Do you have a quick question and want to talk to the Knowlton Center? Have a resume for us to review? Not sure where to get started and want to see what resources we offer?
Peer Coaches are available to work with you every week day. Check out the times below and stop by the Knowlton Center.
Fall Semester Schedule:
MONDAYS: 9:30 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
TUESDAYS: 11:30 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
WEDNESDAYS: 9:30 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
THURSDAYS: 11:30 A.M. -1:15 & 1:30 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
FRIDAYS: 10:00 A.M.- 12:30 P.M. & 1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
You can also schedule an appointment during these times! Head on over to appointments and secure your spot today!
Join us to hear from fellow students and Summer 2023 ArtBound interns about the opportunities and locations you can use to launch your career with personalized internship placements in creative companies around the world.
Launch your creative career with ArtBound Initiative!
Intern with companies like CBS, TBWA, McCann, Hypebeast, Reflexgroup, Code & Theory, Moving Picture Company and more. We will help you secure your perfect internship and coordinate all travel logistics (including housing, internship visas, insurance, and more).
***Be sure to register as we will serve pizza and salad!!
Note:
Before registering, you should make informed choices and only register for events with alumni, employers, and coaches that you are truly interested in and that do not conflict with class, work, student organizations or other commitments.
Late cancellations and no-shows reflect poorly on you as well as the university and may jeopardize the school’s relationship with employers and/or alumni. Your registration represents your commitment to arrive on time, prepared and professional.
Join Global Commerce for an alumni panel featuring Wills Hutras '20 and Oliver Reinecke '19 on *Thursday, Nov. 30 at 6:30 PM.
Wills Hutras '20 / Associate, A&M Capital Partners (New York)
Oliver Reinecke '19 / Business Intelligence Analyst, Project Canary (Denver)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://denison.zoom.us/j/98423006530?pwd=OW5uN2tmenVyMGxKR3h5TlEvOXhSQT09
Meeting ID: 984 2300 6530
Passcode: 122164
The Knowlton Center for Career Exploration is pleased to invite you to a roundtable discussion with Rayshun Holt, who will be visiting Campus to share his story and speak with students about the concept of fair chance hiring.
After spending 21 years in prison in the prime of his life, Rayshun Holt returned to a familiar neighborhood with familiar challenges in a rapidly changing city. From professional sports stadiums to high-profile parks, downtown Cincinnati got a makeover while Holt was behind bars. “It was like being in a foreign territory,” he said.
Six years later, he has a stable job in a leadership position at a thriving local company, and he mentors young people who face the same challenges today that he faced as a troubled teen.
We hope you will join us on Tuesday December 5th from 11:30-12:20PM in Burton Morgan 219 for an impactful roundtable discussion with Rayshun.
We welcome your engagement in this discussion, take some time to read up on the concept of Fair Chance Hiring:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2023/04/10/how-fair-chance-hiring-is-good-for-businesses-and-talent/?sh=7c287e451207
Please Note:
Before registering, you should make informed choices and only register for events with alumni, employers, and coaches that you are truly interested in and that do not conflict with class, work, student organizations or other commitments. Late cancellations and no-shows reflect poorly on you as well as the university and may jeopardize the school’s relationship with employers and/or alumni. Your registration represents your commitment to arrive on time, prepared and professional.
Don't miss an opportunity to meet with Matt Stovcsik, Director of Treasury at Ford, and Andrew Rushing, Treasury Executive, as they visit campus to discuss internship and full time opportunities with Ford. Also talk with, Clara Wolff, a Denison Senior who interned with Ford last summer and accepted a return offer.
Opportunity:
The Treasury Capital Markets Development Program (“CDP”) is a new career program aimed at high potential liberal arts graduates that provides a foundational introduction to Corporate Treasury and financial markets
Ford Treasury plans to hire 2-3 top liberal arts graduates per year into CDP, plus a few internships to exceptional juniors who are interested in the financial markets.
Potential Experiences:
- Cash Management: learn how money moves through the financial system to suppliers, dealers, investors and others. Ford settles over a trillion dollars of transactions annually!
- Trading: become a trader for foreign exchange, commodities and interest rate hedges. Or help manage one of Ford’s investment portfolios. Ford is one of the largest corporate end users of hedging activities and manages over $30 billion of cash on hand
- Funding: become a part of the team that is one of the largest corporate issuers of bonds and asset-backed securities. Ford and Ford Credit have over $100 billion of bonds outstanding
- Other Assignments: help manage over $75 billion of pension investments, or strategize about our balance sheet
The full time program includes three rotations, 12-18 months in length, to build the skills necessary to pursue a longer-term career in the financial markets. Assignments may include cash management, investments, foreign exchange trading and debt issuance. Assignments develop foundational experience and skill in the financial markets. This program promotes accelerated development and encourages company-sponsored MBA after 2-3 years for successful candidates.
