From UIUC to Careers in Foreign Service, Non-profits, Education, Activism, and Beyond: SLCL, FLAS, and MAEUS Alumni Career Panel
Wednesday, April 27, 3-4 P.M. (career panel) and 4-5 P.M. (individual informational interviews)
Career panel registration: https://go.illinois.edu/CareerPanelRegistration
Informational interview sign-up: https://go.illinois.edu/InformationalInterviews
Current students and recent alumni are invited to come learn about some of the possible career pathways that foreign language and area/global studies open up. This panel features four UIUC alumni with experience working in foreign service, non-profits, education, community activism, and beyond. We will be joined by Bergen Bassett (MA in EU Studies, 2012), EU Desk Officer in the U.S. Department of State; Zoë Foote (MA in Spanish, 2017), Director of Immigration Legal Services and Assistance at the University YMCA New American Welcome Center; Mitchell Margolis (2015-16 FLAS Fellow and MA in Urban & Regional Planning, 2016), Economic Empowerment Manager at International Rescue Committee; and Jessica Nicholas (PhD in French Linguistics, 2018), French & Spanish Teacher and Foreign Languages Lead Teacher at Bloomington High School.
This event is co-organized by the School of Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics and the European Union Center.
