2008 Woodie Awards
Role of Career Center discussed
Sharon Leff
News | 2/28/07
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A task force is finishing a report that will outline steps to create a "strong centralized" Career Center at Towson.
"There's a lot of good work that happens around students' career development at Towson but it needs to be coordinated," Jana Varwig, associate vice president for student affairs, said. "The career task force is really taking a look at the role the Career Center plays and the role that the colleges plays and try and figure out how to coordinate them."
Varwig said the task force needed to take into consideration how each college worked and what kind of careers they focus on based on how they prepare their students.
"What we want to get to is a model that addresses each colleges' needs for career development appropriately," she said.
She said they are trying to develop career service that feels seamless to students.
"Towson University is the kind of institution where career development should be a front and center kind of activity," she said.
Right now it varies by college, she added.
Career Center director Guy Davis, who started in January, said the task force is looking at similar schools as models for their work.
Committee members include representatives from different departments, an associate vice president and chairs. Varwig said she expects the draft to be complete in the next couple of weeks.
--Sharon Leff
TU employee receives award
Sarah Crest, a user instructor coordinator at Cook Library, was given the James Partridge Outstanding African American Information Professional Award Tuesday at the University of Maryland, College Park.
"The award is for the accumulation for work that you've done as an information professional," she said.
Crest has worked at Towson University for 19 years and started out as a reference librarian.
She said it was an honor to be celebrated for her work but she didn't expect to receive the award.
"I was surprised because the previous winners were just really distinguished in this field and for the committee to put me among the distinct winners was kind of surprising," she said.
The evening included a keynote speaker who was a previous award winner. The award was first given out in 1998, making Crest the ninth person to be honored.
--Sharon Leff
"There's a lot of good work that happens around students' career development at Towson but it needs to be coordinated," Jana Varwig, associate vice president for student affairs, said. "The career task force is really taking a look at the role the Career Center plays and the role that the colleges plays and try and figure out how to coordinate them."
Varwig said the task force needed to take into consideration how each college worked and what kind of careers they focus on based on how they prepare their students.
"What we want to get to is a model that addresses each colleges' needs for career development appropriately," she said.
She said they are trying to develop career service that feels seamless to students.
"Towson University is the kind of institution where career development should be a front and center kind of activity," she said.
Right now it varies by college, she added.
Career Center director Guy Davis, who started in January, said the task force is looking at similar schools as models for their work.
Committee members include representatives from different departments, an associate vice president and chairs. Varwig said she expects the draft to be complete in the next couple of weeks.
--Sharon Leff
TU employee receives award
Sarah Crest, a user instructor coordinator at Cook Library, was given the James Partridge Outstanding African American Information Professional Award Tuesday at the University of Maryland, College Park.
"The award is for the accumulation for work that you've done as an information professional," she said.
Crest has worked at Towson University for 19 years and started out as a reference librarian.
She said it was an honor to be celebrated for her work but she didn't expect to receive the award.
"I was surprised because the previous winners were just really distinguished in this field and for the committee to put me among the distinct winners was kind of surprising," she said.
The evening included a keynote speaker who was a previous award winner. The award was first given out in 1998, making Crest the ninth person to be honored.
--Sharon Leff
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