The Office of Personal Career Development provides year-round assistance to UD students and alumni. Please see resources below to help you build your professional experience during the semester break.
Questions? Email career@udallas.edu.
InsideSherpa: Build experience and skills with company-backed Virtual Work Experience Programs.
Wall Street Prep: Provides some free (and some with a fee) resources for financial modeling and technical interview prep.
WSJ Money: Students can use this resource to find personal finance and money management information and submit money questions of their own.
Build and use your network during this time. Building connections will provide you an invaluable opportunity to develop and prepare for your career goals. Ask your immediate network if they know of anything available or could they help you out in any way. More often than not, you find your internships through someone you know.
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WCIDWTM is a website that allows you to explore different majors, typical career areas associated with each major, and info about employers that typically hire in each field.
We developed this guide specifically for UD students to guide you through major and career discernment. Learn quick and easy steps you can take today toward choosing a major or career path.
Your resume is often the only picture a recruiter has of you, your abilities, and your accomplishments. Recruiters typically spend 20 seconds or less scanning a resume. Find more information about resumes, cover letters, and interviews here.
Access OPCD resume samples and templates (must be logged into your UD email address to access).
Handshake is just one tool in your toolbox. We also recommend looking into other internship boards. Some include,
Questions? Email Kelsey Stanley at kstanley@ccdallas.org
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Thanksgiving Food Distribution Brady Senior Center (2843 Lapsley St.) |
November 25,9:30 AM-2:30 PM |
Volunteers will help prepare and deliver curbside turkey dinners for seniors to prepare at home. |
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Christmas Food Distribution Brady Senior Center (2843 Lapsley St.) |
December 16th 9:00 AM-2:30PM |
Volunteers will help prepare and deliver curbside Christmas dinners for seniors to prepare at home. |
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help Food Pantry (2517 Anson Rd., Dallas, TX 75235) |
Weekly: Monday & Thursday from 9:30 AM-11:30AM
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Volunteers will help in our food pantries by putting boxes in food in peoples trunks. |
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Marillac Food Pantry (2843 Lapsley St.) |
Weekly: Tuesday and Friday from 8:30-11:15 or 11:00-1:15 |
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Jan Pruitt Community Pantry (123 Alexander Ave.) |
Weekly: Tuesday-Thursday: 8:30-11:15 or 11:15-1:30 Friday: 1:00-3:15 or 3:15-5:15 Saturday 9:00-1:15 |
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Volunteer to work on a political campaign: Sign up on the campaign’s website (local, state, national). Many roles and responsibilities can be done virtually.
Tech for Campaigns: Matches volunteers to political campaigns in need of technical support based on the volunteer's technology skills.
Career advisors will conduct appointments via phone and Zoom. Students and alumni can schedule an appointment on UD Handshake for the following:
To schedule an appointment:
*Typically your username is your udallas email without the @udallas (example: goneill) and your password is your student ID number. Please email career@udallas.edu if you have issues logging in.
UD Handshake is the OPCD’s online database exclusive to UD students and alumni that provides direct access to full-time, part-time, and internship positions. Over 250,000 employers post jobs to Handshake, including all 500 of the Fortune 500 companies. Log in using their UD network credentials (username and password for UD WiFi).
The following obituary was provided by Lisa Mobus, BA '90,daughter of Dr. Fougerousse. Mass at the Church of the Incarnation will be offered for the repose of his soul on March 3 at 5 p.m.
+ Read MoreAfter nearly a year of planning, the University of Dallas announced a comprehensive plan that includes reducing business operations costs and restructuring some of the university’s academic programs over the next three years.
+ Read MoreIt is no surprise that the University of Dallas, chartered by religious women, has had over 50 alumnae who have said “yes” to the call to religious life. In 1952, The Superior of the Western Province of the Sisters of St. Mary of Namur, Mother Theresa Weber, declared, "We need a Catholic co-educational college in this area!" On May 25, 1955, the Sisters officially received the charter for the University of Dallas. UD's first trustees were all religious women: Mother Theresa Weber, Sister Mildred Manning, Sister Mary Frances Connaughton, Sister Mary Byron, Sister Myrtl Owens and Sister Elizabeth Johnston.
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