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Career Center for Science and Engineering

About the Career Center for Science and Engineering

The Career Center for Science and Engineering (CCSE) assists College of Biological Sciences and Institute of Technology undergraduates and graduate students in all aspects of the career and job search process. We are dedicated to helping them define and achieve their personal goals.

The Career Center for Science and Engineering offers career services support, including individual career counseling, professional development opportunities, and on-campus interviews with leading companies from the region and around the world.

Mission and vision

The Career Center for Science and Engineering will encourage and facilitate student exploration of career options, preparation for career success, and connection between students, mentors and employers.

Collegiate affiliations

Beginning September 1, 2005, the College of Biological Sciences and the Institute of Technology began a collaboration leading to the integration of career services between the two colleges at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. This collaborative office, the Career Center for Science and Engineering, allows career services to increase its operational effectiveness by combining the expertise, dedication, commitment, and creativity of existing programs and staff members. It allows for the encouragement of students to develop, evaluate, and implement their career plans and prepare for the world of work across technical fields. In addition, this structure shift allows for increased efficiencies, the ability to share structural and infrastructure costs, while providing high-quality career development services to all students.

 

CCSE staff

Donna Gustafson
Recruiting coordinator
ccsejobs@umn.edu

Darren Kaltved
Associate director
dkaltved@umn.edu

Miranda Heinonen
Graduate Intern
hein0258@umn.edu

Megan Rivera
Career Counselor
mrivera@umn.edu

Michele Rockne-Semkow
Office manager
ccse@umn.edu

Mark Sorenson-Wagner 
Director
wagnerme@umn.edu

Katy Witmer
Career counselor
katyh@umn.edu