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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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).
For more than 15 years, Monsignor Thomas Fucinaro has served as chaplain on the University of Dallas’ Eugene Constantin Campus (affectionately known as Due Santi) just outside of Rome, Italy. However, in May, Pope Francis reassigned him to his home diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, beginning on Feb. 2, 2022, as pastor of the Cathedral of the Risen Christ.
+ Read MoreThe University of Dallas is pleased to welcome Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda of Erbil, Iraq, as a special guest and keynote speaker at the 61st annual Spring Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, May 16, honoring the Class of 2021. This year, UD will award more than 500 bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from the Constantin College of Liberal Arts, Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts, Ann and Joe O. Neuhoff School of Ministry and Satish and Gupta College of Business.
+ Read More“As a priest, it’s been a blessing that my first assignment was to serve a college campus,” said UD Chaplain Father Thomas More Barba, BA ’09 ’10. “Young people need to see that their priests are approachable and can connect with them. Being present on campus as a Dominican, walking around campus and being approachable to students, faculty, or anyone who is here, has been a happy, providential thing.”
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