Each year, the Career Development Center sponsors career panels in which alumni and professionals from various fields visit our campus to provide an excellent opportunity for students to learn about career possibilities.

FREE PIZZA!

All Career Week Events Will Be Held in the
 Student Services Building, 1st Floor, Red Room

Career Week is hosted by Career Development in collaboration with Deans, Faculty, Alumni Affairs, PSGA, Farside (RA- Liz Howard) & Crossroads (RA– Whitney Davidson-Rhodes)

Join us this Year for Panels on:

How do I Become a Teacher?
Tuesday, October 21st, 4:00PM

• Caroline Segarra, Charter School Teacher, Former New York City Teaching Fellow - Psychology Alum
• Lisa Coppola, Regional Certification Officer at the Southern Westchester BOCES
• Kathryn Brophy, Spanish Teacher - Language and Culture Alum
• Vanessa Aird, Math/Science Teacher - Math Alum
• Matthew Mitchell, Math Teacher - Math Alum

Careers in Art and Design
Wednesday, October 22nd,12:30PM

• James Monroe, Graphic Designer, Skip Hop Designs - Graphic Design Alum
• Anthony Cafritz, Sculptor, Director - Salem Art Works - School of Art+Design MFA Alum
• Alan Reingold, Illustrator, Painter, Professor Parsons School of Design
• Deborah Mesa-Pelly, Photographer/Adjunct Professor

Careers in Music
Wednesday, October 22nd, 6:00PM
Co-sponsored by the Conservatory of Music

Read the full biographies of our "Grammy, Emmy and Academy Award winning" Music Panel!  This panel runs the gamut from performer, writer, producer, marketing, engineering, composing and more.

• Allyson Bellink, Emmy Award winning Composer
• Wayne Cohen, Multi-platinum selling hit songwriter, producer
• Peter Denenberg, Producer, Engineer, & Founder of famed Acme Recording Studios
• Annmarie Gatti, President of Gatti Entertainment Marketing, Former Senior Director of Marketing at Sony Music Entertainment and Director of Release Planning for Epic Records
• Stuart Isacoff,  Pianist, Composer, Founding Editor: Piano Today
• Bob Thompson (Moderator), Producer, Interim Dean of the Conservatory of Music

Creative Careers for the Liberal Arts Student
Thursday, October 23rd, 5:00PM

• Lindsay Burdick , Photographer, Pinsky Studio - Liberal Arts Alum
• Nora Raleigh Baskin, Author - Literature Alum
• Dan Comstock, Editorial Assistant -  Psychology Alum
• Sean Dunne, Film Director/Producer - Cinema Studies Alum

Faculty and Club Leaders
Would you like to co-sponsor one of our Career Week events?  Do you have ideas and would like to be a part of planning an event?  Please contact the Career Development Center at x6370 or career.development@purchase.edu.