Center for Career & Professional Development

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“Explore. Experience. Engage. —Early and Often.”

The primary mission of the Southwestern University Center for Career & Professional Development (CCPD) is to empower Southwestern Pirates to design their professional identities, build marketable career-readiness competencies, and connect their interdisciplinary education to the world of work.

CCPD team members are available to provide a variety of services and resources including self-assessments, job/internship search strategies, graduate/professional school preparation, interview coaching, and help with developing application materials (e.g. resumes, cover letters).

Adrian D. Ramirez
  • NAME

    Adrian D. Ramirez

  • TITLE

    Director of the Center for Career & Professional Development

About Adrian
Alexandra Anderson
  • NAME

    Alexandra Anderson

  • TITLE

    Sr. Associate Director of the Center for Career & Professional Development

About Alexandra
  • Responsibilities

    Major/career exploration, including self-assessment
    Job/internship search strategies
    Self-marketing (resumes, cover letters, interviews)
    Graduate and professional school advising
    Pre-health and pre-law advising
    Success Coach caseload: seniors

    Schedule an appointment with Alex

Mary Claire Angle
  • NAME

    Mary Claire Angle

  • TITLE

    Director of Internship Programs

  • Responsibilities

    Major/career exploration, including self-assessment
    Self-marketing (resumes, cover letters, interviews)
    Internship programs (Academic, Funded, CHIP, NYAP)
    SU HEALTH programs
    Academic advising
    Success Coach caseload: first-year students

    Schedule an appointment with Mary Claire

Liana Collins
  • NAME

    Liana Collins

  • TITLE

    Career Planning and Development Coordinator

  • Responsibilities

    Major/career exploration, including self-assessment
    Job/internship search strategies
    Self-marketing (resumes, cover letters, interviews)
    Graduate and professional school advising
    COMPASS Program
    Success Coach caseload: juniors

    Schedule an appointment with Liana

Alejandra Garcia-Ellis
  • NAME

    Alex Garcia-Ellis

  • TITLE

    Career Planning and Development Coordinator

  • Responsibilities

    Major/career exploration, including self-assessment
    Job/internship search strategies
    Self-marketing (resumes, cover letters, interviews)
    Graduate and professional school advising
    Departmental marketing
    Success Coach caseload: sophomores

    Schedule an appointment with Alex

Helene Laicer
  • NAME

    Helene Laicer

  • TITLE

    Success Coach

  • Responsibilities

    Major/career exploration, including self-assessment
    Academic advising
    Job/internship search strategies
    Self-marketing (resumes, cover letters, interviews)
    Graduate and professional school advising
    Success Coach caseload: first-year students

    Schedule an appointment with Helene

Jessica Loring
  • NAME

    Jessica Loring

  • TITLE

    Administrative Coordinator

Rob Phillips
  • NAME

    Rob Phillips

  • TITLE

    Success Coach

  • Responsibilities

    Major/career exploration, including self-assessment
    Academic advising
    Job/internship search strategies
    Self-marketing (resumes, cover letters, interviews)
    Graduate and professional school advising
    Success Coach caseload: first-year students


    Schedule an appointment with Rob

Jenny Terry Roberts
  • NAME

    Jenny Terry Roberts

  • TITLE

    Success Coach

  • Responsibilities

    Major/career exploration, including self-assessment
    Academic advising
    Job/internship search strategies
    Self-marketing (resumes, cover letters, interviews)
    Graduate and professional school advising
    Success Coach caseload: first-year students