Center Names
- Placement Center
- Career Planning & Placement Center
- Center for Career Services
- Career Center
- Career & Internship Center
- Alaska Airlines Career & Internship Center (2015-present)
Locations
- Loew Hall 301
- Mary Gates Hall 134 (2000-present)
Directors
- J.W. Souther, 1962-1974
- Ivan Settles, 1975-1986
- Robert Thirsk, 1987-1993
- Jean Hernandez, 1993-1998
- Anne Scholl-Fiedler, 1998-2001
- Susan Terry, 2001-2019
- Briana Randall, 2019-present
Sponsorship
- Alaska Airlines, 2015-present
Career Development Landscape at UW
- Though the history isn’t entirely clear, in the 60s and 70s, there seemed to be 2-3 career centers focusing on specific populations such as engineering, education, and graduate business students.
- By the mid-1980s, the centralized center served all students except graduate business students. At some point, that center also started seeing undergraduate business students but that did not last.
- By 2000, the centralized center served all undergrads. There were other centers designated to law students, MBA students, and MPA students. There were also a few departments that had a staff person who did some career development tasks as part of their role.
- In 2012, the Foster School of Business opened a center for undergraduate business students.
- In 2015, the Career Center @ Engineering was launched as a joint effort between the centralized career center and the advancement arm of the College of Engineering.
- By 2022, there were specialized career roles in several colleges and departments.
College Career Center History
- A brief history of the field can be found here.