Presentations Featuring Alumni
Life After Cornell: The Minority Career Perspective
A Look into the Future! Interested in what life after Cornell will be like?
Want to meet and get advice from alumni in your career field? Come hear what these young alumni have to say about the challenges they faced at Cornell and how they prepared them for life and success in the "Real World."
Life After Cornell: The Minority Career Perspective*
Date: Saturday, November 7, 2009
Time: Panel Discussion: 2:30 to 3:45 p.m. ; Networking Reception: 3:45 to 4:30 p.m.
Location: HEC Auditorium, Goldwin Smith
*Panelists include*:
Omar Almanzar '04, Human Ecology, Law
Khary Barnes '02, ILR, Banking & Finance
Sylvia Duran '06, CALS, Non-profit, Law school
Rossana Lau '02, Human Ecology, Medicine
Karleen Leveille '04, ILR, Broadcasting & Film
Alicia Purcell '07, AAP, Urban Planning, Entrepreneurship, Hospitality & Management
Nathan Shinagawa '05, MHA 09, Health Care Administration, County Government
Co-Sponsored by the Cornell Alumni-Student Mentoring Program, Cornell Career Services, the State Programs Office, and the Office of Alumni Affairs.
Film/Design Careers: Production Design in the Entertainment Industry - Emmy Nominated Hollywood Art Director, Production Designer, and Imagineer: Arte Contreras. November 3, 4:45 pm, 261B Fine Arts Library, E. Sibley Hall
Arte Contreras has successfully worked in the entertainment design industry for over 20 years in television, film, theater, themed entertainment and theme park design. He was nominated for an Emmy Award with "Disney's Greatest Hits on Ice" and has helped design several theme parks for Paramount Studios and Warner Brothers in Asia and Dubai, production designing for "Creation" for the Crystal Cathedral, and art directing two awards shows. He is currently the production designer for the "50th Annual Los Angeles County Holiday Celebration." He also teaches future generations of designers at Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts in Southern California. Mr. Contreras will talk about what is production design, his experience in the field, and introduce the Chapman University's graduate program.
AAP 2009 Planning Alumni Career Forum - Friday, November 6th
Panel: 12:20 – 2 pm, Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith
Reception 2-3:30 pm, Hartell Gallery
Alumni Career Conversation - Thursday, November 12th, 115 W. Sibley
Avery Ouellette MRP '06, with USAID
