The Stevenson Career Connection
Since Stevenson University’s founding 75 years ago, connecting students to a meaningful career has been at the heart of our mission.
In the classroom, through experiential learning, and through professional preparation, Stevenson fosters the development of each student’s career readiness and sets the stage for their success after college. Supporting students along the way is a network of individuals including student success coaches, career advisors, faculty mentors, and internship coordinators, who help keep them on track to meeting their goals during each year at Stevenson.
In the freshman and sophomore years, the focus is on foundational experiences and career exploration that introduce students to the career options tied to their desired path of study through career-focused first-year seminars, foundational courses in their majors, pre-professional courses, and workshops offered by the Stevenson Career Connection Center.
In the junior and senior years, students put their experience into practice through upper-level coursework, required internships in each major, and Professional Minors that can be added to their majors to acquire additional career competencies. Career fairs and on-campus recruiting, networking opportunities, mock interviews, employer site visits, and mentoring organized through the Career Connection Center prepare our students for successful job searching and interviewing as they establish their professional brand.
Stevenson’s attention to Career Connection helps our students create strong paths to their post-college careers as evidenced by our most recent graduating student data, which shows that an impressive 94 percent of Stevenson graduates are employed or are pursuing further education within six months of graduation.