Happy Fall!
Happy Fall! The Career Center is excited to offer faculty workshops and resources to help you support students’ career and experiential learning success. We hope you can join us to learn how to connect students to internships, research, and other opportunities that guide them toward meaningful professional pathways.
Reach out if you have a question or would like to partner with the career center on any career-related event. Please feel free to reach out to Cheretta Robson ([email protected]).
Experiential Learning by PeopleGrove is now live! This platform allows students to explore, apply for, and track internships, research, service, and other experiential learning opportunities that contribute to their Co-Curricular Transcript and support Fordham’s Internship Promise.
To help faculty and advisors understand how RamConnect supports student success, the Career Center invites you to attend one or more of the upcoming training sessions this fall.
Virtual Awareness & Student View Session (Recommended for Faculty and Advisors)
Date/Time: October 30 | 1:00–2:00 PM EST
Register: Sign Up Here
Join this virtual overview session to explore what students experience inside RamConnect — from discovering internships and global opportunities to logging and reflecting on completed experiences that appear on their Co-Curricular Transcript.
You’ll learn how to:
Encourage students to log and track their experiential learning
Understand what students see when applying or submitting experiences
View student progress and reflections connected to your courses or programs
Recognize and validate experiences that count toward Fordham’s Internship Promise
Optional: Virtual Admin / Functional Deep Dive (For Interested Faculty)
Date/Time: October 30 | 11:00 AM–12:30 PM EST
Register: Sign Up Here
This optional session provides a behind-the-scenes look at how departments can post opportunities, validate student logs, and track experiential data. Faculty are welcome to attend, but are not required for this level of system access.
In-Person Hands-On Labs: Awareness + Admin Functionality
Rose Hill: November 5 | 1:00–2:30 PM | Room 112 McShane Campus Center
Lincoln Center: November 6 | 1:00–2:30 PM | 140 West 62nd Street, Computer Lab, Room 323
The first half of these sessions focuses on the student perspective, while the second half offers a hands-on walkthrough of admin functionality for those managing department-level approvals or validations.
Faculty are encouraged to attend the first portion; administrative use is optional.
Join the Career Center Faculty Champions Program
This program will provide you with information on how the Career Center can support your department with career/ internship opportunities, as well as other experiential learning opportunities for your students, and how to access analytics on student outcomes.
Dates: November 13 (Thursday) and November 19 (Wednesday) | Virtual at 1:00 PM
Register: Sign Up Here
The Faculty Champions Program invites faculty members to integrate career-aligned learning and experiential opportunities into their teaching. Champions collaborate with the Career Center to connect classroom learning with real-world applications, mentor students on reflective practice, and model experiential engagement in their disciplines.
Participants will:
Learn ways to incorporate experiential learning into courses or advising.
Help promote the Internship Promise and share opportunities through RamConnect.
Serve as early adopters and departmental liaisons for Fordham’s Experiential Learning initiatives.
For more information, visit the Fordham Career Center Faculty Toolbox or the Blackboard Faculty Tool Box, or contact the Career Center at [email protected].
RamConnect Office Hours with PeopleGrove
Dates: November 10, 13, 17, and 20 | 1:00 pm ET
Join: Zoom Link
Drop in to troubleshoot, ask questions, or get a refresher as you begin using RamConnect in your courses or departments. Office hours are open to faculty and administrators who wish to explore more in-depth use cases.
Additional office hours in December and January will be communicated to you all soon.
“Experiential learning transforms education into purpose.”
Together, we’re advancing the Internship Promise — one experience at a time.