Next Chapters: Career Networking with English AlumniA two-day career advising and networking program designed specifically for English majors.

April 11, 2019

ENGLISH ALUMNI AT WORK: PANEL DISCUSSION
Moderated by Linda Spargo, English alumna and Special Projects Coordinator for the Chancellor’s Office, this panel will feature six returning English alumni who are excited to share their professional stories and career advice:

• Kimbrely Dandridge, Associate Counsel at Gap Inc., San Francisco
• Kent Jackson, Senior Product Manager, Core Logic Inc., Oxford
• Campbell McCool, Entrepreneur and Developer, Oxford
• Lindsey Neyman, Production Talent Manager at FuseFX, Los Angeles
• Nicole Tisdale, Subcommittee Staff Director, Homeland Security Committee of House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
• Kayleigh Webb, Associate Publicist at HarperCollins, New York

NETWORKING RECEPTION
Meet and mingle with the panelists and other dynamic alumni. Refreshments and light hors d’oeuvres will be served—and of course there will be nametags! Feel free to bring your resumé.

April 12, 2019

SPEED NETWORKING: ONE-ON-ONE SESSIONS WITH ALUMNI
RSVP recommended but not required. Feel free to bring your resumé.
Enjoy coffee, tea and pastries and then start your engines: the speed networking begins. We’ll provide questions and set time limits, making it easy and fun to participate in these timed informational interviews. When the bell rings, it will be time to rotate seats and speak to another friendly alum. In addition to the panelists above, students will have the opportunity to network with English alumni from a variety of fields:

• Tarah Butler, Art Director at Portico Magazine, Jackson
• Winston Collier, Senior Counsel and Director of Public Affairs at ARcare/KentuckyCare/MississippiCare, Oxford
• Scott Coopwood, Publisher of Delta Magazine and President of Coopwood Publishing Group, Cleveland
• Kathryn Dilworth, Assistant Dean of Advancement and External Relations at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
• Julie Fisher, Director of Information & Communications Technology at Medical Marketing Economics, LLC, Oxford
• Duncan Gray, The Right Reverend, Episcopal Diocese of MS, Oxford
• Virginia Kinnier, Business Writer and Founder of Side Hustle, New Orleans
• Bishop Lewis, Crime Prevention Coordinator at the University of Mississippi Police Department, Oxford
• Kate Porter, Territory Manager at Stanley Healthcare, Oxford
• Taylor Sledge, Owner and President of Sledge & Company Financial, LLC, Jackson
• Mariah Cole Williams, Director of Program Management Meharry Medical College’s Center for Health Policy, Nashville
• Kimbrely Dandridge, Associate Counsel at Gap Inc., San Francisco
• Kent Jackson, Senior Product Manager, Core Logic Inc., Oxford
• Campbell McCool, Entrepreneur and Developer, Oxford
• Lindsey Neyman, Production Talent Manager at FuseFX, Los Angeles
• Nicole Tisdale, Subcommittee Staff Director, Homeland Security Committee of House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
• Kayleigh Webb, Associate Publicist at HarperCollins, New York

RSVP by April 10, 2019