Center for Career Education (CCE)
The Center for Career Education empowers students to imagine, design and pursue an Epic Journey that leads to a purposeful life and meaningful career.
We provide a four-year framework that includes a first-year seminar, the Epic Advantage, community engagement opportunities, the Epic Senior Launch, and much more to encourage vocational discernment. Mentors, advisors, and coaches help students navigate all of the resources and opportunities Earlham has to offer, while also helping them prepare for life after graduation.
Career coaches
Career coaches are pivotal to Earlham student success. Each career coach leads a community based on academic and vocational interests of our students. The four career communities include:
- Entrepreneurship, Innovation, & Creativity
- Health & Medicine
- Science & the Environment
- Social Justice, Education, & Public Affairs
Career coaches are there for students throughout their four years:
- 1:1 Appointments
- Group Sessions
- Resume Workshops
- Epic Advantage Planning and Preparation
- Internship and Career Planning
- Networking with Community Partners
- Connecting with Alumni
The Office of Community Engagement is housed within the CCE. This office provides incredible opportunities for students to work with campus partners in the city of Richmond, and beyond.
Career and personal development
four-year framework
Earlham Seminar
Design thinking modules
- What is College for?
- CollegeView & PathwayU
- My Three Earlhams
- Design Interviewing
Epic 171
- Plan, prepare and pursue their fully-funded career-discerning experience
- Workview/Lifeview
- Epic Advantage planning
- Networking
Epic 481
Post-experience career and personal reflection
Pre- and Post- off-campus study courses
- Create goals for personal growth, academic growth and intercultural competence growth
- Reflect on experience in light of goals
Senior Launch
3-day intensive for rising Seniors
- Develop effective job and graduate school search strategies and application materials
- Learn from the expertise of industry professionals
- Design their transition to life after Earlham
Years 1 through 4
Let Your Life Speak Luncheons
- Speaker tells their life story through a lens of vocational discernment
- “What am I meant to do?” and “Whom am I meant to be?”
Current students
Get involved with the Center for Career Education.
Student spotlights
Ahmed Deeb `23
Biochemistry (pre-med)
| Hometown | Gaza, Palestine |
| Favorite class | Anatomy and Physiology – City of Art (London) |
| Internship / Epic Advantage | Worked with Dr. Brian Dixon – Indiana University – book chapter- Deeb, A et al. (2022). Bringing HIE to the Middle East and North Africa: The Case of Malaffi in Abu Dhabi. In Dixon, B. (2022, 2nd Edition) Health Information Exchange: Navigating and Managing a Network of Health Information Systems. |
| Research | On-campus summer collaborative work – Dr. Patrick Barber Chemistry |
| Off-campus study | London program |
| Leadership experience | Convener of SAB, Resident Assistant, Board Liaison, Student Government, Convener of SPJP |
| Student employment | Peer Tutoring, Peer Career Coach (CGH), Student Life-events, and many more |
| Campus / Community engagement | Health Externships – Richmond State Hospital. Wayne County Health, Reid Hospital Epic Grand Challenge – EMT Community Medicine program |
Ashley Church `23
Global Management
| Hometown | Hancock, Maine |
| Favorite class | Business Communication and Social Psychology |
| Internship / Epic Advantage | Dewey Community Internship, which continued into a part time job and a job offer post-graduation |
| Research | Wrote a book chapter in Digital Business Ecosystems and Management that will be published soon. |
| Off-campus study | London program |
| Leadership experience | Dance Alloy – co-convener |
| Student employment | Overnight host for Admissions |
| Campus / Community engagement | Very involved in Dance Alloy. |
Nathaly Montoya Jarquin `24
Global Management
| Hometown | Ticuantepe, Nicaragua |
| Favorite class | Transportation Logistics |
| Internship / Epic Advantage | EA – Digital Marketing Certificate (Northwestern), Internship with Sallie Mae |
| Research | Supply Chain/Marketing – summer collaborative on-campus |
| Leadership experience | Grant coordinator, stage manager for play |
| Student employment | CSJ-marketing, Marketing & Communications, Wellness Center – front desk, grant coordinator |
| Campus / Community engagement | Ethical Debate Club, Pura Vita,. International student org, Model UN |
Esther Hale `23
Art; Philosophy
| Hometown | Lafayette, Indiana |
| Favorite class | Jazz Tehory, Senior Seminar in Philosophy |
| Internship / Epic Advantage | EA – Digital Design Classes (summer after Spain program) Applying for internship this summer at Space Telescope Scientist Institute |
| Research | Independent study in Fashion Design |
| Off-campus study | Spain program |
| Leadership experience | Station Manager for WECI |
| Student employment | WECI |
| Campus / Community engagement | Art from CEIC funded project in Richmond Museum, Senior Exhibit in old Observatory |