The coffee chat will take place on Wednesday December 6th in the 3rd floor Atrium of Burton Morgan from 2-3:30PM.
We hope to see you there!
Head back from winter break a few days early to join for the Class of 2024 Senior Career Ready Boot Camp - January 10-12, 2024. Don’t worry; there won’t be any push-ups or sprints, but you will spend 3 days working hard to kick your future into shape.
During Boot Camp you’ll participate in workshops to set you up for success AND spend structured time finding opportunities and preparing and sending out MANY applications……with a team of coaches right there to support and guide you along the way!
Attend the Senior Boot Camp if….
You are in the process of planning for what is next
You need guidance finding relevant opportunities
You need additional support and coaching as you apply
You just need a kick in the pants to get moving and on your way to achieving your post-graduation goals
IMPORTANT DATES
Application Deadline: Sunday, December 7th
Return to campus: January 9th
Full-Day Sessions and some evening sessions: January 10, 11, 12
Are you unclear about what career path(s) might interest you? Not sure how to even start figuring it out? Do you know exactly what you want to do but need to create a plan to get there? Then “The Journey Program” is for you!
Classes of 2025 and 2026 are invited to beat your peers back to campus and avoid the chaos of the Winter Break return by attending the Journey Program. Early arrive for this program will be on January 10, 2024.
The Journey Program will help you become intentional about your life and utilize your time at Denison in the most powerful way possible. You will spend time reflecting on what fulfills you, determine how to be successful, and craft a detailed plan for the rest of your time at Denison. You will be able to progress from being uncertain about potential career options to developing a career exploration plan and creating key materials to support your journey.
You will:
*Engage in an immersive career exploration experience starting by reflecting deeply on core elements of who you are
*Identify a career thesis
*Learn how to obtain the information you need in order to make career planning decisions
*Develop a career planning roadmap for your remaining Denison experience and know how to implement your roadmap and how to adjust when necessary
*Complete/update your resume, a draft cover letter, and your LinkedIn profile
Registration closes 12/7
Meet school representatives from Public Health Schools & Programs
Free for all Prospective Students to Attend. Please note this is a virtual event, so you will register and attend individually.
INTRO TO EXCEL
Excel is a foundational tool used by every company and many individuals for building contact lists, personal budgets, financial statements, data management, and revenue projections. During four sessions that take place over two weeks, you will learn:
- Sheets
- Data entry
- Cell formatting
- Formulas
- Basic/Advanced functions
- Graphs
- An introduction to pivot tables
- An introduction to advanced topics
Personal practice in Excel is highly recommended. Weekly exercises are assigned to help you consolidate your knowledge.
SPRING 2024 | VIRTUAL | SWANSON
This program is led by Amanda Swanson, a statistician and (Otterbein) MBA graduate with 15 years of product development experience, concentrated on leveraging data-focused innovation and problem-solving techniques. Identifying consumer problems and optimizing possible solutions (products) is her career passion. She has had the opportunity to share her skills with companies like Nestle, E&J Gallo Winery, and Disney and also enjoys watching baseball and practicing yoga in her free time.
Meet with colleges of osteopathic medicine nationwide to learn about becoming a physician. Hosted by AACOM.
Free for all Prospective Students to Attend. Please note this is a virtual event, so you will register and attend individually.
FINANCE & ACCOUNTING CREDENTIALS
Credential programs are 8 weeks with 24 contact hours. To earn your badge of completion, you must achieve a minimum of 70% in 3 Key Performance areas: Attendance, Participation, and Activities/Assignments. The instructor will provide a specific rubric outlining the Key Performance areas in the course syllabus.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
In this course, you will learn key financial concepts such as balance sheets, income statements, cash flows, working capital, budgeting, forecasting, and more. You will also gain applicable skills used in a variety of finance professions. This course will teach you how to speak the language of finance by focusing on applying knowledge, financial up-skilling, and mimicking on-the-job training.
By the end of this course, you will have built and practiced the skills to create financial statements, understand financial decision-making processes, and raise capital through financial restructuring.
