The Center for Career and Professional Advising (CCPA) empowers students and alumni to learn about and prepare for meaningful work, as they translate their Haverford liberal arts education into a rewarding life. In short, we are here to help students explore, identify, and realize their career and professional goals.
Hear from Sarah Svetec about her summer with the Health Care Improvement Foundation, a non-profit organization in Philadelphia that works to facilitate the collaboration of major health care stakeholders in order to improve the quality, transparency, consistency and affordability of health care.
Learn about how Kelsey Smith explored her interest in structurally holistic healthcare for those who are left out of the American healthcare system through her on-site, hands-on experiences at Puentes de Salud and Prevention Point.
Sheraz Qamar discusses what it is like to be a healthcare provider for under-served and minority populations at Medico Family Clinic.
Learn about Madison Sultan, an Economics major with minors in Statistics and Psychology, and her summer in market research with Engagious.
Hear from Kate Silber ’20 and her Whitehead internship at MKThink – a small, San Francisco-based firm offering services in “Architecture, Strategic Consulting, and Applied Innovation to create intelligent places.”
Hear from Jake Kwon ’19, who has been working at Kansas City CARE Health Center, a primary care clinic that provides patient-centered care to underserved populations in the area.
Read about Shivani Dixit’s Whitehead Internship with an early stage startup.
Learn about Nina Angileri ’19 and her summer as a Reuse Economy Research Intern for PLAN, a nonprofit organization based in Philadelphia that focuses on climate/consumption issues intersected with social justice.
Read about Kendall Robison’s IT internship at DLL (De Lage Landen) and how the collaborations with her colleagues remind her of Haverford.
Qwajarik Sims is interning at Shift Capital, a social impact real estate investment firm with a mission to improve urban communities through social and economic measures.
The possibilities Arya found in his own life help him show his inner-city students how to aim high.
Cho works in the media & entertainment business in a dual position.
Schwarz works on creating enterprise level safety, compliance, and training software for research institutions, including pharmaceutical companies, biotech organizations, and universities.
Horn stumbled into the museum field through a summer internship that eventually led to a post-graduation editorial assistant position.
The English major works as a senior editor at Beacon Press, a publisher based in Boston.
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Walk-in 15 minute meetings
M-F 2:30–4:30 p.m.
We are here to help students explore, identify, and realize their career and professional goals.
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Stokes Hall, Third Floor
Summer hours: 8:30 a.m.—4:30 p.m.
Walk-ins will resume in the fall semester 2018
(610) 896-1181
*We have a very tiny magic 8 ball.