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EMPLOYER RELATIONS & RECRUITING SERVICES NEWSLETTER Fall 2014 Inside the Issue JMU Welcomes You................................. 2 Bold New Vision at JMU.......................... 3 A Letter From Our Director...................... 5 Life of a Liaison....................................... 6 Fall Career & Internship Fair.................. 8 Spotlight: Intelligence Analysis............ 9 Recruiting Snapshot..............................11 Innovative Ways to Engage JMU .........12 Employer Shoutouts.............................13 Connect with CAP...................................14 Recruit-A-Duke James Madison University

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EMPLOYER RELATIONS & RECRUITING SERVICES NEWSLETTERFall 2014

Inside the IssueJMU Welcomes You................................. 2

Bold New Vision at JMU.......................... 3

A Letter From Our Director...................... 5

Life of a Liaison....................................... 6

Fall Career & Internship Fair.................. 8

Spotlight: Intelligence Analysis............ 9

Recruiting Snapshot..............................11

Innovative Ways to Engage JMU .........12

Employer Shoutouts.............................13

Connect with CAP...................................14

Recruit-A-DukeJ a m e s M a d i s o n U n i v e r s i t y

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JMU Welcomes You!“More than ever, a university has a critical role in preserving and enhancing the heritage of democracy. It is up to us to develop educated and enlightened citizens who will participate actively in the world, who have the knowledge and skills to meet and confront new challenges, and to work with people from different backgrounds. Certainly, higher education can be an economic engine for our communities and the world at large. In the marketplace of ideas that we represent, faculty, students, alumni and others can debate and address the big issues of our time and challenge assumptions. That is how a democracy flourishes and grows.”

-President Jonathan AlgerJames Madison University’s

6th President on “the engaged university”

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Bold New Vision at JMU“To be the national model for the engaged university:

engaged with ideas and the world.”

Mission

We are a community committed to preparing students to be educated and enlightened citizens who lead

productive and meaningful lives.

Values

Academic Quality, Community, Diversity, Excellence, Integrity and Student Focus

Who We Are

James Madison University is a community of higher learning that reaches beyond the pursuit of instruction, developing

well-rounded citizens who make a real difference in the world. We are continually building a culture marked by strong

relationships, engagement, teaching excellence, ethical reasoning, discovery and a commitment to the liberal arts and

sciences. Students often describe their experience as one where we “hold the door open” for each other. We see this as

both literal – reflecting a warm and welcoming community – and figurative, where we open opportunities for our stu-

dents by fostering the cultivation of ideas in and beyond the classroom. We offer the benefits and resources of large scale

and mass while providing close relationships between students and faculty – the benefits of big with a small feel. We will

be the national model of the engaged university because we believe engagement is a critical pathway to student enlight-

enment. As a reflection of our namesake, our most important intended outcome is to help create high-character citizen-

leaders who contribute to improving the human condition.

This new vision was part of the strategic planning work that was led by the Madison Future Commission in 2013.

It was approved in January 2014 by the university’s Board of Visitors as our guiding statement up to and through 2020.

Our central pursuit in the coming years as we seek to fulfill our mission will be to become the national model

for what it means to be engaged.

Strategic Plan 2014 - 2020

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Engaged Learning Developing deep, purposeful

and reflective learning, while uniting campus and com-

munity in the pursuit, creation, application and dissemi-

nation of knowledge.

Civic Engagement Advancing the legacy of James

Madison, the Father of the Constitution, by preparing

individuals to be active and responsible participants in a

representative democracy dedicated to the common

good.

Community Engagement Fostering mutually ben-

eficial and reciprocal partnerships, ranging from local to

global, that connect learning to practice, address critical

societal problems and improve quality of life.

And, for JMU, engagement means:

Important Dates OCR Blackout Days

(No On Campus Recruiting)

•JMU Assessment Day:

February 10, 2015

•Career Fair Day 1:

February 17th

•Spring Break:

March 6th- March 16th, 2015

•Teacher Recruitment Day:

March 26th, 2015

Spring OCR & Spring 2014 Career and Internship Fair registration opens:

November 3rd: First Day of Spring Recruiting:

February 3, 2015 Spring 2014 Career and Internship Fair:

February 17th & 18th, 2015 JMU Teacher Recruitment Day:

March 26, 2015

Last Day of Spring Recruiting:

April 17, 2015

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Dear Employers, Partners,

As the new Director of Career and Academic Planning, I want to introduce myself and

extend a warm welcome to you and your organization. My experience working in Career

and Academic Planning in various direct service and administrative roles provides for a

unique understanding of our student population, our academic programs, and ways we can

facilitate your connection with our students earlier in their college career. I am fortunate

to work with the entire staff in Career and Academic Planning, a team of dedicated

professionals striving to provide you and our students with the best services possible to help you each achieve

your goals. I look forward to working with you this year, and meeting you during any visits to our campus.

