Students wishing to apply for course credit through the University of Dallas Office of Personal Career Development have several options:
This internship will be completed to strengthen the students individual experience and apply key classroom learning in a real world occupational setting. The internship experience will elevate a simple work experience as the student reflects and looks for deeper meaning and strives to personally contribute. The student will earn credit based on the students documentation of his/her internship experience, observations, and results informed by their employment experience.
Registration due by May 31, 2019 (late registrations may be accepted on case-by-case basis). Schedule a meeting with an OPCD advisor to finalize your registration via Handshake.
Students interning abroad must also complete this form to register.
Registration due by September 6, 2019 (late registrations may be accepted on case-by-case basis). Schedule a meeting with an OPCD advisor to finalize your registration via Handshake.
Students interning abroad must also complete this form to register.
Begistration due by May 31, 2019 (late registrations may be accepted on case-by-case basis). Schedule a meeting with an OPCD advisor to finalize your registration via Handshake.
Community volunteer services will integrate meaningful community service with reflection to enrich the students learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities. The student will earn credit based on combined organization participation and the students documentation of his/her service experience, observations, and results.
This course is only offered in the spring. This course begins the week after Spring Break.
This course will enable the student to develop techniques and strategies for identifying fields of interest, personal branding, and conducting an effective job search. Emphasis is placed on personal discernment and identification of skills, interests, and values. The student will engage in the assessing of marketable skills, researching the market place, building a personal brand and developing a network of contacts, writing resumes, cover letters, and other standard means of correspondence used in the job search process. The student will engage in professional interviewing with the goal of achieving selection as an intern or employee at their chosen organization(s).
The Spring 2019 Women in Business Leadership Panel and Networking Event featured Dallas/Fort Worth's top female leaders and executives. Leaders in their fields joined University of Dallas students, faculty and alumni for lunch and discussion. They shared insights and tips for living both halves of their lives: the work/life integration.
+ Read MoreOn Feb. 25 and 26, seven UD students traveled to Austin with Director of Undergraduate Admissions and Enrollment Michael Probus, BA '12 MBA '15, to advocate for continuing and/or increasing Tuition Equalization Grant (TEG) money.
+ Read MoreMike Kiegerl's youngest daughter, Christine, would have graduated from UD in the Class of 1994, but just before her graduation, she was struck by an impaired truck driver and died instantly. Kiegerl and his wife, Peggy, established the Christine S. Kiegerl Memorial Scholarship in their girl's memory in 1997.
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