Incredible Opportunities at the Kolderie Center
The Kolderie Center is home to a host of services which help you enrich your academic experience. This includes
Senior Sophie Marie, peer tutor in the Writing Center, is an English major who is working on a Writing Studies minor.
- Career Planning and Internships
- Civic Engagement and Service Learning
- Academic Advising
- Student Success Programs including the Learning Center
- Disability Services
- Study Abroad Advising and Resources
- International Student Support
- A quiet and relaxed space to study
Disability Services, Academic Advising and Student Success
We focus on helping you succeed in the classroom by coordinating programs and services which may benefit you. This includes disability services, academic advising, and a variety of student success programs including the Learning Center. Programming includes peer tutor training and development, the peer tutoring program, academic skills workshops, the Strategies for Success course, as well as individualized assistance to help you develop academic and self-advocacy skills.
Career Services and Experiential Learning
We provide career planning assistance for each student by developing a career path utilizing self-assessment and exploration, internships, undergraduate research, service-learning and volunteering. We prepare you for the professional world in career classes that include resume writing, interviewing skills, professionalism, job search techniques and career fair excursions. Additionally, we assist students with graduate and undergraduate transfer.
International Education
We promote study abroad and connect you to resources to help you plan your semester-long overseas experiences including programs and scholarship opportunities. In addition, we help international students navigate federal regulations in order to maintain legal status in the U.S. We also help students planning to intern or work overseas and have information on post-graduation international opportunities such as the Peace Corps and Fulbright Student Program.
Representatives of businesses interested in hiring Cottey students visit campus for the career fair.
Students traveled to Barcelona, Spain, in spring 2019.
Senior Tarisai Dahwa visited with prospective employers at the 2018 Career Fair.
Staff
Bern Mulvey
International Education Coordinator
417-667-8181 ext. 2132
E-Mail: bmulvey@cottey.edu
Renee Hampton
Coordinator of Career Services and Experiential Learning
417-667-8181 ext. 2184
E-Mail: rhampton@cottey.edu
Heather English
Disability Support Services and Student Success Coordinator
417-667-8181 ext. 2131
E-mail: henglish@cottey.edu
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