Thank you for including James Madison University in your recruiting plans. Our goal is to help your organization

connect with students who possess the knowledge, skills and academic training that best meet your hiring needs.

Our staff is ready to help you communicate opportunities, establish a presence, and determine the best way to find

the high quality talent you are seeking.

There are many exciting things happening at JMU, and you are an important part of that. Our recruiting space

in the new Student Success Center was specifically designed to better meet your needs, and we look forward to

showing it to you. This new facility offers expanded interview capacity along with a wonderful environment to

interact with CAP staff, faculty and students.

JMU’s vision is to be the national model of the engaged university. Our office is dedicated to facilitating your

connection to our campus community and foster engagement which will further our common goals. I appreciate

the opportunity to partner with you on these efforts, and look forward to working with you in the year ahead.

Sincerely,

Mary D. Morsch

Director, Career and Academic Planning

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Our DirectorA Note from

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Life of a Liason in CAP

Kristin Sowden is one of Career and Academic Planning’s

Advisors and more specifically, liaisons for The College of

Integrated Science and Technology which is in an umbrella over

Computer Science, Engineering, Geographic Science, Intel-

ligence Analysis, and ISAT majors. Learn more about Kristin’s

role and responsibilities as a CAP liaison.

A&Q Kristin Sowden

Can you describe your education and experience?

Where did you graduate? Previous jobs?

I grew up in rural New Jersey, where I attended The

College of New Jersey, right outside of Trenton, and

majored in English and Secondary Education. College

didn’t start out so smoothly for me - I transferred in

the middle of my Freshman year to TCNJ and struggled

for the next two years to feel like I belonged in

the community.

By sheer luck, I got a job as a Student Ambassador as a

Junior and it changed my life. As soon as I adopted my

first Freshman floor for Welcome Week I was hooked

on making a difference in college students’ lives. I

taught 8th grade Language Arts for a year and then

found JMU through my Master’s program, the

College Student Personnel Administration Program,

which I graduated from in 2013. I worked in CAP as a

Graduate Assistant, and I was lucky enough to find a

full-time job right after graduation!

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Please describe the Career and Academic Planning Office

and what it can do for student.

Career & Academic Planning provides opportunities

and support that engages students in the process of

exploring, evaluating, and choosing academic

programs and careers. In short, we work with all

students in the university, on all paths of their collegiate

experience. In my opinion, there are so many confusing

and overwhelming decisions to make in college – we

help empower students to make decisions that they can

be proud of, in every step of their journey at JMU.

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What type of CAP programs have you been working to implement for CISE students? How will these impact their experiences

with CAP? What was involved in the reorganizing of Recruit-a-Duke for CISE students? How is it different now? What was the

goal of reorganizing these programs?

CAP is one of the few offices in the country that is an integrated office, meaning we work both in advising and career

services, and so, for that reason and many more, CAP has a history of setting the national standard for best practices in

advising and career development. What I have tried to work towards is helping CISE students see how we (being CAP)

can suit their specific needs throughout their time at JMU.

Before this summer, Recruit-A-Duke had a “one size fits all”

framework. We posted all opportunities to all students with

the intention that students would seek the opportunities

which fit them best. What I found specifically in CISE was that

type of approach was often overwhelming for students. So

instead, I found a way this summer to make everything cus-

tomizable for our specific student population. The announce-

ments, the document library – even the e-newsletter now only

displays what opportunities there are for an ISAT student, or

GS, and so on. The feedback that I have received is that students are really responding to these changes because it

provides some direction and purpose to their job search. Simply put, the goal of reorganizing Recruit-A-Duke was to help

streamline all the behind the scenes career development efforts that we in CAP and the CISE departments are formulating

day in and day out. The new features really just make Recruit-A-Duke more accessible for students – it helps them to see

exactly what kind of opportunities are out there just for their major or industry.

What is involved with being a liaison for the College of

Integrated Science and Engineering?

As the liaison for CISE, I partner with both the faculty

in CISE and employers seeking Technology and Engi-

neering students to assist students through every step

of their career journey. From learning how to write a re-

sume, to searching for jobs or internships, to asking for

letters of recommendation, attending interviews, even

negotiating offers – I can help with all of it. Most times, I

help students find resources and build their network so

they can begin their post-graduation life in wonderful

and exciting ways.

