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2017 Pittsburgh College Diversity Summit

2017 Pittsburgh College Diversity Summit

Friday, December 1, 2017
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Duquesne University
Charles J. Dougherty Ballroom – Section B
1015 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Theme
The Yellow Brick Road to Success

#FutureIsNow

Moving Beyond Diversity to Inclusion.The College Diversity Summit is a conduit which creates connectors within the high-potential talent pipeline. This unique initiative completes the search by accomplishing three objectives; the Summit empowers college students and recent graduates with a real world knowledge transfer of tools and resources not experienced in their traditional educational curriculum. Intimate learning sessions will be facilitated by industry experts and renowned change agents with proven results on best and next practices. Secondly, it provides educational institutions focused on career placement, a forum to accelerate employment opportunities with top corporations for its student body. Finally, talent acquisition professionals’ will fast track to access the most sought after high- potential and diverse candidates spanning across all educational disciplines. Join the Pennsylvania Diversity Council for a day of discovery and find exactly what you are looking for!

Time	Activity	Speaker
9:00 am – 9:20am	Registration, Continental Breakfast & Career Fair Networking
9:20 am – 9:25am	PennsylvaniaDiversity Council Welcome	Haeshah Cooper, Director of Communications, Manchester Academic Charter School
9:25 am – 9:35am	Keynote Address	Amy I. Pandit, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
9:35 am – 10:05am	Three Tips to Getting Hired!	Nicole Zellie Lann, Director of Talent Acquisition, Giant Eagle Kelley Benson, Director ofHuman Resources & Inclusion, Innovation Works You constantly receive tons of information on how to make yourself an ideal candidate such as;get a great GPA, get internship experience, join the SGA…and that’s all good and well, but youwant more. Why did the guy with the B-GPA, who went to association meetings only when theyhad free food land the job that you were a shoo-in for? Whatmade the girl with similar skill sets,experience, and education a more ideal candidate? Join in and listen to three HR professionalsgive you their top three tips to highlighting your diversity and landing the job.
10:05am – 10:15am	Question & Answer Session I
	10:15am – 10:25am	American Eagle Outfitters Presentation
10:25am –10:50am	Career Fair Networking Break
10:50 am – 11:35 am	You’ve Landed the Job, Now What? The Ins & Outs of Transitioning into the Workforce	Brittney Krieger,HRIS Analyst,Bayer Krista Lardieri, Diversity & Inclusion Specialist,Highmark Health David Brzozowski, Senior ManagerofTraining,GNC “Should I do that?” “He told me what to do, but that doesn’t exactly sound right.” “How manyquestions can I ask before I seem clueless?” “Do I need a mentor?” The transition from being astudent to a young professional can be challenging. You have to adjust to a new schedule, followa dress code, find a work-life balance and more. In addition to these enormous changes, you’resuddenly spending at least eight hours a day in a new environment with no experience on officepolitics, the team dynamic, workplace etiquette, or anything else. Listen in on a panel of professionals as they share their experiences, and leave you with a guideline of keys to entry-level success.
11:35 am – 11:45 am	Question & Answer Session II
11:45 am –11:55 am	Giant EaglePresentation
11:55 am -12:00 pm	National Diversity Council Closing Remarks	Lanre Ogunbufunmi, Senior Program Coordinator, National Diversity Council

Speakers

Senior Manager of Training

GNC

Kelley
Benson

Director, Human Resources & Inclusion

Innovation Works

Krista
Lardieri

Diversity & Inclusion Specialist

Highmark Health

Nicole
Zellie Lann

Director of Talent Acquisition

Giant Eagle

Keynote Speaker

Amy
I. Pandit

Partner

Morgan Lewis

Moderator

Lauren
R.Uranker

Vice President, Enterprise Relationship Management

Ayco

Participating Schools

University of Pittsburgh College of Business Administration

Our Sponsors

Don’t miss your chance to attend, register today!
Register — $100

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Platinum — Donor Level $1,500

Logo on website, all promotional communications, and conference materials
Include a prize in event raffle (optional)
Recruitment table at event
Receive all participating student metrics prior to the event
Receive student resumes prior to the event
Opportunity to notify specific students of intent to meet with them during event
$1,000 scholarship included in this sponsorship option (To be announced at event by attending rep)
10-minute slot to present on organization’s recruitment climate and opportunities

*Scholarship must be paid directly from sponsoring organization to student. Upon registering online, we will reach out to contact to provide additional details.

Gold — Donor Level $1,250

Logo on website, all promotional communications, and conference materials
Include a prize in event raffle (optional)
Recruitment table at event
Receive all participating student metrics prior to the event
Receive student resumes prior to the event
Opportunity to notify specific students of intent to meet with them during event
$1,000 scholarship included in this sponsorship option (To be announced at event by attending rep)

*Scholarship must be paid directly from sponsoring organization to student. Upon registering online, we will reach out to contact to provide additional details.

Silver — Donor Level $500

Logo on website, all promotional communications, and conference materials
Include a prize in event raffle (optional)
Recruitment table at event
Receive all participating student metrics prior to the event
Receive student resumes prior to the event
Opportunity to notify specific students of intent to meet with them during event

Bronze — Donor Level $250

Logo on website, all promotional communications, and conference materials
Include a prize in event raffle (optional)
Recruitment table at event

Individual Registration — $100

Registration for one individual.

All students attend free. Please contact event coordinator for student registration.

For questions or comments please contact Lanre Ogunbufumi at [email protected].

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