Posts about higher education and student affairs.
It is hard to believe that it has been ten years since I completed my graduate studies at Kent State. It feels like it can’t possibly have been that long, but at the same time in reviewing my old portfolio, I know that I have grown a great deal as a higher education professional since…
In higher education there are few things as invigorating as the start of a new academic year. Going into my second year at Bradley University, I have several new goals for the new year: Create a training video for the new version of Bradley netWORK (our job board) Streamline assignments for the course I teach,…
Apparent scams and fraudulent job postings have been on the rise lately in online job boards. After two positions that we approved in Ashland University’s on campus job board ended up being apparently fraudulent or inauthentic, I sat down and took a look at what information had been provided to us, and there were a lot of inconsistencies in the postings that should have been red flags that the postings were not genuine. This post is intended for administrators of job boards as they review unsolicited postings to assist them in identifying what jobs may be worth double-checking.
Final checklist of tips for students who plan to attend NOTED
I posted a list of recommendations for Ashland University students who planned to attend the NOTED Job Fair to the Career Services blog! Check it out!
The NOTED (Northeast Ohio Teacher Education Day) job fair is almost here – education majors, are you ready?
I wrote up some suggestions for students attending the upcoming NOTED Education Job Fair. Check them out on the CSC blog!
Learn how to develop a self-introduction that effectively summarizes you to present to recruiters at the Career Fair!
Do you know what you will say when you step up to a company’s table at our upcoming Career Fair? I wrote up some recommendations to get you started on the CSC blog!
Achieve your potential by being prepared!
Presented at the 2011 OCPA Careers in Student Affairs Conference
by Dave Kokandy
Career Specialist, Ashland University
Download the slides from the presentation here!
Download the handout from the presentation here!
Interview Rules
1. Be honest.
2. Be prepared!
3. Be your professional self.
I wrote a brief summary of our Graduate School Preparation Workshop and some advice for students preparing for our Grad School Fair on the Career Services Center blog.
Budget: …What’s That?
Presented at the 2011 OAC Greek Leadership Conference, hosted by Otterbein & Capital Universities
by Andi Kelley, Graduate Assistant, Office of Student Involvement & Leadership, University of Mount Union
and Dave Kokandy, Graduate Assistant for Career Development, University of Mount Union
View our presentation!
Budget? …What’s That? [PDF]
Download our Handouts!
Outline [PDF]
Budget Planning Worksheet with Itemized Breakdown [.DOCX]
Budget Planning Worksheet with Budgeted/Actual/Difference [.DOCX]
What is a budget?
Electronic GPA Calculator: Fast and Accurate GPAs
Presented at the 2010 NAFSA Region VI Conference
by Kristen (Leciejewski) Summers, International Admissions Counselor, Kent State University
and Dave Kokandy, Graduate Intern, Kent State University
moderated by David DiMaria, Director, International Student Recruitment, Admissions and Advising, Kent State University
View our presentation:
Electronic GPA Calculator on Prezi
Download the GPA Calculator:
The calculator is available below in Excel 2007 format or in template format. I strongly recommend using the Template format. Saving it as a template ensures that you will never accidentally save a completed form over the blank spreadsheet. Saving the template in the template folder (on Vista, usually C:Users<your name>AppDataRoamingMicrosoftTemplates) will allow you the choice to create a new document based on the template any time you start a new document.
