June 1, 2005
Liberal arts careers summit at Clark University June 15-17
WORCESTER, MA-Clark University will host the Liberal Arts Career NetWORK (LACN) Summit June 15-17. This annual event, which rotates among the LACN’s 28 highly selective liberal arts colleges from throughout the United States, features two days of committee meetings, networking and planning between career services professionals and on the final day with employers.
For further information please contact David McDonough, Director of Career Services at Clark, 508-793-7258; dmcdonough@clarku.edu.
The Liberal Arts Career NetWORK was founded in 1996 to develop and sustain innovative technological career resources and services that give students a competitive edge in the global marketplace. The LACN helps students at liberal-arts colleges find internship and job opportunities, and is also a great way for employers to find the best candidates for their openings. The LACN provides employers with a variety of services that enhance an organizations’ ability to market job vacancies, evaluate candidates and locate interns and trainees for entry-level positions. Employers can access a pool of 60,000 highly competitive students. One of the products developed by LACN is a shared consortium database of 20,000 summer jobs and internships accessible in a password protected database. Other innovative tools produced by LACN members include “Spotlight” Web sites, which contain a wealth of industry, intercultural and graduate school resources for liberal-arts college students.
Colleges that participate in LACN include: Amherst College, Bates College, Bowdoin College, Brandeis University, Carleton College, Clark University, Colby College, Colgate University, College of the Holy Cross, College of Wooster, Connecticut College, Hamilton College, Hartwick College, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Hope College, Macalester College, Middlebury College, Mount Holyoke College, Oberlin College, St. Lawrence University, Skidmore College, Smith College, Trinity College, Union College, Vassar College, Washington and Lee University, Wesleyan University, Wellesley College.
In addition to the annual agenda, there will be an employer breakfast where local and regional employers can learn more about LACN and share recruiting advice for liberal arts students. The Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey, Epsilon, Meditech, Citizen Schools, Carney Sandoe, TJX, Allmerica Financial, National Grid companies and LanguageCorps are among employers scheduled to participate.
Additional information on the Liberal Arts Career NetWORK, activities, affiliate schools, and services for employers - including the free job and internship listing service - can be found at www.lacn-group.org/.
Clark University is a private, co-educational liberal-arts research university with 2,000 undergraduate and 600 graduate students. Since its founding in 1887 as the first all-graduate school in the United States, Clark has challenged convention with innovative programs such as the International Studies Stream, the Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the five-year BA/MA programs with the fifth year tuition free for eligible students.
Jane Salerno
Assistant Director, Media Relations
Clark University
(508) 793-7554
jsalerno@clarku.edu
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