Group of DSU Students Attend HBCU Career Development Event in DC

Thirty-eight DSU students recently met with recruiters from top companies and government agencies within their field of study as well as be exposed to professional development and networking opportunities during the 7^th Annual HBCU Career Development Marketplace in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 7-8.

 

 Accompanied by Daneisha Allen, career coach in the Office of Career Services and Ahira Smith, Director of Academic Advisement in the College of Agriculture and Related Sciences, the students attended workshops on Financial Responsibility, Promoting Your Personal Brand, as well as Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.

 

Students participated in a Career Fair comprised of 51 employers from a variety of organizations including Marriott, MGM Resorts, the Department of Energy, Freddie Mac, Edward Jones, Computer Science Corporation, ACE Group, City Year, Council on Foreign Relations, Nordstrom, School Districts, and more. They were able to network, apply for jobs, and set up interviews. They also participated in Town Hall sessions that allowed them to talk with successful alumni from their major.

 

DSU students Shakida Hercules (English major), Jessica McKenzie (Political Science major), & Renatae Cuffee (Elementary Education major) competed as a team in a speech competition on the topic “The National Debt Ceiling” and placed 3^rd out of 10 schools.    

 

The DSU students in attendance were: Alexis Anderson, Keyla Andrews, Kierra Beano, Brittany Brown, Courtney Brown, Taylor Chandler, Chu Phuong, Danessa Clay, Ashley Cook, Renatae Cuffee, Edward Doxen, Ronald Dupree, Diamond Elam, Krystal Francis, Emma Gao, Corin Gray, Quinika Hawkins, Ronald Hawthorne, Allison Hazel, Shakida Hercules, Francis Hodge, Hillari Howard, Sha-Dae Hutley, Katherine Jordan, Amber Lockhart, Diogenin Matos, Jessica Mckenzie, Shante McKnight, Sydney Pearsall, Kalea Phelps, Madeline Porter, Pamela Queen, Charles Robinson-Snead, Marcia Tucker, John Wallace, Dominique Williams, Ayanna Williams, and Shanequa Williams.