Archivists, curators offer panel for exploratory students
Posted: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 3:00 am
Libraries and museums are shrouded in daily silence, but that doesn't mean the people who run them have to be.
The Center for Career Development will host a variety of career discussions that will give students an opportunity to meet and talk to experts in various career fields. The series is presented as part of the Career Conversations for Arts and Sciences series.
Although the series is set up to cater to arts and sciences majors, Mary Browder, career consultant at the Center for Career Development, stated that all students are welcome to attend.
The first event of the series, “A Night at the Museum: Careers in Museums, Archives and Libraries,” will host a panel of librarians, museum curators and archivists.
The panelists will share information that can be beneficial to students looking to pursue a career in one of those fields. They will also talk about what they do on a daily basis, how their career actually works, how they got there and what kind of experiences they needed to reach their current position in their field of work.
“They’ll also share information about how their degree in arts and sciences, if that’s what they did graduate in, kind of help them in their position,” Browder said.
A Q&A session will follow the discussion where students will get the chance to ask the panelists about their chosen professions.
For Sydney Moore, an undecided sophomore, programs like the Career Conversations can be highly beneficial.
“It’d be helpful if the University of Tennessee did more to help exploratory students,” Moore said. “I didn’t feel my advisor had enough knowledge of every field to put me on the right track.”
The series sets out to help students of all years and majors find a career path while providing networking opportunities, Browder said.
“I would say there’s lots of benefits that you could derive from the event depending on where you are in school,” Browder said.
“A Night at the Museum” is one of seven events that the Center of Career Development will host this semester.
The event will be held on the second level of the Student Union and will run from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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