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Career Services Center (CSC) records

 Collection
Identifier: 00.CSC

Scope and Contents

Eastern Michigan University’s Career Services Center (CSC) provides a centralized service to help undergraduates plan their careers, develop job search skills, obtain student employment while attending college, and secure a job upon graduation. Services are available to all enrolled students, and most are also available to Eastern Michigan University alumni.

The Career Planning and Placement Center series dates from, 1911-1981. The series comprises records of an earlier period of the Center and the school. These include events and workshops, manuals, publications, publicity material including newspaper clippings and reports. The directors note contains names and dates of the various Directors of the office. Events and workshops contain information on various events open to the public related to job placement. The manual “Starting Point” documents the early phase of EMU students as they begin orientation and consider career options. Memos document various communication across the Office and across campus. The policy is a simple statement outlining the guiding principles of the office. The reports give a statistical account of the various alumni job placement and subsequent successes. Publicity and Press document various stories centered around the office from 1931-1981, with the bulk of documents covering the last two decades.

The Cooperative Career Planning Program series dates from 1971-1980. The series comprises records of the then pilot internship placement program: Newsletters document communication across campus. News and related documents document stories centered around the program. The referral directory gives a listing of staff. The annual report narrates the state of the program.

The Career Services Center series dates from 1981-1992 and is further subdivided into three sub-series: Follow Up Reports are divided based on college, and include the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Business, the College of Education, the College of Health and Human Services, and the College of Technology. There is also a series of follow up reports that include data from all colleges, and these have been arranged chronologically. Communications sub-series includes materials published and distributed by the Career Service Center, especially news releases, pamphlets, bulletins, and newsletters. This series also includes relevant clippings. There is also subdivided material which was distributed to undergraduates and prospective employers. The Events and programs sub-series includes materials related to Job Fairs and student employment, as well as Career Service Center event calendars and materials.

Dates

  • Creation: 1981 - 2012

Conditions Governing Access

Researchers are asked to request materials 24 hours prior to use through the University Archives.

Administrative History

Eastern Michigan University’s Career Services Center (CSC) provides a centralized service to help undergraduates plan their careers, develop job search skills, obtain student employment while attending college, and secure a job upon graduation. Services are available to all enrolled students, and most are also available to Eastern Michigan University alumni.

Now known as the Career Planning and Placement Center, the former Career Services Center is an administrative office of Eastern Michigan University. Responsible with the assistance and placement of students and alumni into the different job fields, it is an office which has a fundamental task in the school. During the 1960s the office placement seems to have centered on the Education and Business/Industry sectors. As years progressed and the school became more academically diverse the range of job placements also grew.

Leadership at the Career Planning and Placement Center goes back to the Michigan State Normal College days, with Dimon H. Roberts acting as Superintendent of the Training School circa 1911. Then there was Margaret Wise, who was Director of Placement for the Normal College until 1939. She was next followed by Donald M. Currie from about 1947 – 1950. During the 1950s the school changed its name once again to Eastern Michigan College. And by then the Placement Center had a new Director, Richard Nisbet, acting from 1958 to 1978. Steven Kravinsky is the last Director on record, leading the Center for Eastern Michigan University circa 1979.

A separate Cooperative Career Planning Program was first founded in October of 1971. At the time there was increasing demand for quality career assistance for Eastern Michigan University students. A committee was formed and the program was established. Knowing from the beginning the large responsibilities the role of committee chair - which presides over the committee and the program - entailed, the position was rotated among committee members. The Cooperative Career Planning Program aimed to place students in internships to further advance students' education and help gain employment after graduation.

Extent

2.3 Linear Feet (2 record center cartons, 3 objects)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Eastern Michigan University’s Career Services Center (CSC) provides a centralized service to help undergraduates plan their careers, develop job search skills, obtain student employment while attending college, and secure a job upon graduation. Services are available to all enrolled students, and most are also available to Eastern Michigan University alumni. The Career Service Center (CSC) records, 1911-2012, have been divided into three series: Career Planning and Placement Center, the Cooperative Career Planning Program and Career Services Center. The Career Planning and Placement Center series represents the oldest records on file and was the original title of the office. The Cooperative Career Planning Program series documents an ancillary program to the CSC and documents the inception of the program in 1971 to about 1980. The last series is Career Services Center, dating circa 1981-2012.

Title
Career Services Center (CSC) records
Status
Completed
Author
Bailey Ahles, Natalie Morath, Illich Perez
Date
2012 January 12
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Eastern Michigan University Archives Repository

Contact:
Bruce T. Halle Library, Room 310
955 West Circle Drive
Ypsilanti Michigan 48197
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