2008 Woodie Awards
Alumni networking helps students make connections
Patricia Koogan
Issue date: 4/15/04 Section: Features
Every May a new group of seniors take its place on the campus green and become alumni of Marist College. These alumni go out to the work force, but continue to keep their connection with Marist College.
Students today who are beginning to look for job and internship opportunities do not realize alumni can be an important resource.
Chet Koulik, associate director, center for career services said alumni are an important resource for students.
"Alumni have knowledge of the industry to share with you," Koulik said. "They have a connection to Marist and always will."
Alumni remember what it was like to be a senior at Marist and unsure about their career options. Now they are experienced and have knowledge, many of them want to help students who are going through the same fears.
Jim Joseph, Class of 1991, Director of Front House Operations, The New Victory Theater, said students can learn from the experience of alumni.
"The best way [for alumni] to help students is to relay their own experience," Joseph said.
Marist offers a few ways to contact alumni. The Alumni Career Network is a Web site with the contact information for over 900 alumni. These are people who have agreed to share their contact information because they want to be contacted by students and to help them out any way they can.
The Alumni Career network can be found at http://www.marist.edu/careerservices/alumcareer.html. You can search for people by name, location, industry, or major and all you need are your K account and password.
There are also fourteen Marist alumni chapters all over the country. If you are looking to talk to someone who lives in a specific place you can contact the chapter president and they can contact you or refer you to someone else. This information can be found at http://www.marist.edu/alumni/events.html.
Amy K. Coppola, executive director of alumni relations, said alumni really enjoy being contacted by students.
Students today who are beginning to look for job and internship opportunities do not realize alumni can be an important resource.
Chet Koulik, associate director, center for career services said alumni are an important resource for students.
"Alumni have knowledge of the industry to share with you," Koulik said. "They have a connection to Marist and always will."
Alumni remember what it was like to be a senior at Marist and unsure about their career options. Now they are experienced and have knowledge, many of them want to help students who are going through the same fears.
Jim Joseph, Class of 1991, Director of Front House Operations, The New Victory Theater, said students can learn from the experience of alumni.
"The best way [for alumni] to help students is to relay their own experience," Joseph said.
Marist offers a few ways to contact alumni. The Alumni Career Network is a Web site with the contact information for over 900 alumni. These are people who have agreed to share their contact information because they want to be contacted by students and to help them out any way they can.
The Alumni Career network can be found at http://www.marist.edu/careerservices/alumcareer.html. You can search for people by name, location, industry, or major and all you need are your K account and password.
There are also fourteen Marist alumni chapters all over the country. If you are looking to talk to someone who lives in a specific place you can contact the chapter president and they can contact you or refer you to someone else. This information can be found at http://www.marist.edu/alumni/events.html.
Amy K. Coppola, executive director of alumni relations, said alumni really enjoy being contacted by students.