The Life and Career Design Institute offers many opportunities for faculty to support the connections between the classroom and careers. Whether you’d like to discuss career programs and workshops customized to a specific course or enhance the experiential learning opportunities for your students, we’re here to help.

Partner with us by:

  • Helping students be resourceful with their Wheaton funding. Use the Funding Opportunities page as a resource
  • Adding NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers) career competencies on your syllabus and/or learning outcomes for students
  • Encouraging students to activate their free Handshake account
  • If you are a club advisor, consider collaborating with a career advisor
  • Request a career workshop for your class

Please encourage your students to schedule an appointment with the Life and Career Design Institute. We can help them identify interests and skills, explore career paths, reflect on connections between academic and professional interests, and prepare for employment and/or graduate school after Wheaton.

What We Offer

First-Year Seminars

We provide first-year students with an introduction to the Life and Career Design Institute. Then, we help them explore internships that connect their seminar with other out-of-class learning opportunities.

Workshops

Faculty can request workshops focused on: creating resumes, writing cover letters, interviewing, presentation skills, job and internship searches for various disciplines, professional etiquette or customized topics at your request.

Senior Seminar Visits

Students are encouraged to invite staff to their Senior Seminar (preferably before spring break). Staff can speak about resumes, networking, transitioning from Wheaton to the post-graduation world and more.

Departmental Visits

We are available to discuss the department-specific career exploration needs of your students. We can also partner to create discipline specific web content, highlighting internships for current students and the successes of Wheaton graduates.