Quintessential Careers teams with Stetson University, offering
alumni panel on real world, job hunting -- as well as networking event
Successful recent Stetson University business alumni shared their real world
expertise with students during the fourth annual "Real World Panel" discussion
sponsored by Quintessential Careers and Stetson University's School of Business
Administration, held Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002, in the Lynn Business Center's
Rinker Auditorium. This year's panel was dedicated to the memory of 1999 Stetson
business graduate David Bigman of DeLand, who died in June of 2001.
Seven Stetson graduates of the past five years discussed job hunting and life after
graduation, with other alumni joining the discussion from the audience. A planned
networking reception, included more business alumni. More than 100 people attended
the panel and networking event, making it a great success.
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Real World 2002 participants
include (l-r): Anna McFarland, Dan Davis, Shannon Patterson, Eric Kissel, Stephanie Milner,
Garrett Epps, Dawn Legnini Ivey, SOBA Dean Paul Dascher, and Stephen Vail. Missing from the
picture: Iris Owens.
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Panel members included Dawn Legnini Ivey, 1999 management graduate, computer
specialist for Washington Mutual Finance/Washington Mutual Bank; Shannon Patterson,
1998 marketing graduate, media coordinator for John Scott Advertising; Eric Kissel, 1998
finance graduate, senior consultant for Accenture; and Stephanie Milner, 2000 general
business graduate, pharmaceutical sales representative for Pedinol Pharmacal.
Also on the panel are Iris Owens, 2000 finance graduate, associate director of development
at Stetson University; Garrett Epps, 2001 marketing graduate, business analyst for Hewitt;
and Stephen Vail, 1999 management graduate, customer services associate for Hewitt.
One other alum contributed from the audience, helping the panel to answer questions:
Dan Davis, 1998 finance graduate, financial advisor at Raymond James. And Anna McFarland,
1999 graduate, Associate Director of Alumni Relations at Stetson Unviersity, joined the other alumni
for the networking event.
Stetson Marketing Professor Randall Hansen and his wife, Katharine, who has also taught at
Stetson, founded Quintessential Careers six
years ago, and have marked its
anniversary with several special events, beginning with the gift of their popular 1997 book,
Write Your Way to a Higher GPA, to all of Stetson's first-year business students.
(Read more about this event.)
They also gave a purchase award during Stetson's recent Juried Student Art Exhibition to Shaun
Preston for his painting, Treating My Obsession, which will be displayed in the Lynn Business Center.
(Read more.)
The Real World Panel was the last event of the anniversary celebration.
A comprehensive career-development site, Quintessential Careers gives information about
writing resumes and cover letters, on-line job hunting, mastering job interviews and negotiating
salaries. (Read more about the site.)
Quintessential Careers also publishes the QuintZine
newsletter, a bi-weekly career e-zine.
Dr. Hansen serves as Webmaster and Katharine Hansen as creative director.
See more pictures of the 2002 Real World Panel and Networking Event by going to the
picture gallery.
The Real World Panel and Networking Event is an annual event held in the fall
at Stetson University, DeLand, FL, that unites recent college graduates
with college juniors and seniors, where the grads share experiences and lessons they wish they had
learned prior to graduating. The panel and networking event are sponsored by Quintessential Careers
and Stetson University's School of Business Administration.
Find out more about this event!
