Career and Professional Development

Why visit the CCPD?

• Find a great summer opportunity
• Create a polished resume and learn how to make updates for life
• Get over your nerves by practicing an interview or phone interview
• Get to know alumni professionals working in your field
• Figure out how your personality and interests fit into a career path

Latest News:

Four Kalamazoo College undergraduates are among 41 local college and university students selected to work with Kalamazoo area businesses as part of the summer 2013 Monroe-Brown Internship cohort.

Turning a convent into a family home and office is an adventure - Cara Marker Daily ’96 has participated in the Discovery Externship Program since 2006, hosting over 30 students in her home. This summer Cara and her husband Gordon will be hosting 7 students.

The CCPD released its first-ever Annual Report (PDF 236 KB) on 2/28/13. Further details on the post-graduate plans of the Class of 2012 can be found in the First-Destination Survey Results (PDF 167 KB).

Highlights include:

• 80% of reporting graduates seeking employment secured it by year end.
• 95% of reporting graduates seeking graduate education secured it by year end.
• 98 students completed summer 2011 opportunities: 30 externs, 68 interns.
• Alumni engagement via CCPD programs and services rose by 40%.
• Guilds of Kalamazoo College membership grew by 554 individuals, or 42%.

Local business leaders invited to host college interns, as the presidents of K College, WMU, and KVCC speak in unison about the importance of career development opportunities for students in southwest Michigan.

A "Life-Changing Summer in Haiti"—"Through the CCPD, ACSJL, and Grace Hospital, Amy and I were able to have one of the most rewarding summers of our lives. We were delighted to see social justice working through an international perspective."                                                     —Roxann Taneisha Lawrence '14

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