Afternoon Sessions

Leveraging LinkedIn to Enhance Your Professional Community Through Purposeful Exploration and Engagement

Kristen Soprano, Career Consultant, Center for Career Development
Beth Settje, Associate Director, Center for Career Development

LinkedIn is an effective tool that provides many opportunities for learning and meaningful interactions related to your personal and professional identities. In this session, we look beyond the basics and share some unique approaches to using the platform that can further build your community, affiliates, and resources.

Financial Strategies for Navigating Life Changes

Caroline Wetzel, Vice President, Procyon Advisors

Are you contemplating or managing some change in your life, and do you want to be strategic about your finances? Attend this workshop offered by UCONN Alumna Caroline Wetzel, CFP®, MBA, AWMA®. Caroline will highlight financial tips for navigating life, business, and career transitions, with a special focus on women.

Mindfulness

Nishelli Ahmed, Health Educator, Student Health and Wellness

This session is an opportunity for participants to learn a variety of mindfulness techniques. Participants will practice as a group and walk away with mindfulness techniques that they can employ in their respective workplaces.

Responding to Disclosures and Supporting Survivors of Gender Based Violence

Elise Delacruz, Assistant Director/VAWPP Director, Women's Center

The vast majority of students, staff, and faculty have had some experience with gender-based violence in their lives. They continue to carry this trauma with them as they navigate life on campus. This workshop will provide participants with practical tools for responding to disclosures of and supporting survivors.