Are there any future projects you are working on for

CISE students or faculty?

My largest project for now and for the future is to con-

tinue pursuing CISE student engagement with Career

and Academic Planning. I meet so many students who

say, “This is so amazing! I wish I knew about you be-

fore!” To that, I always say, “please go tell your classes,

your friends, your roommates about CAP!” There are so

many talented professionals in our office that can help.

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Fall 2014: The bi-annual Career and Internship Fair was held over two days, September 29th and 30th in our Festival Ballroom. The event was open to all majors.

Looking Forward to the Spring Career and Internship Fair February 17th & 18th, 2015

Registration begins November 3rd, 2014 onRecruit-A-Duke.

At A Glance:Total Employers: 140 Total Attendees: 1,338

Academic Level:Freshman- 227

Sophomore- 171Junior- 320Senior- 589

Recap & Highlights

2014 Fall Career &

Following the fair, CAP held a networking reception in the Leeolou Alumni Canter for JMU faculty, staff, and senior administration.

Internship Fair

Career and Internship Fair and Networking Reception

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Major/Program SPOTLIGHT : Intelligence Analysis

The concept for the Intelligence Analysis degree program was developed in

2002, when an interdisciplinary group of JMU faculty from the Colleges of Arts

and Letter, Business, and Integrated Science and Technology began working

with industry and government agencies to develop a program that would

“emphasize critical thinking skills, pattern matching, data fusion, technical

writing, and creating intelligence from existing data”.

The curriculum for the major emerged in 2004 from JMU’s unique interaction

with the intelligence community through applied research in infrastructure

and information assurance along with advanced research in the philosophy

of critical thinking. An information-centric model of intelligence analysis

with special emphasis on advanced critical-thinking skills and use of modern

information technology tools was developed.

The new degree program was approved by the JMU Board of Visitors in

2006 and the State Council of Higher Education in 2007, the year that official

IA courses were also first taught on campus at the Sophomore level. The

university received a special Congressional appropriation through the

Department of Defense in 2007 to create the Institute for National Security

Analysis (INSA). INSA served as the initial research arm of the IA major, and

provided further direction in both the content and pedagogy of the IA degree

program.

In 2008, IA was recognized by the Defense Intelligence Agency as a founda-

tional school for its University Based Analytic Training Program. Since then,

IA has joined the Intelligence Community’s “Centers for Academic Excellence

Program” (currently run by DIA). In 2010, IA also formed a unique relationship

with the Drug Enforcement Administration.

By 2009, there were three classes of students in the program (freshmen,

sophomores, and juniors) and the first class of students had begun to serve as

summer interns in the private and public intelligence communities. Feedback

from these industry and government agency sponsors has been uniformly

positive. In 2009, JMU was also the host of the International “Four Eyes

Analytic Training Workshop” for intelligence educators from across the US,

Canada, Australia, and the UK, solidifying JMU’s position as a significant

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From Dr. Tim Walton-

“We have a number of former intelligence analysis practitioners here in the IA program--myself being former US Navy and CIA, and Dr. Edna

Reid from the FBI. This means that the thinking and technology that we teach reflects the way actual analysts in government, the military,

business, and law enforcement deal with real problems. We also have our students practice effective ways to communicate the

results of their analysis through concise written and oral presentations, including team projects, which again reflects real-world procedures.”

academic partner to the professional IA community.

Since then, JMU has hosted this event (since renamed

“Five Eyes Analytic Training Workshop” to reflect

the addition of New Zealand two more times (Spring

of 2011 and Spring of 2013). In 2014, JMU hosted the

International “Intelligence and the Transition from War to

Peace” Conference. The first class of students graduated

in the spring of 2010. Graduates are employed across

the government, military, law enforcement and private

corporate analytical communities.

Intelligence Analysis was created for students who want

to become intelligence analysts in either the government

or private sector. The major is part of the Department of

Integrated Science and Technology, and academic unit

within the College of Integrated Science and Engineering.

The department has a distinctive commitment to

developing, teaching, and integrating a systematic

information centric approach to intelligence, the newest

and most advanced methods of analytical reasoning, and

the most critical new technologies into the intelligence

process.

Students learn innovative ways to structure their

thinking to solve complex, real world problems when

there is both time pressure and a lack of reliable

information. The program highlights the continually

evolving nature of intelligence analysis, with an

emphasis on employing new academic research into

analytic methods. Through this program students

develop a unique set of desirable skills such as how to

think and reason rigorously, how to employ relevant

technologies effectively, how to express conclusions

in compelling verbal and written products and how to

locate conclusions in the broader circumstances in which

they occur.

