[Mathmajors] Career Discovery Week is Here!!

[Brooke Miller]

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> http://depts.washington.edu/careerwk/index.php	

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> Next week  is Career Week, January 26-30, 2009. Careers will be  

> discovered with more than 150 workshops, panel presentations,  

> networking events and fairs. It's the largest event of its kind in  

> the country—literally hundreds of UW alumni and friends volunteer to  

> return to all three UW campuses and assist their fellow Huskies with  

> career development.

>

> Get all the details at www.careerweek.washington.edu or stop by the  

> Center for Career Services, 134 Mary Gates Hall, to pick up a Career  

> Discovery Week Program. Mark your calendars now.

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> There are two events that will be sponsored by the  Mathematics  

> Department  and ACMS program. Starting Monday, 1/26, 3:30-5:00pm,  

> SIG 224, we will have a panel discussion of former majors.

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> More details posted here:

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> http://depts.washington.edu/careerwk/2009/event-info.php?sesid=162

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> The panelists are:

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> Ian Elliott and Tung Tran, Actuarial Associates, Symetra Financial  

> (formerly Safeco,)http://www.symetra.com/

>

> Hse Ken Ooi, founding member, Eggsprout, an on-line job search  

> company, http://www.eggsprout.com

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> Eric Valpey, Actuarial Analyst, Premera Blue Cross, Health Care  

> Economics Actuarial Team, https://www.premera.com/stellent/groups/public/documents/xcpproject/home.asp

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> On Tuesday, 1/27, the ACMS program will be teaming up with the  

> Information School, DXARTS, Technical Communications, and Computer  

> Science to offer a panel discussion called Pathways in Technology,  

> 430-530 in room MEB 238, and then informal networking 530-630 in the  

> CSE Atrium.

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> More details are posted here:

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> http://depts.washington.edu/careerwk/2009/event-info.php?sesid=153

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> The panelists are:

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> ACMS:

> Matthew J Kirk, Assistant Research Analyst, Parametric Portfolio  

> Associates, http://www.parametricportfolio.com/

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> CSE :

> Erin Covington, Amazon

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> DXARTS:

> Johnathan Lyon, Spring 2006 graduate  with BFA in ARTS and BS in  

> Individualized Studies (Digital Signal Processing for Audio)

> *Current position: Technical Coordinator and Senior Computer  

> Specialist, DXARTS

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> Info:

> Marshall Bjerke:  Microsoft. Project Manager

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> TC:

> Shirin McConaghy, Media Specialist, Microsoft Advertiser and  

> Publisher Solutions Group