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Webinar | Serving and Supporting Alumni of Color through Career Theory, Storysharing, Positionality, and Relationship Building
Tuesday, November 08, 2022, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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Webinar | Serving and Supporting Alumni of Color through Career Theory, Storysharing, Positionality, and Relationship Building
Tuesday, November 8, 2022 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET 

(Free for ACSN members; $25 for non-members ) Register Now >>

Presented by Roshni Lal, Assistant Director for Alumni Career Services, West Coast, Syracuse University

What’s our story? What’s their story? How can we reflect upon our own identity and background to make meaningful connections with diverse alumni in order to chart new waters together?

This webinar provides theoretical frameworks, empirical qualitative and quantitative research, tools, approaches, and resources that enable career services practitioners to design and deliver tailored career services through a diverse, inclusive, and equitable lens. The goal of the presentation is to provide information and approaches that serve to give alumni of color the ability to engage in career self-efficacy and self-advocacy when making informed career determinations and selecting equitable and inclusive workplaces. Often, alumni of color must navigate dual-identities when existing within a dominant culture while maintaining and respecting the sanctities of their personal culture – career services personnel are instrumental facilitators of this process of growth, development, advocacy, balance, and sustainability.

About the Presenter
Roshni D. Lal has dedicated over 20 years to educating and serving various populations in higher education, K-12, museums, and the U.S. military. In her current role as the Assistant Director for Alumni Career Services, West Coast with Syracuse University, she lives out her passion for providing people with career enhancement and professional development experiences through a DEI lens. Prior to her role with Syracuse University, she served as the Director for Career Planning & Employer Relations with Marymount California University where she also taught career courses and served on the university’s first DEI committee. In her previous roles, she has designed exhibitions and educational programming for the Smithsonian Institute and the National Institutes of Health, traveled to colleges to promote internships in D.C. with The Washington Center, and served as a civilian Career Counselor in Seoul, South Korea for U.S. military service members. Roshni is from the Los Angeles area and has earned a B.A. in Anthropology with a minor in Scandinavian Studies from UCLA, an M.A. in Museum Studies from The George Washington University, and an M.A. in Education from Claremont Graduate University. She is currently working toward a Ph.D. in Higher Education from CGU.