Blackboard, offering extra credit for attendance, and/or encouraging your students to participate. Information on these and all events is available via Handshake.

    9/20: Arts Leadership Mini Conference

    9/27: Fall 2024 Career & Internship Fair

    10/1: Arts Expo

    10/30: Fall 2024 Diversity Works Networking Reception

    Please share these events with your students and encourage them to register and attend.

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    Did You Know?

    We are here to support the professional preparation of your students! In addition to long-standing resources such as our Career Resources by Major website, 1:1 appointments, Handshake for job and internship postings, and alumni career mentors via the Tiger Mentor Network, there are some additional supports we wanted to share:

  • LinkedIn Photo Booth: free self-service professional photos
  • SuiTUp Professional Attire Closet: free access to professional attire
  • Sample resumes for every major
  • Short-Term Experiences: paid, short-term, virtual experiential learning
  • Student Success Story

    “I received a position at Horizon Media as an Assistant Video Investor! I have been working for a couple of weeks now and all has been going well. Thank you so much for all the guidance, advice, and support. You were extremely helpful and encouraging in this very stressful process.”

    – Hailey Walden, TU alumni, Communication Studies major

     

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    410-704-2233 | careercenter@towson.edu

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