The Greene Center plans and organizes numerous signature events throughout the academic year. These events are designed to connect students with both exploratory and experiential opportunities to support them in their career journey.
Spring 2025 Signature Events
Career Exploration Summit
Provides first- and second-year students an opportunity to connect with, learn from, and be inspired by young alumni as they discuss how their time at Rochester shaped their early professional career choices. Students will also explore how to jump start their personalized experiential learning journey.
Saturday, January 25th
9:30 am – 3:00 pm
River Campus
Social Good Panel
Curious about how you can make a difference through your career? Join us for an inspiring evening with alumni working in public service and the nonprofit world. A panel of Rochester alumni will share insights into their journeys, how you can get involved in meaningful work, and why giving back to your community is so important.
Tuesday, February 4th
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Feldman Ballroom, Douglass Commons
Spring 2025 Career Week
Explore all the events the Greene Center will be hosting during the 2025 Spring Career Week:
- Navigating Spring Career Week Prep Sessions
- Professional Success Night
- Spring Career Expo
February 10th – February 14th
Professional Success Night
Dinner, stories, and new alumni connections! Join the Greene Center for a lively evening with Dr. Jonathan Shipley to learn more about developing your professional communication and networking skills. This program is an opportunity to talk with other students and local alumni who are joining us to share their stories from the workplace – successes, missteps, and how they responded to them.
Tuesday, February 11th
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
May Room, Wilson Commons
UR Creative Expo
This dynamic, university-wide event fosters interdisciplinary collaboration by leveraging the University’s vibrant network of student organizations, academic departments, and alumni, the event aims to cultivate an ecosystem where creativity and innovation flourishes and has the potential to lead to career outcomes.
Thursday, February 20th
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Feldman Ballroom, Douglass Commons
Peer 2 Peer Hajim Exploration Fair
Connect with accomplished young alumni and peers who will share invaluable insights regarding internships, industry, and the job search. Gain communication skills and a deeper understanding of diverse roles across industries, shaping your unique career path.
Friday, February 21st
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
May Room, Wilson Commons
Health Professions Saturday
Join us to learn more about healthcare and health professions through hands-on experiences, student organizations, alumni, and more! Panels will be available throughout the afternoon to provide you with options to build skills, learn more, and connect with alumni with hands-on training, panels and information sessions!
Saturday, February 22nd
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Feldman Ballroom, Douglass Commons
Gwennies
The Gwennies are an annual celebration each year in April of the partners who make our work possible. Named after our benefactress Gwen M. Greene, they celebrate the contributions of students, student organizations, faculty, staff, alumni and technology partners to our work in career education and student support. Each category highlights multiple nominees, all of whom are celebrated.
Thursday, April 3rd
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Hawkins-Carlson Room, Rush Rhees Library
Celebrate Your Peers
Come celebrate your peers and hear from seasoned professionals on how to build your network! Toast current juniors and seniors as we learn about where they are interning and landed offers and how you can do the same! Trustee Gwen M. Greene ’65, former Vice President, JP Morgan Securities will start the night off strong as our opening guest.
Thursday, April 3rd
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Feldman Ballroom, Frederick Douglass
Fall 2024 Signature Events
Rock Your Next Conference
Want to connect with an alumni in your industry of interest or prepare for your next big event? Join us for our mock-mini conference; Rock Your Next Conference! This mock-conference style event will help you develop relevant skills that are seen at conferences, including different ways to tell your story, at one of two workshops. After these workshop sessions, you’ll have the chance to put these skills into practice at a networking session with alumni, faculty, and staff.
Thursday, September 12th
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Feldman Ballroom, Douglass Commons
Demystifying Technical Interviewing:
A Day to Practice and Learn
Elevate your interview skills in a one-on-one practice session with alumni professionals in data science, computer science, business, finance, healthcare, and beyond! Explore practical strategies, receive real-time feedback, gain confidence, and stand out in competitive technical interviews.
Saturday, September 14th
10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Via Zoom
Business & Banking Bootcamp
Have you ever thought about working on “The Street”? Have you ever wondered what careers in business and banking might look like? Have you ever thought about a career in business, banking or finance, and want to know more? Then this exploratory Bootcamp is the right event for you! Join us for an opportunity to interact with and hear from alumni across many business and banking roles. Learn some useful tips related to working in business and banking, and applicable skills that can be applied to many relevant fields.
Saturday, September 21st
10:00 am – 1:30 pm
Gowen Room, Wilson Commons
Fall 2024 Career Week
Explore all the events the Greene Center will be hosting during the 2024 Fall Career Week:
- Navigating Fall Career Week
- Employer/Student Networking Event
- Fall Career Expo
- Legal Pathways: UR Alumni Networking Event
- Law and Grad School Fair
September 25th – October 3rd
Legal Pathways:
Alumni Networking Event
Hear from a panel of alumni who work in the law field and identify how you can leverage your time here at UR to help prepare you for a profession in the legal field. There will be light refreshments and a networking component to the event.
Wednesday, October 2nd
3:00 – 4:00 pm
Gowen Room, Wilson Commons
Connect with a
Healthcare Professional
Join us for some speed networking to explore healthcare careers with professionals from various fields, including: nursing, PA, NP, public health, dentistry, the business of healthcare, medicine, psychology or social work, physical therapy, optometry, dermatology, and more! This is a great opportunity to learn more about the many options in healthcare and to gain some experience networking too!
Tuesday, October 29th
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Feldman Ballroom, Douglass Commons
Careers in Design Creative Panel
Connect with alumni who have a variety of design and creative-related backgrounds. In this event, students will have the chance to network with professionals in the creative fields and build confidence in their own experiences preparing them for meaningful careers.
Tuesday, November 12th
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Dewey Hall, Room 2-162
