2019 Spring Career Fair Sets Attendance Record

Spring Career Fair in 2018. (Photo courtesy of Career Services)

By Matthew Thomas
Trinity students flocked to the Spring Career Fair at Laurie Auditorium on Wednesday, setting a new record of 362 participants, the highest thus far for a spring career fair.

The students, most of them seniors, met with representatives from 49 employers, including USAA, Trinity Real Estate Finance, and Valero.

Career Services normally plans the fair three to four months ahead of time, meeting with the companies and putting the fair into motion, said Katie Ramirez, the associate director of Career Services. The goal was to “make sure that it is a diverse group of employers and that it’s not just representing one major or industry,” said Ramirez.

Coates Center Undergoes Major Makeover

By Sarah Wysocki

The Coates University Center is blockaded by giant boards and largely inaccessible. Behind those boards is a busy construction site. In a couple of months, when these boards are removed, a brand new Coates Center will emerge.

An imminent result of this multi-million dollar renovation is relocation of several university services. Counseling Services will move to where Student Involvement currently resides, in the west wing of Coates. Student Involvement will be relocated to the first floor of the current bookstore, where the new Diversity and Inclusion Office will also reside.

The bookstore itself will move to the lounge area where the mail center used to be. The Center for Experiential Learning and Career Success (CELCS) will stay where it is, but will expand to encompass the current second floor of the bookstore: the textbook area.

Experiential Learning Gaining Tractions at Trinity University

By Samantha Luzader

Two years into its establishment, The Center for Experiential Learning and Student Success has done a lot.

So what exactly is experiential learning? Dr. Jacob Tingle, the director, said experiential learning is “learning by doing,” which includes learning outside the traditional classroom setting, such as internships, service learning and undergraduate research.

Before the center opened, Career Services was the main resource on campus for students looking for guidance in their job or internship searches, according to Twyla Hough, the director of Career Services. Unlike most other small liberal arts schools, Trinity did not have an internship coordinator on staff before the Center of Experiential Learning was founded.

Spring 2017 Career Fair Features More Than 40 Employers

The Spring 2017 Career Fair
Photo by Joel Kumahata

By Joel Kumahata

Representatives from more than 40 companies had job talks with hundreds of Trinity students at the Career Fair yesterday.

Company tables filled the sunken stage of Laurie Auditorium, offering opportunities from the paid internships of philanthropic organizations like Public Allies, to employment with the United States military. Several big name companies were at the fair, including Dell, HEB, Valero, and Edward Jones.

Annie Cutler, employer coordinator for Trinity University’s Career Services, which hosted the fair, said several companies became sponsors of this career fair, such as the Houston Branch of Capgemini and Valero.

Trinity Students Learn How to Get the Most Out of the Summer Internship

By Haylee Rodriguez

Lunch and Learn on summer internship. 

Photo by Haylee Rodriguez

You have a summer internship: now what? This was the question addressed at a panel discussion on Friday held by the Center for Experiential Learning & Career Success.

The panel, with two Trinity alumni and two current Trinity students, led a discussion on how summer internships can be used to reach students’ individual professional goals.

Kelly Wright, a Trinity graduate, was excited for the opportunity to talk to students about their internships. “Going into the workforce coming from school is challenging in and of itself,” she said. “Anything I can do to inform I’m happy to do so.”

Organizations Present Opportunities for Gap Year

The panelists give students information about their
organization (from left to right Jennifer Rodriguez,
Brendan Cavanagh, Melissa Cano and Sarah Ramos)
Photo by Katie Ramirez 

By Carlos Ealy

Representatives from several well-known organizations met with Trinity students to talk about potential gap year opportunities on Friday at the Coates University Center.

City Year, Peace Corps, Teach for America, and TU College Advising Corps joined the Gap Year Service Panel, sponsored by Trinity’s Center for Experiential Learning & Career Success and Trinity University Volunteer Action Community, as part of the Lunch and Learn series.

These organizations provide community service opportunities for students who what to take a gap year, or a year off from school to do something else. About 20 students attended the meeting.

Spring Career Fair Attracts Hundreds

Trinity holds Spring Career Fair on Wednesday.
Photo by Davis Mathis

By Davis Mathis

​Hundreds of students and employers generated heavy traffic along the corridor in the Laurie Auditorium on Wednesday for Trinity's Spring Career Fair.

Around 40 companies from across the state, including police departments, military branches, and computer science companies, set up tables, displaying brochures, information sheets and lots of goodies bearing company logos.