Connections Newsletter
Greetings!
This newsletter is intended to
introduce students and employers to campus and community resources, news and events.
You can contact me at 610-519-5234 to learn more about what Villanova University
can do for you.
To thank you for reading our e-news, I often
sponsor a drawing. Simply reply to this e-mail before 5/25/2010 with the word
"drawing" in the subject line, for a chance to win a HR seminar or webinar by the
Duane Morris Institute,
a sponsor of our recent
Gala for the
HRD graduate program.
Best wishes,
Brenda Grove
Director of
College Outreach
& On-site Programs
("Your College
Concierge")
Talented Students and Friends
Did you meet our students, graduates and
sponsors at
the
HRD Gala in April?
If not, you can learn more about the program, summer
one-credit courses
or request student resumes by contacting the department at
610-519-4582 or
by visiting the web site.
Coordinated
by the Senior
Advisory Board,
the Gala celebrated 30
years of HR excellence led by the Director, Dr. David Bush,
the addition of a new on-line degree and and kicked-off a
scholarship campaign.
At the Gala, three recent
alums
received recognition for their
contributions to the HR field.
Congratulations go to John Garber, Jr., V.P.,
The Addis Group, Melanie Stephano, V.P. of
HR at SCA Personal Care
and Leon Singletary, Principal,
First Contact HR (and
President,
GVFHRA).
Campus Philly
is hosting an Opportunities Fair
primarily for recent graduates on
June 15th. You can also find
new graduates or interns at the NJ Collegiate Career Day at
Rutgers
on
May 26th.
At any time of the year, you can review student and alumni
resumes through the
Villanova
Career Services Office
when you are registered
as an employer.
During the summer, Conference Services provides
internship housing
for students attending other colleges.
Relationships hold a key to
pay and wage gaps,
particularly for women,
according to
research by Kevin Clark, PhD, a faculty member in the School
of Business . His research was recently highlighted
on
AOL and in Pink
magazine. An adjunct faculty member with the HRD
program. Ed Wallace has written extensively on relationship
building. See his
interview
on
ABC. (Ask me how you can receive a free copy of his book,
Building Relationships That Last.)
If you or someone you know is
job searching and networking, you're invited to attend a transition group
being held at Villanova or prepare for your next meeting by
listening to this
networking webinar
(login as "guest". Bi-monthly
meetings of
ChemPharma
are held on Friday mornings.
On Saturday mornings we host the monthly meetings of mycareertransitions.com
. A listing of many more area transition and
women's groups can be found on my
page, transition
groups_2010.
Development Opportunities
Continuing Studies
offers corporate
on-site training and certifications to become highly
skilled in professions including, Project Management, Treasury
Management, Internal Audit, Supply Chain,
Accounting and Paralegal Studies. The
PayTrain Fundamentals
course
will start June 2.
Additional summer courses are available on-line. For more information contact
610-519-4310
or the Director, Jim
Kane at james.kane@villanova.edu.
Continuing Nursing Education also offers
online courses
and on-site programs to health care organizations. For more
information visit them in the new College of Nursing building
or contact Dr. Lenore DeSilets at lyn.desilets@villanova.edu.
Academic News
The
Part-Time Studies
Division offers its
bachelor of interdisciplinary studies degree program in
Leadership Studies
in Pottstown at Montgomery County
Community College's University Center. This program provides
both an affordable and accelerated option for earning a
bachelors degree. The degree program will officially launch
June 2nd with
two distance learning classes: Ethics and Leadership and
Organizational Psychology. Beginning on Aug. 31 a
Foundations of Leadership course will be offered on-site at MCCC.
This Spring, the School of Business offered a
"mini-MBA" program"
at the new Villanova site at
the Hub in Center City. The entire
MBA program
can be taken in either a Flex Track or Fast Track option.
The College of Engineering launched a
new interdisciplinary graduate
degree
in
Sustainable Engineering
and offers most graduate degrees with
an on-line option.
Did You Know?
-
Students and staff have worked
together to create a virtual tour of the
Sistine Chapel.
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The College Outreach Office freely
hosts many professional groups, such as the upcoming
meeting of the
Healthcare Business Women's
Association
and the
American
Society of Women Accountants. At the
monthly meetings of
ASTD
consultants you
can pick up a range of useful ideas. A tip from
today's speaker, a local columnist, was to use the free
font,
sprang eco sans,
to save 1/3 of your toner
ink.
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Academic programs for adults are
competitively priced? You could have the high
value of a Villanova degree without a high cost.
-
The
Villanova entrepreneurship
minor
was recognized as one of the
best courses to "pay off at
work" in an article in Yahoo Finance.
-
A student documentary providing
insight into the lives of those with disabilities was
recently featured in a
Daily Times
article.
Villanova
University Outreach |
www.villanova.edu/enroll/office/outreach
800 Lancaster
Avenue, Villanova, PA 19085-1690 690
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