Learning Objectives:
* The ins and outs of budgeting & forecasting process and how it forms the drumbeat for many other company processes
* How to make better/fast investment decisions using Excel modeling
* How to optimize Working Capital (Inventory, Receivables, Payables) and why Cash Matters
* How to raise capital to fund a business
* How to optimize capital structure
* What happens when you have too much debt (ie. bankruptcy and restructuring)
SPRING 2024 | IN PERSON | SCHUERMAN
This program is led by Daniel Schuerman. Schuerman is a financially disciplined, process driven, analytical problem-solving leader with experience in various industries including Manufacturing, Distribution, and Professional Services. Daniel has diverse experience as an executive leader who is energized by long term business strategy, M&A diligence, and integration, and impacting short term financial objectives including cash flow, budgets, and data analysis. Additional experience with IT strategy and projects including risk management, compliance, facility, and infrastructure improvements.
SUPPLY CHAIN & LOGISTICS CREDENTIALS
Credential programs are 8 weeks with 24 contact hours. To earn your badge of completion, you must achieve a minimum of 70% in 3 Key Performance areas: Attendance, Participation, and Activities/Assignments. The instructor will provide a specific rubric outlining the Key Performance areas in the course syllabus.
LOGISTICS & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Denison Edge Credential Program provides an overview of the key terms, processes, concepts, and methodologies used within Logistics and Supply Chain Management (SCM). The program's primary intent is to show the critical strategic and financial significance the supply chain has on a company's ability to add customer value. Specific attention is paid to critical industry framework (which includes, but is not limited to, distribution, procurement, inventory, transportation, and information technology) and its impact on individual businesses, industry sectors, and the local, national, regional, and global economies. The SCM relationship between other business areas and the importance of cost and trade-offs will be analyzed.
By the end of this program, you will be able to:
- Describe the differences between Logistics and Supply Chain Management
- Describe the critical areas of SCM and their relationship to each other and other areas of the business.
- Define and explain key terms, processes, concepts, and methodologies used in SCM
- Understand and explain the economic and strategic importance of the supply chain
- Examine a supply chain and know where to look to increase efficiency, decrease complexity, and improve processes.
SPRING 2024 | IN PERSON | BANTA
This program is led by Jeremy Banta, a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel with over 30 years of experience in civilian and military logistics. He is a Professor of Supply Chain Management at Columbus State and co-founder of the Ohio Supply Chain Academic Network. He serves on multiple school and organizational boards and is a member of Columbus Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. His 20 year military career includes 15 years full-time service in the Ohio National Guard and deployments to Iraq and Kuwait.
MARKETING CREDENTIALS
Credential programs are 8 weeks with 24 contact hours. To earn your badge of completion, you must achieve a minimum of 70% in 3 Key Performance areas: Attendance, Participation, and Activities/Assignments. The instructor will provide a specific rubric outlining the Key Performance areas in the course syllabus.
MARKETING & BRAND STRATEGY
Participants will gain an understanding of Marketing as a fundamental discipline needed to create and build successful brands, businesses, nonprofits, products, and even professional individual identities. This course introduces concepts and then quickly provides you with opportunities to apply them to real world opportunities or challenges through individual assignments and group projects.
SPRING 2024 | IN PERSON | COLLINS
This program is led by Neil Collins, the President and Founder of Results Marketing Group. Previously Neil has served in marketing leadership roles for national consumer brands like Aquafresh, Renu, and Classico Italian foods. He later served as CEO for an accredited career education business and CMO for a major independent supplier of energy to millions of customers, both households and businesses. Currently, Neil serves as Leader at Innovate New Albany, a business incubator and a hub for innovators and entrepreneurs who are serious about building businesses that are both valuable and sustainable.
MARKETING CREDENTIALS
Credential programs are 8 weeks with 24 contact hours. To earn your badge of completion, you must achieve a minimum of 70% in 3 Key Performance areas: Attendance, Participation, and Activities/Assignments. The instructor will provide a specific rubric outlining the Key Performance areas in the course syllabus.
MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS
In this course, we will explore how brand strategy and planning effectively come to life throughout a variety of channels in a larger marketing ecosystem. From brand identity, advertising and creative execution, this course will equip you with a strong understanding of marketing and communication principles that guide a brand’s go-to-market strategy and help them win with consumers.
Learn more about:
-Paid, earned and owned channels
-Marketing strategy creation
-Customer segmentation
-Campaign and creative concepting
-Key messaging and content strategy
-Design and visual identity
-Traditional and out of home advertising
-Paid media, SEO and other digital channels
-Social media advertising
-Digital PR including trust-building
-Emerging technology
SPRING 2024 | IN PERSON | GILL
This program is led by Ashley Gill, a career-long marketer with over 20 years of experience in the agency and client side. Her strong background in brand strategy advertising, content, and digital marketing has enabled her to lead successful multi-year agency relationships for brands like Charles Schwab, Nationwide, Google, GE Global Research, AEP Energy, and The James Cancer Hospital. She has also led the in-house brand strategy team at Ayco/Goldman Sachs and specializes in financial services and healthcare marketing. In addition to her love for all things marketing, Ashley is passionate in the areas of leadership, career development & coaching, and workplace culture.
