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Crafting Careers with Meaning

The Breen Center for Career and Professional Development is one of LVC’s most powerful career readiness tools for students, wherever you are in your college journey. At the Breen Center you’ll find a dedicated team of experts who coach, counsel, and guide you to success in your chosen career.

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Real Outcomes. Real Success.

Develop Skills.

Get one-on-one attention from our career coaches who can help you practice interviewing, learn how to search for the right first career, and refine your personal brand to get noticed.

Build Partnerships.

Create connections that last a lifetime with career fairs, internships, and networking events.

Find Success.

Learn success strategies of being a young professional, plan for grad school, and take on your next career move at the Breen Center.

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Wherever You Go, We’re with You All the Way

Explore resources and see how the Breen Center is supporting career success:

Students: Internship grants, student employment opportunities, scheduling career coaching appointments in Handshake
Faculty: Class Integration Requests
Alumni: Take advantage of Breen Center services for life.
Employers: Get to know LVC students!

For Students & Faculty

For Alumni

For Employers

Our Success Stories

Soft Skills

It’s not the subject-matter skills that advance you later in your career, it’s those other softer skills. Work ethic, teamwork, communication, and being a good mentor—those skills are much more important.

Matt Vera ’90, chemist, federal government agency

Experience

The Breen Center was very helpful with my career search. They helped me set up a LinkedIn profile, which I used to get an internship this summer. Now, I have a job offer from my internship, and it all started with a drop-in visit to the Breen Center.

Andy Loy ’23

Outcomes

Students should take advantage of the Career Peers service and other networking opportunities the Breen Center hosts. Their Accounting Night led to my summer internship.

Leah Wingert ’21

Matt Vera ’90, chemist, federal government agency

Andy Loy ’23

Students should take advantage of the Career Peers service and other networking opportunities the Breen Center hosts. Their Accounting Night led to my summer internship.

Leah Wingert ’21

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Connected to Business & Industry

The Breen Center’s vision is to be the next generation higher education career and professional development model that yields highly sought-after graduates.

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Shannon Peachey, Josh Herring, Daniel Braun, and Rayanne Hawk

Student Employment

What types of jobs are available on campus?

Student employees assist faculty, staff, and administrators in a variety of ways. Many offices utilize student employees for clerical support and tasks such as filing, copying, answering phones, and distributing mail. Students may work as LVC representatives in positions such as Valley Ambassadors (tour guides). The athletic department hires students as lifeguards, team managers, and event staff. Jobs are available in everything from food service to community service and a complete list of jobs is available in Handshake.

How does it work?

Students work, on average, 8-10 hours per week. Academics are the priority, therefore students’ schedules are made according to their class schedule. The wages for student employment positions range from $8–$11 per hour depending on the type of job and the level of responsibility.

Employment Info for Current Students

Happening at the Breen Center

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Staff Spotlight

Walter “Wally” Choplick ’12

Associate Director, Breen Center for Career and Professional Development

choplick@lvc.edu

717-867-6204

Tomomi “T” Horning

Vice President of College Partnerships and Strategic Initiatives

horning@lvc.edu

717-867-6237

Ellen Raum

Career Coach

raum@lvc.edu

717-867-6386

Natalia Smith ’21

Assistant Director of the Breen Center

nsmith@lvc.edu

717-867-6560

Corporate Sponsors

We’re grateful to our corporate partners who support Breen Center events, including Pizza with Professionals, Etiquette Dinner, LVC Success Expo: Jobs & Internship Fair, and more.

What Can I Do With This Major?

The What Can I Do With This Major? tool features 100 major profiles with information on common career paths, types of employers that hire in the field, and strategies to maximize opportunities. Browse by major category or view a list of all majors.

Check out the What Can I Do With This Major? Tool

Additional Resources

LVC Ecosystem of Support