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Center for Career & Professional Development

The Center for Career & Professional Development (CCPD) helps students and alumni plan, prepare, and promote their careers.

A robust and talented staff of eight work to prepare students for lifelong achievement, including:

  • Guiding students through exploring and choosing careers.
  • Engaging faculty to help students connect the dots between their academic and career development.
  • Connecting students with alumni to help explore career and professional opportunities.
  • Providing students and alumni with the tools and skills needed to achieve success.
  • Offering experiential learning through internships and research to complement classroom understanding.

With a Centre degree, support from the Center for Career & Professional Development, and a relentless alumni network working for you, there is no limit to where you can go from here.


Visit the CCPD virtual career center  

Office hours

8:30am - 4:30pm

Center for Career and Professional Development Staff

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Joy Anderson Asher

  • Associate Dean for Career Readiness and Executive Director, Center for Career & Professional Development
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Sherri Gowins

  • Office Coordinator, Center for Career & Professional Development
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Kirk Knott

  • Associate Director, Center for Career & Professional Development
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Nathan Meissner

  • Assistant Director of the Center for Career & Professional Development