10:00 a.m.
Please join us Tuesday mornings for a free cup of coffee, pastries, and conversation with your history department community! We’re excited to continue this tradition for our history undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff. We hope to see you there!
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Enjoy stress-free time together with disabled and neurodivergent graduate students from across campus. Share experiences, exchange resources, or consult with a GE from the Accessible Education Center.
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New Faculty Roundtable and Lunch
The Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies (CLLAS) is pleased to to announce a dynamic roundtable discussion featuring new UO faculty members across various departments who specialize in Latino/a and Latin American studies! We are excited to welcome:
Naomi Sussman – Assistant Professor, History Research Interests: Indigenous history, borderlands history, sovereignty, citizenship, race, history of migration
Isabel García Valdivia – Assistant Professor, Sociology Research Interests: [Im]migration, Race and Ethnicity, Social Stratification, and Life course/Aging
Guillem Belmar Viernes – Assistant Professor, Linguistics Research Interests: Language revitalization, language maintenance, language rights, minoritized languages, endangered languages, language documentation, minority multilingualism, Minoritized Languages and (Social Media), Minoritized Language Translation, and more
Please join us in welcoming these faculty members to UO and learning about their research, coursework, and the valuable contributions they will make in educating students about Latinx and Latin American issues across various disciplines.
Lunch will be provided. We hope to see you there!
2:00–3:00 p.m.
Are you looking for ways to really stand out as a candidate? Come learn about the basics of resume writing and have the opportunity to ask questions on formatting, structure, and bring your own resume for tailoring and much more! Questions are welcomed and encouraged!
Workshop is IN-PERSON, in Tykeson Hall-Garden Level 50P (aka University Career Center Conference Room) This workshop is hosted by the University Career Center's Career Readiness Coaching team!
This event is part of the 2025 Spring Career Readiness Week sponsored by the University Career Center, Enterprise Mobility, and Sherwin Williams. To learn more about all of the week's events visit http://career.uoregon.edu/events
4:00–6:30 p.m.
The United States has the largest tech market in the world (1/3 of a $5 TRILLION industry!) and overall employment in computer and information technology occupations is projected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations in the next decade! (learn more) The future of the technology industry is so much more than just artificial intelligence and social media platforms. About 377,500 competitive openings are projected each year in the U.S.A. in these highly skilled roles—are you up for the challenge?
Join us for a special industry-connection night dedicated to helping YOU get career ready for your future in Tech. Come to either or both events—Learn something new and meet employers and alumni you can add to your network!
4-5pm Industry Insights Panel
Hear from alumni, industry leaders, and experts about their career journeys, the future of the industry, and how you can be developing the career readiness skills, technical skills, and connections today to thrive in your future in Tech.
PANELISTS
Selva Haidar:Area Manager for AmazonMichelle Regotti UO’20 MS, Applied Physics (Semiconductors), Metrology Process Engineer for HP
D. Blair Elzinga, Director of Software Development for Oregon Community Credit Union
5:15-6:30pm Connect with Tech Employers
Grab a snack & rotate through casual small group chats with alumni, professionals, and employers to learn more about their companies, career paths, and get advice about how to find career-building opportunities and connections for your future in Tech.
COMPANIES
Allmax Software Amazon EBIO HP Lane County Government Nulia Oregon Community Credit Union Palo Alto Software Pipeworks SentinelOne SheerID WellBeyond and more!Both events are open to all majors and academic years. Snacks provided. Casual Dress. No RSVP is required. Bring your friends!
Sponsored by the University Career Center and the School of Computer and Data Sciences as part of Spring Career Readiness Week 2025.
10:00–11:00 a.m.
Creating citations and bibliographies can be difficult, and so can keeping track of all the reading that you’ll do over the course of a class, a term, and your academic career.
Join UO Libraries for a one-hour workshop where you’ll learn to navigate Zotero, a free, open-source citation management tool designed to simplify your research process.
In this session, we will introduce you to Zotero’s features, showing you how to collect, organize, cite, and share your research effortlessly. You’ll learn how to create bibliographies and in-text citations in popular styles such as MLA, APA, and Chicago, all while developing strategies to effectively utilize Zotero in your writing.
Join us in the PSC Visualization Lab and transform the way you manage your research!
This workshop is free and open to the UO community.
4:00–6:00 p.m.
Network with a variety of environmentally focused public agencies, non-profit organizations, and businesses in a casual roundtable-style event. Over the course of the event, you’ll have a chance to meet with over 25 employers who are looking for interns, volunteers or have career opportunities.
There is no fee to participate, so come ready to network and find your next steps!
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Please join us on April 17th, 2025 at 10:00am PST for an event at the Gerlinger Alumni Lounge about the Chateaubriand Fellowship & other research opportunities in France for undergraduate and graduate students. The Chateaubriand Fellowship is a PhD exchange program that allows US University students to conduct research in France for a period of 4-9 months. Fellows receive a monthly stipend, as well as assistance for airfare and health insurance.
Please register at: https://forms.gle/8DZowyaYvRfvUrc5A
11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Connect with International students across campus to share experiences, exchange knowledge, and develop a network of support. Drop-ins are welcome and lunch will be served.
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Why YOU should come to this Expo...
You're curious about your future. Explore different career paths and job roles across industries. EXPOse yourself to unique career pathways that can use your career readiness skills and passions to make an impact in the world. You want to make connections. These organizations LOVE to hire Ducks and want to help you find your career fit. You might even meet UO alumni recruiting for them at the expo. Ask a recruiter what career readiness skills you can be building now to make you a top candidate in the present or future (and add them to your Linkedin network for future connections!). You want to find a job, internship, year of service, volunteer opportunity, and more! If you're actively job searching, have your resume ready to hand out and a short and sweet synopsis about yourself and your professional interests ready to go! If you're just exploring options, collect contact info, do some additional research, and do an informational interview to learn more before you apply. You want to build your confidence! Practice asking questions of employers AND sharing about who you are and what you're passionate about. Every expo you attend and each time you approach a recruiter, you get more and more comfortable presenting yourself in a professional manner. You want a FREE professional headshot! Dress to impress and get a headshot taken you can use on your Linkedin!WHO'S COMING? Find your career fit with over 70+ employers comprised of private industry; public, educational, and non-profit organizations; local government, the federal government, law enforcement, and military--ALL on campus and excited to share more with you about their organization and early career talent opportunities. Open to students from ALL majors, classifications, and identities. Every expo looks a little different so come each term to keep exploring and expanding your career opportunities!
WHAT NEXT? Register for the Expo on Handshake today to learn about all the companies coming, and positions of interest you can be researching. We'll also send you tips and advice for how to make the most of the expo, including Career Readiness Week workshops like our Resume Extravaganza so you can have a great resume to hand to potential employers!
The University Career Center gives a special thanks to Enterprise Mobility, and Sherwin Williams for sponsoring all of our Spring Career Readiness Week events and workshops!
For a full list of Spring Career Readiness Week (April 11–18) events and workshops, check out http://career.uoregon.edu/events