Parents & Families

Student shaking hands with a vendor at a career fair

Welcome Parents and Families!

The transition from student to career professional requires strategic development, and St. Martin Career Exploration Office is here to assist COLSA students ensuring that they are well prepared to meet the needs of the workplace or transition into graduate school. Through a variety of services, we assist students in articulating career goals and creating well-informed career action plans. Students are advised to meet with a career professional and schedule periodic meetings to address career paths and associated strategies.

The Wildcat Way to Professional Success

Wildcat Way

 

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Attend campus-wide career events including Career Fairs, Resume Review Days, and Interview Days
  • Participate in presentations and workshops led by Career and Professional Success professionals
  • Stop by walk-in hours for a resume or cover letter review, or general questions
  • Make an appointment with a career professional
  • First Time Career Appointment to learn about resources
  • Interest Assessments
  • Careers for your major
  • Career and Job Search Skills
  • Searching and Applying to Internships
  • Graduate School Applications
  • Networking/LinkedIn
  • Resume/Cover Letters
  • Interview Skills
  • Mock Interviews

Contact Information

Lori Dameron, Director
Rudman Hall, G06A
Phone: (603) 862-1082
Email: lori.dameron@unh.edu

Lauren Rhodes, Career Advisor
Rudman Hall, G06B
Phone: (603) 862-2505
Email: lauren.rhodes@unh.edu

Melissa Capen, Career Advisor
Rudman Hall, G06
Phone: (603) 862-1432
Melissa.Capen@unh.edu

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    Anna Stockman ‘20
    Helping Communities Prosper
    Anna Stockman graduated from UNH in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in community and environmental planning, and now works for Eastern Maine Development Corporation.
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    Anna Stockman ‘20
    Helping Communities Prosper
    Anna Stockman graduated from UNH in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in community and environmental planning, and now works for Eastern Maine Development Corporation.
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  • UNH student Kaley Jean '21
    Kaley Jean ’21
    New Challenge Brings New Opportunity
    Kaley Jean ’21 is a genetics major and Classics minor from Merrimack, NH who is working as a a clinical lab assistant in UNH's COVID testing lab. "While a pandemic isn’t the best way to end my undergraduate career," she says, "I think helping others is."
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    Kaley Jean ’21
    New Challenge Brings New Opportunity
    Kaley Jean ’21 is a genetics major and Classics minor from Merrimack, NH who is working as a a clinical lab assistant in UNH's COVID testing lab. "While a pandemic isn’t the best way to end my undergraduate career," she says, "I think helping others is."
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  • UNH alumna Isabelle Banker '19
    Isabelle Banker '19
    Part of the Solution
    Isabelle Banker graduated in 2019 with a degree in biomedical science: medical microbiology, with a Spanish minor. She is from Lee, NH.
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    Isabelle Banker '19
    Part of the Solution
    Isabelle Banker graduated in 2019 with a degree in biomedical science: medical microbiology, with a Spanish minor. She is from Lee, NH.
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  • Mary Kate Munley '21
    Researching the Sea
    COLSA student follows her passion
    Mary Kate Munley's love of the sea has motivated her work monitoring Loggerhead sea turtles nesting along the coast of Florida and studying the state’s stone crab population.
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    Researching the Sea
    COLSA student follows her passion
    Mary Kate Munley's love of the sea has motivated her work monitoring Loggerhead sea turtles nesting along the coast of Florida and studying the state’s stone crab population.
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  • UNH COVID testing lab
    Acing the Test
    UNH students play key role in COVID-19 fight
    A team of UNH students have stepped into vital positions to bolster UNH’s battle against the coronavirus. They put in 10-hour shifts this summer when tests needed to be administered and processed quickly, and they continue to administer weekly tests for faculty and staff.
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    Acing the Test
    UNH students play key role in COVID-19 fight
    A team of UNH students have stepped into vital positions to bolster UNH’s battle against the coronavirus. They put in 10-hour shifts this summer when tests needed to be administered and processed quickly, and they continue to administer weekly tests for faculty and staff.
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