Students select one of two possible concentrations:

National Security Intelligence, for the student interested

in a career in the U.S. government, or Global Competitive

Intelligence, for those who desire a career in the private

sector. In addition to these concentrations, students have

the opportunity to develop a customized Subject-Matter

Specialty to equip them to address a major national

security threat, business challenge, or geographic area.

The programs mission is to equip students with proficiency

at an integrated skill set in cognitive, communicative,

computational, and contextual analytic methods, as well as

the underlying conceptual framework(s) necessary to adapt

and apply these methods to any type of problem.

The Intelligence Analysis program was developed with

feedback from experts in the field. By choosing a degree

in Intelligence Analysis, students will gain a distinctive

education drawing from some of the most advanced new

methods of analysis that are available to an undergraduate

student.

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Recruiting snapshot Our new interview center is located on the 3rd floor of the

Student Success Center. This space allows for employers to

engage with our staff and our students.

The interview center has 14 interview rooms, a teleconference

room, and employer lounge, student waiting area, and locker

room. Both students and employers were kept in mind in the

design for this new space.

Practice interviews, interviews for internships and full time

positions all take place here on campus. During our fall 2014

recruiting season, we will have hosted over 80 employers and

conducted interviews with over 1840 students.

See our Welcome Guide to help prepare you for On Campus Recruiting in the

Student Sucess Center

our new space

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Innovative Ways for

Employers to Engage at JMU

Our office works to facilitate and strengthen corporate and

foundation partnerships with James Madison University.

Working hand-in-hand with JMU’s colleges, centers and

programs, we represent the University to corporate and

foundation constituents, build mutually beneficial relation-

ships, and promote JMU’s funding priorities to our external

partners. These activities help the university strengthen its

academic programs for students, its service to the public,

and its position as one of the leading universities in the

region. We look forward to working with you.

By serving as the corporate world’s point-of-contact with

the University, the Corporate and Foundation Relations

office acts as a gateway to James Madison University for

business and industry.

While providing corporations with access to James

Madison’s people, departments, and programs, we can also

guide your company’s interest in faculty support, student aid

such as scholarships, and building naming opportunities. A

new value proposition is developed and implemented at James

Madison University and we invite you to be a part of something

that will change the landscape of higher education.

From the Offfice of Corporate and Foundation Relations

Cannie CampbellDirector, Corporate and

Foundation [email protected]

John MeckAssistant [email protected]

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EMPLOYER Shoutouts JMU Students Love Our On-Campus Recruiting Partners!

“I think Capital One is a great compa-ny to work for. I like how they are very active with on-campus events and how they keep their candidates up to date and in contact with other JMU alums

who work with Capital One.”

“Left a very good impression regarding employment at McGladrey. I would gladly work at this company based on my conversation with the

interviewer.”

“I hope to hear back soon from Grant Thornton and am really excited to see if I get the chance to work with them.”

“My first impression of Cvent sparked high interest. I am attracted to the

many fields and growth opportunities Cvent offers.”

“Ernst & Young provided me with great atmospheres during multiple occasions and the representatives are very friendly and dedicated to what they do. I would

be very pleased to work at EY.”

“I think CliftonLarsonAllen would be a great company to start my career and expand my knowledge in the IT

Audit field.”

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Connect With CAP@PostCareers: So excited to welcome our newest Leasing Consultant @hschinde-wolf to the Post family! Thanks for the alumni @jmucap #HireTheBest

@PostCareers: @jmucap We were blown away by the students at the Fall Career Fair! Looking forward to making many great hires in 2014/15 #JMU #hirethebest

@AngelaOrebaugh: Had a great time at the @JMU career fair yesterday. A solid line for over 4 hours. Great students! @BoozAllen @jrkoers

“Loved meeting so many great @JMU #students today at @JMUCap #Career Fair. Missed us? Apply to @Cvent #jobs here: http://ow.ly/Bj0hz”

@CEBCareers: Hello @jmucap! A #JMU alum is featured in our new video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDEXFCPgZVM #CEBCareers

@ICFInteractive: @JMUCompSci We’re hosting an info session 9/29 5:30 PM in Fes-tival Conf Rm 4. Learn about our web dev #career opps in #RVA & #DC. @JMUcap

“Connecting across campus-@GrantThornton saw over 200 #JMU students at their tailgate on campus last weekend! #jmucap”

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