Eagles in Transition/Life Beyond Sport Announces Career Speaker Series
11/6/2020 3:22:00 PM | APEX
Student-athletes will hear from professionals about obtaining a career in various fields.
STATESBORO – The Georgia Southern Eagles in Transition/Life Beyond Sport program will host a Career Speaker Series on Zoom for each athletic program this fall and spring.
Through a partnership with the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, student-athletes from each athletics program will choose a topic and date for their speaker, and the Eagles in Transition program will coordinate a 45-minute meeting via Zoom with a professional in the chosen career through its Eagle Outreach Program. Speakers will talk about the process to obtain a career in their field and the necessary skill set required to excel.
The first Career Speaker will be November 10 at 7 PM featuring:
Vivian Summers
Vice President of Summertime Enterprises, Inc.,
Logistics and real estate investment company, Statesboro, GA.
Examples of careers presented but not limited to are Banking/Finance, Real Estate, Marketing/Sales, Criminal Justice, Entrepreneurship, Business/Corporate America, Accounting and Construction.
"We are very excited to host a Career Speaker Series for our student-athletes," said Senior Associate Athletics Director for Student-Athlete Development Gleen Hart. "These presentations will allow our student-athletes to hear from experienced professionals in their chosen fields and gain valuable knowledge into the requirements for success in that career path. Student-athletes will have the opportunity to attend as many speaker events as they desire, network with each speaker and participate in a brief Q and A session following each event."
The Career Speaker series is another component of the EIT programming curriculum designed to help prepare our student athletes for the ultimate challenge after the playing careers- LIFE.
Through a partnership with the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, student-athletes from each athletics program will choose a topic and date for their speaker, and the Eagles in Transition program will coordinate a 45-minute meeting via Zoom with a professional in the chosen career through its Eagle Outreach Program. Speakers will talk about the process to obtain a career in their field and the necessary skill set required to excel.
The first Career Speaker will be November 10 at 7 PM featuring:
Vivian Summers
Vice President of Summertime Enterprises, Inc.,
Logistics and real estate investment company, Statesboro, GA.
Examples of careers presented but not limited to are Banking/Finance, Real Estate, Marketing/Sales, Criminal Justice, Entrepreneurship, Business/Corporate America, Accounting and Construction.
"We are very excited to host a Career Speaker Series for our student-athletes," said Senior Associate Athletics Director for Student-Athlete Development Gleen Hart. "These presentations will allow our student-athletes to hear from experienced professionals in their chosen fields and gain valuable knowledge into the requirements for success in that career path. Student-athletes will have the opportunity to attend as many speaker events as they desire, network with each speaker and participate in a brief Q and A session following each event."
The Career Speaker series is another component of the EIT programming curriculum designed to help prepare our student athletes for the ultimate challenge after the playing careers- LIFE.
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