Career Day

Career Day 2024

November 15, 2024
Wellness Center Auditorium

Career Day helps develop career planning strategies and exposes students to new career opportunities.

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Time	Event
9:00-9:20 a.m.	Sign-in and Breakfast
9:20-9:30 a.m.	Welcome Michael Bouchard, Ph.D., Dean, College of Graduate Studies
9:30-10:30 a.m.	Focus on Academic/Research Intensive Careers Hailay Teklehaimanot, M.D., DSc, Chief, Asthma & Air Quality Branch, Centers for Disease Control Aditya Gadiko, MS, Senior Director, Product Management, Saama Serena-Kaye Sims, Ph.D., Assistant Profesor, Department of Biology, College of Charleston
10:30-11:30 a.m.	Morning Panel Discussion Hailay Teklehaimanot, M.D., DSc, Chief, Asthma & Air Quality Branch, Centers for Disease Control Aditya Gadiko, MS, Senior Director, Product Management, Saama Serena-Kaye Sims, Ph.D., Assistant Profesor, Department of Biology, College of Charleston
11:30 a.m.	Lunch lines begin
12:00-1:30 p.m.	Keynote Address: Do you survive or thrive as immigrants? What it takes to succceed. Parampal Deol, Ph.D., MBA, Vice President Research & Development for Manufacturing, Charles River
1:00-1:15 p.m.	Break
1:15-2:15 p.m.	Focus on Careers Beyond the Bench Joshua M. Rhett, Ph.D., Scientific Director, Lockwood Lindsey Calcutt, Ph.D., CEO, Incora Health Cynthia Srigley, Ph.D., Chemist, Human Foods Program, Food & Drug Administration
2:15-3:15 p.m.	Afternoon Panel Discussion Parampal Deol, Ph.D., MBA, Vice President Research & Development for Manufacturing, Charles River Joshua M. Rhett, Ph.D., Scientific Director, Lockwood Lindsey Calcutt, Ph.D., CEO, Incora Health Cynthia Srigley, Ph.D., Chemist, Human Foods Program, Food & Drug Administration
3:15-3:30 p.m.	Wrap-up and raffle prizes