Career Champions provides the opportunity for university faculty, staff and academic advisers to better understand the career development resources and support available on-campus and through SECD.
To join the Career Champions community, register for an upcoming half-day in-person session or three individual virtual sessions.
For more information, contact Kylee Vanek, Associate Director, Career Education.
“Thank you for the training! I now have a bigger toolbox to help encourage and guide students with career conversations. I feel supported knowing I can reach out anytime to SECD for help.”
Upcoming Training Sessions
Half-day Intensive | In-Person
Includes all three capacity-building sessions. In-person at Bartlett Academic Success Center (BASC), Room 316. Register for only one.
December 18, 2025
9am-12:30pm
In-Person Half-Day Intensive
February 2026
In-Person Half-Day Intensive
Individual Workshops – Virtual
Register below for individual sessions in the series. All individual workshops are held via Zoom.
Part 1: Career Readiness Foundations
Friday, October 10, 2025 from 11:00am-12:00pm
Part 2: Best Practices in Career Coaching
Friday, October 17, 2023 from 11:00am-12:00pm
Part 3: Creating Career Development Experiences
Friday, October 24, 2025 from 11:00am-12:30pm
Training Sessions Overview
Part 1: Career Readiness Foundations
This one-hour training serves as an essential introduction to the career development frameworks and resources that Student Engagement & Career Development utilizes to support students.
Part 2: Best Practices in Career Coaching
This one-hour training discusses best practices in career coaching including appreciative inquiry, goal-setting activities, and career tools and resources to help students reach their goals.
Part 3: Creating Career Development Experience
This 90-minute workshop helps participants create plans to incorporate career development and experiential learning into existing programs, services, and curriculum, including identifying collaboration opportunities on-campus.
Faculty and staff who complete the the in-person intensive or the 3-part series receive:
- Certificate of Completion
- Career Champion designation
- Window placard for identification as a career-supporting resource on campus
Career conversations happen everywhere! Faculty, staff and academic advisers are invited to join a campus-wide network of people helping students achieve career success. The Career Champions program strives to:
- Maximize access to career development support for all students to enhance career outcomes and success.
- Enable and empower all faculty & staff to provide career development programming and services to students.
- Integrate resources and programs into classroom and academic experiences for students.
- Identify potential areas for collaboration, partnership, and integration within other campus units.
For more information, contact Kylee Vanek, Associate Director, Career Education.
Customized Career Champion Sessions
If you would like the opportunity to host a custom Career Champions session for your team, unit or department please contact Kylee Vanek at kvanek@arizona.edu. Kylee can meet with you to discuss what topics might be most vital for your team when it comes to being Career Champions for the students you engage with!
Video: Benefits of the Career Champions program
When we build career development capacity across our campus, we increase the likelihood that all students will find the career support and resources they need throughout their time at the University of Arizona.
