{"id":361,"date":"2020-11-30T18:24:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T18:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/gci\/2020\/11\/30\/gci-debuts-virtual-meet-ups-with-industry-partners\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T06:02:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T06:02:37","slug":"gci-debuts-virtual-meet-ups-with-industry-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/gci\/2020\/11\/30\/gci-debuts-virtual-meet-ups-with-industry-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"GCI Debuts Virtual Meet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Earlier this month, the first-year Grand Challenges Initiative (GCI) students attended virtual networking events with industry professionals to hear about life beyond college and ask career questions. The professionals who participated were from a variety of fields, including environmental conservation, healthcare, and data analysis. First-year students, student facilitators from the Schmid Student Leadership Council, and the professionals spoke in small groups of 5-6 for an hour over Zoom about everything from recommended classes to questions of work-life balance.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_363\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363\" style=\"width: 357px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/gci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/11\/IMG_9540.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-363\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/gci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/11\/IMG_9540.jpg\" alt=\"Schmid Student Leadership Council\" width=\"357\" height=\"238\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students from the Schmid Student Leadership Council helped facilitate the conversations between professionals and first-year students.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These networking events are a staple of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/about\/our-home\/keck-center\/gci\/index.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GCI program<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. In the classroom, it\u2019s important for students to have the freedom to identify the most innovative solutions to society\u2019s biggest challenges. Outside the classroom, these events give students the opportunity to practice skills that will ultimately help them find internships and jobs to build on their classroom experience. In the past, students who have attended networking events have found internships and made critical career connections. Dr. Kelsey Gray, Assistant Director of the GCI program, said, \u201cThis is such a great opportunity for students to connect with a STEM professional and explore potential career paths.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_362\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-362\" style=\"width: 285px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/gci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/11\/Jesse-Rush.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-362\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-362\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/gci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/11\/Jesse-Rush.png\" alt=\"Jesse Rush\" width=\"285\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/gci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/11\/Jesse-Rush.png 800w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/gci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/11\/Jesse-Rush-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/gci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/11\/Jesse-Rush-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/gci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/11\/Jesse-Rush-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jesse Rush is one of more than 30 professionals who joined small groups for the GCI&#8217;s fall networking event. Rush is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado and talked with our students about the Ph.D. pathway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although this year\u2019s event looked different than in the past, students still had the opportunity to practice the same types of skills they would have used at an in-person event. More than 30 professionals volunteered to talk with students. Dr. Gray was impressed by the turnout. &#8220;It was fantastic to see our Chapman community rally from all over the country to help our students begin their career exploration.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Both first-year and older students had high praise for the event. Ryan King, a first-year data analytics student, said \u201cthe GCI Meet-Ups were great. I learned a lot that will be beneficial to me over the next few years. 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The small group environment really prompted each individual to speak up in a range of questions pertaining to the professional\u2019s career experiences, which is often difficult to accomplish in larger group dynamics.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Special thank you to alumni and professionals who took the time to meet with our students! <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ups with Industry Partners<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1225,"featured_media":365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"custom_author_name":"Monroe Roush","chapman_pin_hero_slider":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[12,16,17,18],"class_list":["post-361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grand-challenges-initiative","tag-events","tag-grand-challenges-initiative","tag-industry-professionals","tag-networking-event"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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