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0 0 likes | 8 8 playsI really hope that we'll keep true to our mission, that we will still have a soul here. I guess the temptation is with so many people, it's just churning them…
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0 0 likes | 10 10 playsWork with the career services. Come with an open mind. Come with that authenticity, that honesty, and put in the effort. You put in the effort in your own development…
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0 0 likes | 8 8 playsWe needed to know how our students fared. So for the first batch of undergraduates, we tracked them down personally and we knew them by name. We called them, we found…
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0 0 likes | 11 11 playsOkay. You know it's a dream come true. And I told you when I first started I looked at all the wonderful facilities that we had in other career centers, career…
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0 0 likes | 5 5 playsI believe so much in internship. And I want that to continue. If I can get people, students inspired that they would do their best at the internship, that's half…
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0 0 likes | 31 31 playsI think that's also where SMU became very different. Well we have a 4-year accountancy program, versus a 3-year accountancy program in other universities. So why…
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0 0 likes | 18 18 playsOkay. Technology is important right? It helps facilitate our work. And it's a platform but it's not an end in itself. So, OnTRAC ,by the way, is an acronym…
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0 0 likes | 6 6 playsWhen SMU started, I was holding two portfolios. I was Director of Student Life as well as Director of Career Planning. It was called Office of Career Planning, OCPP,…
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0 0 likes | 14 14 playsIn fear and trembling because the first batch came in in 2000 right? and I think a few of them were fast-trackers, so they wanted to graduate in 2003. That was the year…
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0 0 likes | 8 8 playsOne of SMU's missions (then) was to nurture leaders that have a heart and to have the ability to give back to society. And so how do we do this? So we wanted…
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0 0 likes | 2 2 playsI actually applied for the [board secretary position]. Okay, at that point in time, I thought, Oh being a secretary to the board is not an issue because I have always…
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0 0 likes | 16 16 playsSo then we had the first batch of students coming in. Then we thought, Okay, we have got to make sure, unlike other universities, to get these students to work as a…
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0 0 likes | 7 7 playsBefore I came to SMU, I was working with the Peoples Association, and that's a community development organization. And I guess that is an association to garner…