Schedule/Commitment:
- February 7th-March 6th, 2024 | Every Wednesday from 4:30-6:00 PM
- Burton Morgan 115 Lecture Hall
Consulting is an established industry that is increasingly attracting the talents of recent college graduates. By nature, consulting is connected to an array of other industries: financial consulting, environmental consulting, supply chain consulting, and so on.
The Consulting Pathway aims to change that by providing a streamlined, 5-week overview of the consulting industry, guiding you through everything from the definition of "consulting" to the daily activities of a consultant, to the art of case interviewing with future employers.
WEEKLY OVERVIEW:
Week 1, Feb. 7
What is Consulting?
Week 2, Feb. 14
A Day in the Life of a Consultant
Week 3, Feb. 21
Case Interview Introduction
Week 4, Feb. 28
Peer to Peer Practice Case Interviews
Week 5, March 6
Employer Case Interview Competition
By the end of the Consulting Pathway Program, participants will become stronger candidates for a variety of consulting roles as well as well-connected to a list of alumni and industry professionals.
The Consulting Pathway is a collaborative effort with The Knowlton Center, The Red Frame Lab the Denison Consulting Club.
BUILDING GRAPHS IN MICROSOFT EXCEL
Microsoft Excel allows you to communicate and handle information with much more impact than raw numbers alone. You will get more from your data by learning how to build graphs in Microsoft Excel, from straight-forward to complex.
This course outlines the visualization features and functions in Microsoft Excel including:
- Graphs: Line graphs, bar graphs, scatter plots, bubble plots, box and whisker plots, pie charts, heat maps, waterfall charts, and more
- Formatting graphs to include scale adjustments, axes labels, value labels, layout, primary and secondary axes
- The use of summary tables and conditional formatting
SPRING 2024 | VIRTUAL | SWANSON
This program is led by Amanda Swanson, a statistician and (Otterbein) MBA graduate with 15 years of product development experience, concentrated on leveraging data-focused innovation and problem-solving techniques. Identifying consumer problems and optimizing possible solutions (products) is her career passion. She has had the opportunity to share her skills with companies like Nestle, E&J Gallo Winery, and Disney and also enjoys watching baseball and practicing yoga in her free time.
STORYTELLING WITH DATA
The data speaks for itself, but does it really? Inspire, influence, and inform your audience by building a compelling narrative based on data and analytics through storytelling.
This course aims to improve your analytical skills by:
-Learning new tips and tricks to make data and results presentations more meaningful and impactful, beyond just building graphs
-Learning to decipher and then display key messages or stories from your data
-Creatively utilizing images, flow charts, and smart art to explain or tell a story with your data
-Designing a framework for your data results presentations
SPRING 2024 | VIRTUAL | SWANSON
This program is led by Amanda Swanson, a statistician and (Otterbein) MBA graduate with 15 years of product development experience, concentrated on leveraging data-focused innovation and problem-solving techniques. Identifying consumer problems and optimizing possible solutions (products) is her career passion. She has had the opportunity to share her skills with companies like Nestle, E&J Gallo Winery, and Disney and also enjoys watching baseball and practicing yoga in her free time.
PIVOT TABLES
Learn how to build and use pivot tables, and pivot graphs, and efficiently produce summary statistics from your data sets. Explore and produce pivot tables, graphs, and summary statistics from large data sets. This course is intended for those who have a basic understanding of summary statistics and want to efficiently navigate through data to determine the best course of action. Learn the power of pivot tables for efficient data analysis and how to tell the best “story” from your data.
No previous experience with pivot tables is required, but prior experience with Excel and basic knowledge of statistics (averages, ranges, etc.) is recommended.
SPRING 2024 | VIRTUAL | SWANSON
This program is led by Amanda Swanson, a statistician and (Otterbein) MBA graduate with 15 years of product development experience, concentrated on leveraging data-focused innovation and problem-solving techniques. Identifying consumer problems and optimizing possible solutions (products) is her career passion. She has had the opportunity to share her skills with companies like Nestle, E&J Gallo Winery, and Disney and also enjoys watching baseball and practicing yoga in her free time.
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